Sixty Million Dollar Man
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| Sixty Million Dollar Man | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Wai Man Yip |
| Produced by | Wong Jing |
| Written by | Wai Man Yip |
| Starring | Stephen Chow Ng Man Tat Gigi Leung Paulyn Sun Charles Shen Joe Cheng |
| Music by | Marco Wan Lee Hon-Kam |
| Cinematography | Andrew Lau |
| Editing by | Marco Mak |
| Distributed by | Win's Entertainment, Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | August 19, 1995 |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Gross revenue | HK$35,234,481.00 |
| IMDb profile | |
Sixty Million Dollar Man (traditional Chinese: 百變星君) is a 1995 Hong Kong comedy film written and directed by Raymond Yip and starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, and Gigi Leung.
[edit] Plot Summary
Lee Chak-Sing (Stephen Chow) is a rich kid who lives in Hawaii. He's proud, arrogant and fond of playing mean-spirited tricks on everyone around him. His life starts to change when he meets Chung-Chung (Gigi Leung), a young woman whom he decries as being very ugly.
Tat (Ng Man Tat), Sing's loyal assistant, is revealed by Sing's mother to be his true father. He is then faced with a decision: Accept Tat as his father and lose his inheritance, or continue to call the other man his father and live in the lap of luxury. He chooses the latter.
Sing offends local crimelord Fumito (Joe Cheng) by dancing with Fumito's girl in a Pulp Fiction-inspired dance contest (while seriously intoxicated on LSD and tequila). In a fit of rage, Fumito orders his most trusted henchman Mark (Charles Shen) to kill Sing.
When Tat comes to rescue his son, both are caught by Mark and tied together in a bathroom stall, where Mark has a bomb planted. Sing chops off his arm and manages to let his father escape on an ejector toilet seat. Sing seems to have perished in the explosion.
Sing's brain and lips are recovered, and using these pieces, it is possible to construct a new body for him at the cost of $60,000,000. However, since Sing has now renounced his rich father, he does not have enough money, and Tat can only provide $6,000.
Chang (Elvis Tsui), (Chung Chung's uncle and Sing's professor who closely resembles Albert Einstein) offers to create a body for $6,000. After some trial and error, such as creating legs out of arms, Sing is transformed into a cyborg.
To fool Fumito, however, a funeral is staged for Sing, where he hides to watch. The only person to attend is Chung-Chung, who is unaware of Sing's true fate, and laments his death. When Sing sees this, he feels remorse for mistreating her (and everyone else).
Two years later, he receive a job opportunity from an old friend Siu-Fu as a teacher at one of the worst schools in the area. He is harassed and assaulted by the students, culminating in Sing being "crucified" on the front gate of the school with his garden hose genitalia (a result of the low-cost procedure) in full view. Chung-Chung also works at the school, but has undergone a transformation and is no longer the awkward, unattractive girl that Sing knew. She also has a rich fiance with a fancy sports car, something that Sing can no longer afford.
That evening, in a fit of despair, Sing attempts suicide but is stopped when Chang delivers a new microchip he's been working on by throwing it down Sing's throat. The microchip enables Sing to transform into many different household appliances and makes him nearly indestructible.
Sing returns to the school and begins to correct the disorder, serving as a superhuman disciplinarian. Under his care, all the students turns into very hardworking, studious and diligent students.
Sing's fame catches attention from Fumito. Fumito sends Mark to finish Sing off. Mark tries to kill Sing but fails. He tries to escape, culminating in Sing killing him by twisting his limbs and using him as a human basketball. Using his wealth, Fumito has Mark rebuilt into a powerful cyborg with shape-shifting abilities.
Mark infiltrates Sing's wedding party as Sing's old friend Siu-Fu, but Sing eventually sees through the disguise. In the ensuing chaos, Sing is apparently killed in an explosion. To everyone's surprise, Sing returns as a powerful old lady in a bullet proof robe. Ultimately, Sing transforms into a microwave oven and traps Mark inside, burning him to death. Fumito is disposed of soon after.
[edit] Cast
- Stephen Chow - Lee Chak-Sing
- Ng Man Tat - Tat
- Gigi Leung - Chung-Chung
- Elvis Tsui - Professor Chang Sze
- Charles Shen - Mark/ Cyborg Mark
- Joe Cheng - Fumito
- Paulyn Sun - Bonnie
- Chan Chi Fai - Teacher
- Dang Siu Juen - Chung Chung's Fiancé
- Hung Siu Wan
- Alvina Kong - Aunt
- Guy Lai - Uncle
- Dion Lam - Man in Zebra Suit
- Lee Kin-Yan - Siu-Fu
- David John Saunders - Bodyguard
- Darren Shahlavi - Bodyguard
- Sung Boon Chung - Student Leader (with shaved head)
- Manfred Wong - Principal
- Wong Yut Fei - Lee Yat-Fai
- Mimi Zhu - Sing's Mother
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