| Just Another Pandora's Box | |
|---|---|
| Traditional | 越光寶盒 |
| Simplified | 越光宝盒 |
| Mandarin | Yuè Guāng Bǎo Hé |
| Cantonese | Jyut6 Gwong1 Bou2 Hap6 |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Produced by | Julia Chu, Xu Jianping, Jessica Kam-Engle, Li Li, Liao Qianshan, Yang Yang |
| Written by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Starring | Ronald Cheng Gigi Leung Betty Sun Athena Chu Eric Tsang Huang Bo Guo Degang Gillian Chung Patrick Tam |
| Music by | Mark Lui |
| Cinematography | Edmond Fung |
| Editing by | Marco Mak |
| Studio | Beijing Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd., Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production, Pearl River Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co., Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Mei Ah Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | March 18, 2010 |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Just Another Pandora's Box, also known as Once Upon a Chinese Classic, is a 2010 Hong Kong parody film directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Huang Bo, Guo Degang, Gillian Chung, and Patrick Tam. It is a spiritual successor to Lau's two-part 1994 film A Chinese Odyssey. Athena Chu, who starred in A Chinese Odyssey, makes a guest appearance in Just Another Pandora's Box.
The film's Chinese title is pun on the Chinese title of the first part of A Chinese Odyssey, simplified Chinese: 月光宝盒; traditional Chinese: 月光寶盒. The last three characters of each title are the same, only the first differs; the pronunciations of 月 and 越 are the same in both Cantonese (jyut6) and Mandarin (yuè). The older title translates literally to "Moonlight Magic Box"; in the title of this film, the character for "moon" is replaced by 越, in this context meaning "more" or "surpassing".
In addition to A Chinese Odyssey, the film spoofs Red Cliff and also makes references to other films such as The Eagle Shooting Heroes, Kung Fu Hustle, House of Flying Daggers, CJ7, Kung Fu Panda, Titanic, King Kong, The Green Hornet, and The Matrix, as well as events like the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1].
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Rose Fairy is sailing along the river when she suddenly trips on a rope and falls into the water. The trap is set by the robber Qing Yise, who wants to rob Rose Fairy. Qing Yise steals the Purple Sword from Rose Fairy and plans to sell it. Just then, Zhizun Bao appears and draws out the sword from its scabbard. Rose Fairy regains consciousness and thought that it was Qing Yise who unsheathed the sword. Since she has made a promise to marry the person who draws out the sword, she follows Qing Yise wherever he goes, leading to a cat-and-mouse chase between the two of them.
They run into Master Bodhi and his assistant, who are chasing after Bull Demon King for the Pandora's Box. By accident, Qing Yise recites a chant and activates the box, causing him to be transported back in time to the Three Kingdoms period. He finds himself as Zhao Yun around the time of the Battle of Red Cliffs. He encounters many historical figures from that era and there begins a series of adventures for him.