So, this is actually a set of movies, but they are definitely two parts to a whole and not just your regular sequels. The first one is called 'Pandora's Box' and it begins with a rundown of how the Monkey King was killed. Or disposed of. The next thing we know, we're in the middle of a desert with a bunch of robbers. The leader of these robbers is a scruffy unibrow'd caveman whom, with a bit of peering, is obviously Stephen Chow. Then, a couple of devil sisters show up and make themselves at home. One of them is Karen Mok, but I'm not really familiar with the other one. Thus the first half of the movie is mostly about Stephen Chow's character trying to one-up these gals and get them out. It's also side-splittingly hilarious.

Like most of Chow's best and funniest movies, it's all about big hilarious scenes. Everything else is just setup. Probably the absolute best comes near the very end where Chow has to go back in time to save his lover, but every time he does it, he ends up arriving just a millisecond too late and has to try again. Also great was the scene of him and Mok trying to have sexytimes in the desert complete with slow-motion clothes-ripping. But where it gets funny is when the clothes-ripping goes on for several seconds longer than it should. And then they finally give up since they can't get all the clothes they're wearing off.

The second movie, Cinderella, is more story-oriented as Chow is now the reincarnated Monkey King. He's still trying to find Karen Mok, but in the meantime Athena Chu falls for him. There's still plenty of hilarity, but the gags don't come as fast and furious as the first one, and it probably drags on twenty minutes too long.

Nevertheless, the two movies are funny together and they don't seem nearly as dated as their year suggests.

Mood bored Tags: comedies, karen mok, stephen chow, wuxia