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Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon

1990 · 104 min

A breezy, knockabout buddy-cop romp where slapstick comedy and acrobatic martial-arts brawls collide with cheerful abandon.

Directed by
Lau Kar-Wing
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Sammo Hung Kam-bo, Karl Maka, Carrie Ng Ka-lai
Tagline
Two righteous detectives, Skinny and Fatty, infuriate their superior by ruining his wedding
Overview
Fatty and Baldy, a pair of undercover detectives, infiltrate a Triad drug syndicate but are put on a leave of absence after apprehending the kingpin, Tak, in the middle of the police commander's wedding. They return to find that Tak has been bailed out and has hired a team of assassins to exact revenge.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Lau Kar-Wing
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Sammo Hung Kam-bo, Karl Maka, Carrie Ng Ka-lai
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • crime
  • revenge
  • loyalty
  • violence
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror1
Humour7
Realism4
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
action, comedy, crime
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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