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A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

1995 · 88 min

A wild, funny, and heartbreaking ride through reincarnation and time travel, blending slapstick with cosmic tragedy.

Directed by
Jeffrey Lau
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring
Stephen Chow, Richard Ng Man-tat, Law Kar-ying
Overview
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

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Directed by
Jeffrey Lau
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring
Stephen Chow, Richard Ng Man-tat, Law Kar-ying
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • fate
  • identity
  • redemption
  • grief
Places
  • fantasy world
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour8
Realism2
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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