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Naughty Boys

1986 · 95 min

A breezy, prop-smashing romp that keeps you grinning with its silly chases and acrobatic fights.

Overview
Sing, an ex-con who's supposed to dig up the buried loot of his three still-jailed buddies...but when he gets to it, he finds that the treasure chest is full of rocks! The other three are convinced that Sing stole the goods for himself, so Sing decides to hide out with his kick-butt cousin Kuen, played with athletic aplomb by kung-fu princess Kara Hui! But some insurance investigators (Carina Lau and Billy Lau) are also after the loot, and there's even a mousy travel agent (future director Clarence Fok) thrown in for good measure. It all adds up to numerous shenanigans and action-comedy hijinks, culminating in a knockdown action finale set in a warehouse! Wooden crates, two-by-fours, and more props than you can name are used and abused in the name of creative eighties HK-style action, which Jackie Chan and company are only too glad to dispense to the audience!
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • crime
  • deception
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
action, comedy
Directed by
Wellson Chin Sing-Wai
Written by
Chung Guk-Fong, Edward Tang
Starring
Mars, Kara Wai Ying-hung, Carina Lau, Clarence Ford, Billy Lau Nam-Kwong, Paul Chang Chung, Phillip Ko Fai, Lo Meng
Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
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Languages
Cantonese

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