Justice, My Foot!

1992
Justice, My Foot!
6.8| 1h42m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 02 July 1992 Released
Producted By: Cosmopolitan Film Productions Co., Ltd.
Country: Hong Kong
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An unscrupulous lawyer with an equally eccentric kung-fu sidekick wife tries to bring justice to the court.

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IkhwanArif I am a fan of Stephen Chow, as plenty of Asians are. However, I think it's important that even as a fan, we remain honest especially with ourselves. Stephen Chow have starred plenty of good comedic movies but Justice My Foot isn't one of them. Understandably, Justice My Foot is a farce in the same vein as Spaceballs, Airplane! and Naked Gun. While these kinds of comedy have their niche market, it doesn't take away their transparently obvious stupidity. Parody doesn't mean you act stupid to make people laugh, parodies make you laugh because sometimes, people are stupid; and knowing this distinction is crucial. In the scene we see the crowd laughing at Chow for being bullied by thigs, and then rescued by his kung fu wife, but it's not funny. Why? Because we know that the couples like these don't exist, and if they do, the wife would beat up the husband anyway after rescuing him, and she certainly wouldn't treat him like a damsel. You can only subvert people's expectations as long as it's still within reason and believability or otherwise, it won't make any sense. It's not funny to have a judge openly farts every time he has a scene in the movie. Why? Because a normal reaction would be disgust without putting up with such behavior. In fact it would be funnier if people reacted enraged of the constant farting; that would be a normal reaction. Anita Mui in my opinion, has never been a good actress, not in same class as Maggie Cheung or Michelle Yeoh. Anita Mui is a singer in Cantonese Pop and people are simply attracted to her while blindly disregarding her obviously non-talent for acting. Other than that, the story is boring, the dialogue is cringy, the production is poor, the acting is self-deprecating and humorless. There much better Stephen Chow movies than this.
crossbow0106 This film stars Stephen Chow as lawyer Sung Sai Kit, whose wife (the late, always interesting to watch in film) Anita Mui is an airborne kung fu master who always seems to be pregnant in the film. She loses her children due to Sung's shyster like tactics (an interesting way to bash lawyers!), so she gets him to retire so they can have a healthy child. This film, set in imperial China, is all over the place, almost out of breath at times, but always fun. It was a big hit, the best grossing film in China/Hong Kong in 1992, due mostly to the chemistry between Chow and Mui. Of course, Sung un-retires and things get a little more hyper-kinetic. Not at all profound, just entertaining period drama escapism. I wish I saw it in the theater, it is richly photographed. If you like films like this, you will not be disappointed.
sangepengyou There are many kung fu comedies involving lawyers and corruption, but none I've ever seen has the kind of kick to it as this movie does.The plot of this film is not exactly new ground for Stephen Chow, but the most inspired element of this movie is Anita Mui as his bossy, pregnant kung fu wife. That alone should prompt the undecided to give it a try. She is downright hysterical and for me, at least, stole the movie right out from under Chow. I consider this one of her more delightful roles. With every high kick, she raises the bar in what would be just another comic Chinese lawyer/corruption tales. Somewhat better than "Hail the Judge".
secrective Stephen Chow plays another lawyer, and has MORE bad luck! Battling corrupt officials he must now save a woman from being framed.Looks like the same sets as "Lawyer, Lawyer" and "Hail the Judge". Still an equally funny movie, catch it if you are a fan.