Dou baa (1991)

Dou baa: Directed by Jeffrey Lau, Corey Yuen. With Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng, Anita Mui, Man-Tat Ng, Jeffrey Lau. Taiwanese triad leader Chung Chan (Jeffrey Lau) demands that the Saint of Gamblers, Chow Sing Cho (Stephen Chow), play cards for him at an upcoming gambling tournament – at the stake of his Uncle Blackie Tat’s (Man Tat Ng) life. However, because Sing is away traveling around the world, Tat hopes that Sing’s sister Mei (Anita Mui) would enter the tournament, as she has magical powers like her brother. Unfortunately, she refuses to gamble and is looking to apprehend Sing herself for abusing his powers in gambling. As a result, this leaves Tat to seek out the dicey Queen Of Gamblers (Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng) to play for him instead.

“I had the chance to sit down to watch the 1991 Hong Kong comedy here in 2021. I must say that I didnu0026#39;t even know about this movie, so when the chance presented itself to watch it, of course I took that chance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst of all, I must admit that I was relieved to see that this was not just another u0026quot;God of Gamblersu0026quot; movie. But instead, this was a nice parody on those movies, so it was a much welcomed movie for my preference. And I will say that writer Jeffrey Lau actually managed to churn out a story that held equal parts of comedy and seriousness to it, and the combination of u0026quot;God of Gamblersu0026quot; meeting traditional early 1990s Hong Kong slapstick comedy definitely worked out so quite well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline told in u0026quot;The Top Betu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;Dou baau0026quot;) was an enjoyable one. Though I must admit having Stephen Chow appear in the beginning of the movie and end of the movie was sort of dangling the carrot on a string in front of the audience. It was a shame that he was no in the movie more, because he could have added so much more enjoyment to the movie. But the story told here, is a very straight forward one, and director Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen brought it to life on the screen in a funny and fulfilling manner.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;The Top Betu0026quot; has a pretty good ensemble of cast members, with the likes of Anita Mui, Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng, Paul Chun, Wah Yuen, Corey Yuen, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Fui-On Shing and Carol u0026#39;Do Dou0026#39; Cheng. So if you have a health interest in the Hong Kong cinema, then you are definitely in for quite a treat here in terms of familiar faces and names.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI enjoyed u0026quot;The Top Betu0026quot; quite a lot, and the laughs provided here were bountiful and plenty. So if you enjoy Hong Kong comedies, then u0026quot;The Top Betu0026quot; is a movie that is well-worth the time and effort.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;The Top Betu0026quot; lands on a well-deserved seven out of ten stars.”