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Two Toothless Tigers
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Two Toothless Tigers 甩牙老虎 · 2 Toothless Tigers Ah Chin (Shun-Yi) is the half-witted buffoon employed by his uncle Pao (Sammo) at his restaurant. Chin is ill-equipped for the world outside the confines of the restaurant and constantly gets into trouble with the local thugs. When Chin is given the golden opportunity to impress as the cook at a meeting of two rival gang bosses, he upsets one of the sleazy underlings and incurs a vendetta. Because of this, Chin is tricked into smashing up an antiques shop and is subsequently plunged into debt with the threat of jail looming if he can’t pay it off. His only way out seems to be involve himself with a shady scheme to procure a treasure map from a notorious criminal. The plan is fraught with danger, especially when Chin learns too much about the intentions of his associates for his own good. ‘Two Toothless Tigers’ looks immensely more attractive on paper than it appears on screen. Who would imagine that combining the talents of director Ricky ‘Mr. Vampire’ Lau, Hong Kong legend Sammo Hung, Yuen Clan action and three of the Jade Screen’s most feared villains could be so bland? With a sense that this has been made up by Ricky Lau as he went…
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KonCategoryIII
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Toothless Tigers