Don (starring Alex Fong) wakes up in an abundant house and
realize can’t remember anything. He then finds a kidnapped girl Dingding
(starring Ivana Wong) next to him. In reverse, Dingding threatens and lures him
for kidnapping in order to catch her father’s attention. Both fake hostage and
kidnapper stay together and trigger a series of joke. During their stay in the
village, they realize there is full of love, friendships and humanity. Dingding
gradually gets rid of her spoiled and unruly attitude. Don’s pity for her
evolves into love and touch Dingding’s heart. Good times never last, Dingding
is kidnapped again. Don goes crazy and runs around all night for her.
Unexpectedly, he finds that it is more than a kidnap.
Alongside the central romance, the film struggles to make a
party of their intrusive neighbours, among them two housewives drooling over
Fong’s abs, a flight attendant all too eager to seduce him, and an Indonesian
maid played in “blackface” make-up by Emily Kwan Bo-wai.
Appalling script, shameful sexual dynamics, an actress playing a foreign domestic helper in blackface - this latest in a long line of moronic Hong Kong comedies is an indictment of its director’s lack of judgment.
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