A trickster-for-hire, known as the Tricky Expert, is hired to ruin the lives of a father and son by making them think that he's a part of the family.
Acting
Stephen Chow's rubber-faced physical comedy is surgical precision.
Direction
Wong Jing throws everything at the wall, most of it sticks.
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts that somehow accelerate the jokes.
Director
Wong Jing
Andy Lau
Che Man Kit
Stephen Chow
Koo Jing / Che Man Jing
Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam
Lucy Ching
Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching
Banana Fung
Richard Ng Man-Tat
Yan Chi
Waise Lee Chi-Hung
Macky Kam
Wong Jing
Chiu
Bau Hon-Lam
Mr. Ching
John Ching Tung
Ultimate Tricky Expert
Mannor Chan Man-Na
Yan Chi's Ex-lover
Shing Fui-On
Mr. Chu
Yu Miu-Lin
Mrs. Chu
Lo Fan
Sharky
Charlie Cho Cha-Lee
Single Eyes
Jo Jo Ngan Lai-Yue
Banana's Hired Whore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stephen Chow and Andy Lau were both at career peaks here, rarely sharing screen time again.
The 'trickster' archetype taps into classic Chinese trickster folklore reinvented for capitalist 1990s Hong Kong.
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