Fight Back to School (1991)

Fight Back to School (1991)
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Stephen Chow's prodigious skills with guns and martial arts take center stage once again in this successful action film from Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan. Chow stars as Star Chow, a cop who plays by his own rules, often endangering the other members of his team as well as the success of their missions. When a practice drill goes awry, Star is punished by the commissioner (Barry Wong) by being reassigned as an undercover agent at the local high school, his task being to locate the student who stole the commissioner's favorite gun. Naturally, there's a beautiful guidance counselor (Sharla Cheung) to provide some romantic interest, and -- just as naturally -- things take a downward turn when she discovers Star's true identity. In the meantime, Star locates the commissioner's gun, as well as a cache of stolen arms belonging to a triad gangster. The entire situation comes to a head during the school's open house, with a specially constructed maze serving as the backdrop for the final gun battle. Filled with action and humor, the film's success led to a pair of even more entertaining sequels. Ng Man-tat co-stars with Roy Cheung, Gabriel Wong, and Paul Chun. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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Starring:
Stephen ChowSharla Cheung, (more)
Director(s):
Gordon Chan
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Fight Back to School

Stephen Chow's prodigious skills with guns and martial arts take center stage once again in this successful action film from Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan. Chow stars as Star Chow, a cop who plays by his own rules, often endangering the other members of his team as well as the success of their missions. When a practice drill goes awry, Star is punished by the commissioner (Barry Wong) by being reassigned as an undercover agent at the local high school, his task being to locate the student who stole the commissioner's favorite gun. Naturally, there's a beautiful guidance counselor (Sharla Cheung) to provide some romantic interest, and -- just as naturally -- things take a downward turn when she discovers Star's true identity. In the meantime, Star locates the commissioner's gun, as well as a cache of stolen arms belonging to a triad gangster. The entire situation comes to a head during the school's open house, with a specially constructed maze serving as the backdrop for the final gun battle. Filled with action and humor, the film's success led to a pair of even more entertaining sequels. Ng Man-tat co-stars with Roy Cheung, Gabriel Wong, and Paul Chun. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
101 mins

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Director(s):
Gordon Chan
Categories:
Action / Adventure
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    Chun H.

    Like a lot of foreign comedies, you have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy this movie. My sister found it boring, but I thought it had a few good scenes that were funny. The comedy in this film is somewhat corny, but that is the comedy flavor of the movie. This is not an action movie, but the scenes where Stephen Chow shows his martial abilities makes you crave for more action.

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    Brian B.

    Foreign films requires a lot of commitment to watch, especially comedies. Movie is only subtitled, not dubbed, and despite the fact that it is not distributed in US, the translation is pretty good and gets to the point. There is a lot of silly humor going on in this movie, which is very engaging to watch if you like Chow's other movies like Shaolin Soccer. However, this movie does not have a lot of special effects, but a great movie to watch for giggles throughout the whole film.

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    Jerry C.

    only funny part was at the begining with the swat training, after that it got real boring!

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