Lo Hoi-Pang Movies

Simon Yam and Kelly Lin star in director Johnnie To's tale of three professional pickpockets, one mysterious beauty, and the elusive key that brings them all together. It's title taken from a street slang term describing the unique dexterity needed to lift wallets and flutter away undetected, Sparrow opens as Kei and his three partners in crime gingerly fleece unsuspecting strangers on the overcrowded streets of Hong Kong. The money Kei makes from this low-level criminal endeavor is plenty enough to sustain his modest lifestyle, and being free from the restraints of a nine to five job he can spend his days aimlessly peddling through the streets on his bicycle and snapping photos on his Rolleiflex. One day, with his lens trained on the street as usual, Kei notices a gorgeous woman wander into frame. Instantly smitten, the felonious shutterbug strikes up a conversation and learns her name is Chun Lei, and that she seems to have a particularly mysterious past. Later, it becomes apparent that Chun Lei has purposefully targeted the Kei and his partners in hopes that they will help her obtain a very important key. But Chun Lei isn't the only one in search of this elusive key, because shortly thereafter a timid tycoon named Mr. Yen shows up with a suspiciously similar request. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The title of this Hong Kong crime tale translates as "dark flowers," slang for an underworld contract. While a gang war is developing, Macao cop Sam (Tong Leung Chiu-wai) takes on a gunman in a restaurant where bald Tony (Lau Ching-wan) is eating. After Sam goes to a mobster's restaurant where an informant is tortured, he finds a headless corpse in his apartment. Then a nightclub owner is murdered, and Sam moves fast to find the killer in an effort to prevent the gang war from escalating. However, he gets a full dose of action after he pins the crime on Tony. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

Comedian Michael Hui Koon-man stars and directs this wacky comedy about Johnny Huang, a nebbish chef who endures the presence of his obese overbearing wife and his sadistic father-in-law who relishes little more that shaving the eyebrows off of his victims. His life a constant familial nightmare, he spends his precious free time dreaming about his favorite model, Sisi (Sally Yeh Chian-wen). When she actually shows up in his restaurant, he vows to win her over and eventually does by defeating her cloddish, abusive boyfriend in a game of tennis (his choice of racket is a frying pan). When Sisi suggests a romantic get away to Philippines, Johnny leaps at the chance. Unfortunately, so does his wife, father-in-law, and wizened grandfather. The two lovers manage to ditch their excess baggage and be alone when they hop on a small twin-engine plane. Yet when it conks out, a whole new world of trouble opens up for Johnny and Sisi. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi