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Cast:
Stephen
Chow
Sing Chi
Ng
Man Tat
Christy
Chung
Ben
Lam
Paul
Chun Pui
Action:
Dion
Lam
Lau
Ga Ho
Producer:
Mona
Fong
Director:
Lee
Lik Chee
Score:
 
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LOVE
ON DELIVERY
AKA:
King Of Destruction
Year:
1994 Reviewer: Andrew
Saroch
Chow
Sing Chi scored another big hit with this enjoyable comedy
that has a pleasing dose of warm-hearted romance. Once again
Ng Man Tat takes on the role of Chow's comic sidekick and
plays the familiar character of the very dubious 'friend'.
Chow
plays a meek sandwich delivery boy whose good-hearted nature
is sadly unappreciated by those around him. On his regular
round, Chow delivers near a Judo school and has his eyes
firmly fixed on a beautiful student there (Chung). However,
the bullying teacher notices his interest and, as an admirer
of her himself, humiliates his timid rival. Realising he is no
match for the teacher, Chow searches for a kung-fu master to
teach him the vital skills he needs. Unfortunately for him, he
becomes the target of a fake kung-fu master (Ng Man Tat) who
convinces Chow that he was actually Bruce Lee's teacher. This
charlatan master teaches his new student a number of weird and
wonderful kung-fu techniques while also relieving him of most
of his money. However strange his new knowledge is though,
Chow finds these bogus techniques of great benefit in winning
the hand of his beloved and defeats his cackling nemesis.
Although victorious, he now finds that he has to face another
far more devastating challenger (Lam) to achieve his goal.
Playing
the naive and endearing hero, Chow Sing Chi reverts to one of
his most popular type of characters. The strength of such a
character is that he is very easy to like and the audience is
on his side right until the end. This is where 'Love On
Delivery' succeeds. Added to this is a number of very funny
scenes in the first part of the film, especially the early
interaction between Chow Sing Chi and Ng Man Tat. These
entertaining scenes dwindle as the film reaches its final
third though and the ending is far too drawn out to compliment
the previous hour. Although a very welcome introduction to the
cast, Christy Chung isn't always sympathetic and Chow really
goes through the wars to win her.
This
may not be his very best comedy, but it is definitely
worthwhile and among his better efforts. Therefore this still
has much to commend and is well worth watching. A very
strong three star rating, verging on four.
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