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Starring
:
Sammo
Hung
Do
Do Cheng
Joyce
Godenzi
Ngai
Sing
Jacky
Cheung
Lam
Ching Ying
Action
:
Brandy
Yuen
Hung
Ga Ban
Yuen
Miu
Producer
:
Sammo
Hung
Director
:
Sammo
Hung
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SLICKERS
VS. KILLERS (1991)
A.K.A.
- Slickers Versus Killers
Reviewed
by Andrew Saroch
Although
a hapless telephone salesman (Sammo) finds himself engaged in
a selling war with a new saleswoman, this soon proves to be
the least of his problems. After witnessing a feud between two
hitmen and a local gang of triads, Sammo finds himself the
target of the more neurotic and violent of the two hitmen
(Cheung). Having survived various attempts on his life by the
hitmen, Bat and Owl, Sammo also discovers that his wife's
policeman colleague has more than a professional interest in
her. Taking a leaf out of Bat and Owl's book, the jealous
policeman also decides that Sammo would be better off dead. In
one madcap night, all of these problems are solved with poor
old Sammo naturally in the middle of it all.
Certainly
not among the big man's best, 'Slickers Vs. Killers' is
nonetheless entertaining. The cast is packed with the usual
gallery of stars that one associates with a Sammo production
and of course the action (when it happens) is expertly
choreographed by the man himself. Future wife Joyce Godenzi is
slightly wasted here; although there is a brief hint of her
action woman persona, this really doesn't compare with her
performances in 'Licence
To Steal' and 'She
Shoots Straight'. If you're looking for an undemanding 90
minutes, you could do a lot worse than 'Slickers Vs. Killers'.
However, don't expect 'Pedicab
Driver'!
Rating:
 
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