How a $15 bribe turn into a Dark Comedy classic by Stephen Chow | From Beijing with Love

This week we will review the very first movie Stephen Chow attempt to be a movie director.
If you want to know how Chow manage to turn many cult elements into a comedy, mock a communist government and still make it a $ 37 million HKD success, you don't want to miss this week's episode.

From Beijing With Love (Chinese: 國產凌凌漆) is a 1994 Hong Kong spy comedy film directed by Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-chi. The film is a very direct spoof of the James Bond films.

Plot
A mask and armored wearing criminal Golden Gun steals a valuable Tyrannosaurus fossil from the Government of China. Chow, starring as a hawker-secret-agent 007 Ling-ling-chat, is sent to Hong Kong by commander of the Guangzhou Military Region to recapture the cranium. When he arrives in Hong Kong, he meets Lee Heung-kam (Anita Yuen), who proposes to help him in his endeavour. However, Heung-kam turns out to be a subordinate of Golden Gun, who is revealed to be the commander himself.

The commander instructs Heung-kam to send Ling-ling-chat on a false lead and tells him that the cranium may have been stolen by a smuggler. 007, with the help of Heung-kam, sneaks into a cocktail party held by the smuggler. Before he enters, he tells Heung-kam that he will fetch her some white roses. Heung-kam tells 007 to find evidence that the smuggler stole the cranium; meanwhile, Heung-kam hides in a tree, planning to snipe 007 from afar. The party is interrupted by a mysterious man (modelled after Jaws from James Bond) and a mysterious woman who are out to kill 007. Taking this opportunity, Heung-kam shoots 007 several times, including once in the leg with 007 thinking another assassin has shot him. 007 (who is wearing a bulletproof vest but not bulletproof trousers) escapes, grabbing three white roses on the way out. Heung-kam is touched by this gesture and saves his life. She decides to defect from Golden Gun. Together, the two destroy the organisation that is behind the theft of the cranium. 007 eventually wins the hand of Heung-kam and is rewarded with a meat cleaver emblazoned with the calligraphy of Deng Xiaoping.

Cast
Stephen Chow as Ling-ling-chat (Homophonic pun of '007' in Cantonese)
Anita Yuen as Lee Heung-kam
Law Kar-ying as Tat Man-sai (Homophonic pun of Leonardo da Vinci in Cantonese)
Wong Kam-kong as Golden Gun, a corrupt commander of the Guangzhou Military Region
Pauline Chan as Mystery woman
Lee Lik-chi as Executed martial arts master
Wong Yat-fei as Executed illiterate person
Yu Rongguang as Chinese agent killed by Golden Gun
Lee Kin-yan as Regent Motel manager
Yip Chun as Deputy commander Chan
Leung Hak-shun as Lai Yau-wai
Spencer Leung as Man about to be executed
Johnny Dang Siu-Juen as Man about to be executed
Raymond Tsang as Man from Hunan
Joe Cheng Cho as Metal Death Killer (clearly based on Jaws from Moonraker)
Indra Leech as Guard
Jerry Ku as Firing squad commander
Chow Yee-Fan as Bald waiter
Quinton Wong Liu-Che as Photographer
Wong Kar-Leung as Soldier
So Wai-Nam as Soldier
Tang Tai-Wo as Soldier
Lam Kwok-Kit as Soldier
Chung Wing as Soldier
Wong Shiu-Keung as Hotel clerk
Lo Gwok-Wai as Firing squad soldier

0:00 Introduction
01:06 Story & Behind the scenes
14:40 Story of Lee Hiong Lan
17:00 Hidden Foreshadowing
17:50 Final easter Egg