Two Thumbs Up
Description
In a throwback nod to the golden years of wonderfully goofy action films that has so often marked Hong Kong filmmaking, Two Thumbs Up follows four lovable losers intent on pulling off the (im)perfect heist. The bumbling gangsters decide to disguise a minibus as a police vehicle, intending to use it to pull over and rob trucks that carry human carcasses stuffed with cash. Everything that could go wrong (and even some things that couldn’t) does, including the introduction of a ruthless rival gang that happened to have the same idea and is competing with our “heroes” for the cash. Writer/director Lau Ho-leung’s directorial debut is crackling with a frenetic pace and hilarious situations, a truly fun film that is a wish fulfilled for lovers of 1980s and ’90s Hong Kong pulp.
Lao Ho-leung was born in Hong Kong and graduated with a degree in film and television from Hong Kong Baptist University. He’s written more than 20 feature-length screenplays and was nominated for best screenplay for Painted Skin (2008) at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Two Thumbs Up is his directorial debut.
Trailer
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LanguageCantonese
Original Language Title衝鋒車
Year2015
Runtime102
CountryHong Kong
DirectorLau Ho-leung
ProducerCheang Pou-soi, Lei Nga-bok, Yue Ren
WriterLau Ho-leung
EditorChan Ki-hop, J. Him Lee
CinematographerChor Keung Chan
CastFrancis Ng, Simon Yam, Leo Ku, Christie Chen
Print SourceEmperor Motion Pictures