Rich And Famous Reviews

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Extremely dubious dubbing, poorly acted and lacking in storyline and decent martial arts as well. Stay clear.

total bore

I cannot believe that I actually watched this boring film ever - for most part I fast-forwarded the film - just as well - could not sit through the whole film. Even cleaning the house sounds more interesting.

awful

i fell asleep, very boring and slow

Hollywood inspired crime thriller!

This film borrows liberally from Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather and Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time in America (interestingly, Leone was originally called upon to be the director for The Godfather) as one may find with this being a period crime thriller involving betrayal (particularly amongst relatives) which takes place over a series of decades (complete with a wedding assassination sequence, which to be honest is fairly gripping and engaging as we feel involved with the characters despite not getting to know that much about them -

only the problems they're dealing with and certain character traits they possess).

In the book Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions, Stephen Teo had noted Once Upon A Time in America as a direct inspiration for the heroic bloodshed/crime thrillers that came out of Hong Kong in the 80s (starting with Johnny Mak's {the producer of this film} Long Arm of the Law). Johnny has been well known to be more like Tsui Hark (interfering with a director's work) so it's likely he directed some scenes in this film).

Rich & Famous is hardly one of Chow Yun Fat's best films but it contains a great performance from him which makes this worth watching. It was nice seeing some familiar character actors and big names like Andy Lau and Danny Lee.

The story could have been more developed for the segments involving the protagonists' youths (their motivations, the causes for those motivations and where it takes them) as well as their lives before entering the lifestyle of the Triads. We also could have seen more of their experiences within the Triad lifestyle and how it's changed them (the original Hong Kong trailer shows scenes not seen in this film so this could have been a film of epic length like its American inspirations).

Alex Man delivers a very good performance as an initially amiable friend who turns downright rotten - he's realistically sinister. Alan Lau deserves some kudos for his performance as a loyal campanion who's torn between his bonds with Alex and Chow.

There's not as much action as there is in the sequel, Tragic Hero, though what's in here is decent enough entertainment if somewhat unrealistic (you wouldn't believe how people fight, let alone survive, after receiving a fatal amount of wounds) which makes Woo's work appear to be a semi-stylistic form of documentary-style realism.

Chow offers a variation on what he was well known for in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow. In that film, he held two pistols in both hands directly in front of him as he was firing away (a familiar icon which has been ripped off left, right and center). In this film, he holds two machine guns in both hands but with each hand crossed over the over so that he can take on adversaries from less-than-linear directions.

Whilst this film has better production design (i.e. props and sets) than A Better Tomorrow (though the soundtrack is slightly cheap save for a few moments), it's certainly no classic and it just about manages to be accepted & classified as a good film if not a very good one.

Rather disappointed with this film, weak story bad acting and even worse action. How did Chow Yun Fat get involved with this ?

Chow Yun Fat

Chow Yun Fat - If he is in the film then its going to be good. They story is a little strange, but its a good film worth a watch.

Not bad

Hes definately done better movies than this i.e better tomorrow.

average

although a little old now but the plot is still interesting

UH

Cant even remember, was that good NOT

For those with a childish mentality

I find these tye of films extremely

boring.

They are way beyond belief.

They are for the infantile, peole with a very childish mentality