Cast Member: Tenky Tin Kai-Man

With a welcome big screen appearance by Anita Yuen and an all-star rendition of Sam Hui’s beloved ’Private Eyes’ theme, this celebration of Hong Kong is an unpretentious distraction.

It’s a highly accomplished and touching rom-com that shows he is not just a funny face.

The pairing of Jet Li and Sammo should have spawned a masterpiece, but instead the audience is left with this disheartening effort.

It is a brilliantly constructed spoof of the martial arts genre that includes all of the elements that made Chow such a success.

If you approach a film of this nature, with this cast, with this storyline and with this lack of imagination, there is very little sympathy you (or indeed I) should expect.

Interest is created in ‘Lady Cop & Papa Crook’ by its style and verve, yet the story and characters are successful in doing the opposite.

Not a complete disaster but by no means the showcase that Wu Jing was no doubt hoping it would be.

‘Marry A Rich Man’ is a rom-com film that commits the cardinal crime of not being very romantic.

‘New Kung Fu Cult Master’ isn’t a great film, maybe not even a very good one, but there’s enough strengths here to make you eager to watch the second part.

It’s watchable (though don’t dare take your eyes off it for a moment or you’ll miss at least three dramatic revelations) and confidently put together, but satisfying as a conclusion to the big story it is not.

As is often the case with Chow’s movies, what really sets it apart from other outings in the genre is the inclusion of a heartfelt story.

‘Super Model’ is, for the majority, a superior comedy that bursts forth with copious amounts of energy and imagination.