I find the dubbed version of this movie mediocre at best, but when watching it in the original Chinese with subtitles I bust a gut. The vocal inflections make all the difference. Dubbed version 5-6 stars at best, subtitled version, 10 stars all the way.
Chow's line delivery of the sardonic dialogue in the knife scene is what sends it over the top funny. I hate dubbing in any language but especially in Cantonese since it's the one language (aside from English of course) I happen to know. The translation/dubbing misses a lot of the language and therefore the humor. Cantonese can be very sardonic and blunt in brevity and I find English translations usually lack these key nuances.
shareThat's so funny, I just watched this again today with a friend. I tried to convince him that we should watch it in Cantonese with subs, but he didn't want to read the screen. The movie was good but not the same as I remember it. I would definitely watch it subtitled next time!! Much better!!
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