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Once a Thief

Movie
1991
1h 43m
R
Cantonese
Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
User Score: 
6.8
Critic Score: 
65
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Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.
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Once a Thief

R
Movie
1991
1h 43m
Cantonese
Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
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Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.
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6.8
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CRITIC SCORE
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Cast

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Chow Yunfat
Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Leslie Cheung
James / Jim
Cherie Chung
Red Bean / Cherie
Paul Chu Kong
Chu / Godfather
Kenneth Tsang
Chow / Dad
Woo Fung
Mr. Cheung
Pierre Yves Burton
John Dang
Young Red Bean Pudding / Young Joe
Tong KaFai
Young James / Young Jim
Leila Tong
Young Red Bean / Young Cherie
David Wu
Auctioneer
John Woo
Stanley Wu (uncredited)
Phillip ChungFung Kwok
Directed By: John Woo
Written By: John Woo (Screenplay), Clifton Ko Chi-Sum, + 1 more

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manicure says...
one year ago
Caper comedy that sees Hong Kong’s most infamous trio of thieves taking over Europe. Obviously, “trio” also means love triangle, with all the mandatory melodrama you would expect. I watched it a thousand times as a child, but now it can only be a little more than a guilty pleasure, with Chow Yun-Fat unexpectedly ruling as a comic actor. You can skip all dialogues and just enjoy the two main action scenes. We have, in fact, a quite impressive car chase complete with an overblown shoot-out in the middle, plus an exhilarating revenge battle at the end, where all pretenses of seriousness get definitely dropped in favor of a full-fledged slapstick approach. The two scenes seem to belong to two completely different movies, but are equally enjoyable.
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Torgo says...
one year ago
Man, what a weird movie...
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ColinJ
6 years ago
John Woo's breezy crowd-pleaser works in fits and starts, though comedy is clearly not his forte.

It mostly exists to showcase the beauty and charisma of its stars.
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