A 1994 Hong Kong Spy Comedy directed by Stephen Chow and Lee Lik Chi that has an incompetent James Bond-wannabe (Chow) being sent to find a stolen dinosaur skull.
The movie also stars Anita Yuen (as Kam), Law Kar Ying (as Tat Man-sai), Wong Kam Kong as The Man with the Golden Gun), Joe Cheng, Pauline Chen (as the female spy from Shenyang), and Wong Yat Fei.
It was released on September 14, 1994.
Tropes for the film:
- Advanced Tech 2000: An In-Universe example with the "Kill-You-Dead 3000". An Affectionate Parody of James Bond movies, this "gadget" is really a bunch of dangerous items tied together with metal wire - picture a keychain with a knife, grenade, bicycle chain, pistol, etc.
- Backwards-Firing Gun: Kam tries to use Ling Ling-chat's pistol against him in an assassination attempt, but only manages to hit herself in the shoulder. After he explains that it's a backwards-firing gun, she tries again but hits herself in the other shoulder - since the so-called "Wicked gun" fires backwards then forwards.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Man-sai, who builds... a solar-powered torch that only lights up in the presence of another light source.
- Comically Small Bribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with just 100 RMB note and some cigarettes for the soldiers.
- Crazy-Prepared: One man in the firing squad blows a prisoner out of the sky with a rocket launcher after he stuns the others with a Shockwave Stomp and almost escapes with a flying leap.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Seemingly just a bumbling, seriously out-of-practice agent, Ling Ling-chat quickly proves to be a master bladesman with a strong moral compass.
- Dark Is Evil: Played for Laughs with Yuen, whose face is constantly shadowed whenever he gives video briefings to Heung-kam when she's alone. As soon as Ling Ling-chat discovers them, Yuen immediately turns the lights on to keep his face well-lit.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The Man with the Golden Gun is exactly that - a man with a single shot, gold-plated gun that fires explosive bullets. Unlike the Bond villain though, he also wears an impenetrable suit of armour.
- Foreshadowing: By channelling his Chi, Ling Ling-chat claims to be able to cut through anything using even a cutlery knife. In the finale, he uses this know-how to carve through Yuen's seemingly invincible suit of armour with his trusty butcher's cleaver.
- Jurisdiction Friction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for Chan, Yuen is the Man with the Golden Gun - he doesn't survive the meeting.
- Meaningful Name: The film's Chinese title note , which roughly translates to "Domestically Produced Double-O Seven".
- Punny Name:
- Ling Ling-chat is a homophone for Double-O Seven note .
- Tat Man-sai is the Cantonese transliteration for Da Vinci note .
- Rogue Soldier: The Man with the Golden Gun is actually an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen, the one who picked Ling Ling-chat for this assignment.
- Running Gag: Throughout the film, Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name.Man-sai: I wish you'd use my full name: Tat Man-sai.
Ling Ling-chat: No problem, Man-sai!
Man-sai: Thank you.
Ling Ling-chat: Don't mention it, Man-sai. - Shoe Phone: Parodied in one scene. Ling Ling-chat has what appears to be a walkie-talkie... but it's actually a shaver. He also has what appears to be a shaver... but it's actually a hairdryer. His hairdryer... is actually a shaver. And his shoe? Another hairdryer.
- Shout-Out: A given since the film is an affectionate parody of the James Bond franchise.
- The film's English title brings to mind From Russia with Love.
- Man-sai works for what appears to be the Chinese equivalent of Q Branch.
- With his metal teeth, the male agent from Shenyang is a clear nod to Jaws.
- Yuen's alter ego — The Man with the Golden Gun — is another Bond film title.
- Super Fly Reflexes: Used to establish Ling-Ling-Chat's Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass credentials. While he claims to be a master with blades, he supposedly misses the plush doll he was aiming at in his initial display. Later, when Ling-Ling-Chat is taken hostage, his partner Kam realizes he hit a fly in the corner of the room, proving to her that he's very dangerous and that the bank robbers are about to be very dead.
- Torpedo Tits: The female spy from Shenyang wears a metal bra which contains a pair of flamethrowers. Unfortunately for her, their fuel runs out mid-attack and her target shoots back with the Golden Gun... nothing is left of her except the bra.
- Tricked into Signing: After surviving Heung-kam's assassination attempt and becoming disillusioned with his assignment, Ling Ling-chat returns to base to hand in his resignation to Yuen, who asks that he sign a document before being sent to hospital for further treatment. It's actually a false confession that lands him an immediate sentence in front of a firing squad.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: The film opens with the previous agent, 006 (played by Yu Rong-guang) infiltrating a warehouse full of mooks and absolutely demolishing everyone before he's confronted by the main villain — the Man with the Golden Gun — and then fatally shot. Cue the opening credits...
