Cast Member: Michael Hui

It has to be admitted that there are some decent moments within the film and it certainly brings more smiles to the face than many a Chinese New Year comedy of the past.

The best advice I would give to anyone is to stick with this excellent production through its slower moments as there is much to savour here.

Hui delivers an always watchable and occasionally hilarious production that works on a number of different levels.

Comic maestro Michael Hui scores a resounding hit with this fast-paced combination of mirth and mystery.

Michael Hui uses moments of slapstick, social conscience and satire in conjunction with his flawless timing.

As an introduction to the Hui brothers or Hong Kong comedy in general, this is a fine starting point.

It’s somewhat disappointing to see a comedian of Michael Hui’s pedigree reverting to, what is essentially, a reworking of the classic Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis/Marilyn Monroe comedy ‘Some Like It Hot’.

‘Hero Of The Beggars’ is not a patch on ‘Security Unlimited’ or the many other classic Michael Hui hits, but it still achieves its simple edict of entertaining the audience.

Although there is a great deal of potential within the casting, ‘Mr.Boo Meets Pom Pom’ is certainly the weakest of the Pom Pom quartet.

Thrown together rather than constructed, this is a production where the director has little idea how to generate organic laughs from situations and must therefore shoe-horn them in.

Despite some wonderful Jackie moments it proves to be a movie where the need to be ‘cute’ is more important than the desire to entertain.

Far more subtle than Chow Sing Chi, but certainly as funny, ‘Security Unlimited’ is an excellent introduction to the world of the Hui brothers.