By Hook or By Crook

Name: By Hook or By Crook
Genre: 28, 35
Released: 1980
Rating: 5.4

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'FLOWER KID' was a 'Robin Hood' type of hero who robs the rich and gives the poor. He was adored by many people especially a kid named 'FATSO', who considered himself as 'FLOWER KID jr.' Madam Bee, a woman of guts and evil hated 'FLOWER KID' because he once refused to kill her husband. She then married a rich 'Big Shot' and used his money and power to hire a bounty hunter called 'SKINNY'. Skinny caught the imitating hero 'Fatso'. They fought, understood, became good friends and went on look for 'Flower Kid'...

Who would love this

♥Fans of classic Hong Kong "kung fu comedy."
♥Enthusiasts of Sammo Hung’s action choreography.
♥Viewers who enjoy lighthearted, energetic slapstick humor from the 1980s.

Who might not

✗Viewers who prefer consistent tone and serious narrative depth.
✗Those who find 1980s-era slapstick and over-the-top comedic acting distracting or annoying.
✗Audiences looking for complex, grounded character dramas.

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What critics are saying about By Hook or By Crook

They are by their nature idiotic displays full of ridiculous pratfalls and silly faces but between all that is often some marvelous intricate action choreography and many of the best actors at action played in this genre from time to time. These were quite popular during the late 1970s and early 1980s and a few of the major purveyors ... But when they find him he is a shadow of who he used to be and the Golden Killer (Fat Chung) has been paid by a woman (Yau Pui-ling) to kill the Flower Kid. ... By Hook or by Crook. Director: Karl Maka Year: 1980. Rating: 3.5. They say that you can get used to anything over time. Pain and even heartbreak and it must be ...

By Hook or by Crook Film Review

By Hook or By Crook: Directed by Karl Maka. With Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Dean Shek, Ka-Sang Cheng, Wah Cheung. A Robin Hood-like hero named "FLOWER KID" steals ... By Hook or By Crook: Directed by Karl Maka. With Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Dean Shek, Ka-Sang Cheng, Wah Cheung. A Robin Hood-like hero named "FLOWER KID" steals from the rich and gives to the poor. ... By Hook or By Crook: Directed by Karl Maka. With Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Dean Shek, Ka-Sang Cheng, Wah Cheung. A Robin Hood-like hero named "FLOWER KID" steals from the rich and gives to the poor. ... By Hook or By Crook ... This is more of a Dean Shek comedy than a Sammo Hung starring film. ... Not all jokes land but it is made up for by some better than expected action.

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