The Days of Being Dumb
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70% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Comedy Duration Language Cantonese | 6.9/10 IMDb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 6 August 1992 (1992-08-06) Cast Similar movies Movies about the Triads, Parodies, Set in Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The days of being dumb
The Days of Being Dumb is a 1992 Hong Kong comedy film produced by Peter Chan, directed by Blackie Ko and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang (who also serves as the film's presenter), Kent Tong and actress Anita Yuen in her debut role. This film is a parody of the 1991 film, Days of Being Wild, which also starred Leung and Cheung.
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Plot
Fred and Keith were childhood friends who dreamed of being triad members. As their became adults, they have achieved the dream and joined many gangs. However, after all the gang bosses die, the two are considered as jinxes by people and no gangs want to take them in. The two then depend on themselves to do business and get a prostitute from Singapore, Jane. Jane, however, believes she was supposed to be model and the two of them do not have courage to put her to work. Jane is also later found out to be a lesbian. Later, famous triad leader Kwan comes and takes Fred and Keith in to prove to people that he is invulnerable to their jinx. Under Kwan, these two manage to become triad heroes. However, later thing go wrong and Kwan is turned against the two and they must strike back to protect themselves.
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Box office
This film grossed HK$9,883,635 during its theatrical run from 6 August to 26 August 1992 in Hong Kong.
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