Pom Pom (film)

Infobox Film
name = Pom Pom


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director = Joe Cheung
producer = Sammo Hung
writer = Bo Ho Writing Team
narrator =
starring = Richard Ng
John Shum
Deannie Yip
Philip Chan
music =
cinematography = Ricky Lau Jun Wei
editing = Peter Cheung Yiu Chung
distributor = Bo Ho Films Co., Ltd.
released = 1984
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country = flagicon|Hong Kong|colonial Hong Kong
language = Cantonese
budget =
gross = HK $20,170,382
preceded_by =
followed_by = "The Return of Pom Pom"
website =
amg_id = 272763
imdb_id = 0088105

"Pom Pom" (神勇雙響炮; lit. "Supernaturally brave artillery") is a 1984 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Joe Cheung. It is the first in a series of four Pom Pom films starring Richard Ng and John Shum.

The title of the film is the onomatopoeic representation of a gunshot sound. The title is sometimes suffixed with an exclamation mark - "Pom Pom!". The Hong Kong English title for the film is "Boom Boom!". [cite web
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The film is something of a spinoff of Sammo Hung's Lucky Stars films, and Hung produced "Pom Pom" and released the film through his Bo Ho Films production company. Ng and Shum had been two of the original quintet of Lucky Stars in the film "Winners and Sinners" and their co-stars in that film, Hung, Charlie Chin and Stanley Fung make cameo appearances in "Pom Pom" as their "Winners and Sinners" characters.

Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao, who had appeared in the original Lucky Stars trilogy also made cameo appearances as a motorcycle cop and truck driver respectively. The film also features appearances from several of their Hong Kong action film contempories, including Deanie Yip, Lam Ching Ying, Philip Chan, Dick Wei and Wu Ma.

Plot

Ah Chau (Richard Ng) and Beethoven (John Shum) are a pair of cops investigating a drug lord, but their ineptitude threatens to derail the case.The police are well aware that Mr Sha (Chan Lung) is the boss of the crime syndicate smuggling and trafficking in drugs, and that he keeps details of his criminal transactions in a book which is kept by his mistress. When Beethoven and Ah Chau investigate, they find Sha's mistress dead, and inadvertently compromise all fingerprint evidence in the hideout. Luckily, they are assisted by beautiful cop Inspector Anna (Deannie Yip), who is secretly attracted to Ah Chau. Finally the two make their arrests and become instant heroes.

Cast and roles

* Richard Ng - Ah Chau (sometimes listed Achioo) as / Walker
* John Sham - Beethoven / Johnny
* Deannie Yip - Anna
* Philip Chan - Inspector Chan
* Tai Po - Chou the Pimp
* Chung Fat - Columbo
* James Tien - Inspector Tien
* Chan Lung - Mr. Sha
* Wu Ma - Police Station Employee
* Dennis Chan - Police Station Employee
* Kan Ng Min - Keung
* Kit Lee Chi - Pui
* Dick Wei - Scarman
* Yuen Biao - Truck Driver
* Sammo Hung - Cameo appearance
* Fung Shui-Fan - Cameo appearance
* Charlie Chin - Cameo appearance
* Mars - Motorcycle Cop #1
* Jackie Chan - Motorcycle Cop #2
* Lam Ching Ying - Police Officer
* Lau Chau Sang - Thug
* Wellson Chin - Police Station Employee
* Chin Yuet Sang - Passenger in stalled car
* Chong Man Ching - Driver of stalled car
* Fung Ging Man - Mahjong player

equels

Pom Pom was followed by 3 sequels:
* "The Return of Pom Pom" (1984)
* "Mr. Boo Meets Pom Pom" (1985)
* "Pom Pom Strikes Back" (1986)

ee also

* Lucky Stars

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088105/ IMDb entry]
* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=1505 HKcinemagic.com]