Just Another Pandora's Box

Just Another Pandora's Box
Traditional	越光寶盒
Simplified	越光宝盒
Mandarin	Yuè Guāng Bǎo Hé
Cantonese	Jyut6 Gwong1 Bou2 Hap6
Directed by	Jeffrey Lau
Produced by	Julia Chu, Xu Jianping, Jessica Kam-Engle, Li Li, Liao Qianshan, Yang Yang
Written by	Jeffrey Lau
Starring	Ronald Cheng Gigi Leung Betty Sun Athena Chu Eric Tsang Huang Bo Guo Degang Gillian Chung Patrick Tam
Music by	Mark Lui
Cinematography	Edmond Fung
Editing by	Marco Mak
Studio	Beijing Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd., Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production, Pearl River Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co., Ltd.
Distributed by	Mei Ah Entertainment
Release date(s)	March 18, 2010 (2010-03-18)
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Just Another Pandora's Box, also known as Once Upon a Chinese Classic, is a 2010 Hong Kong parody film directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Huang Bo, Guo Degang, Gillian Chung, and Patrick Tam. It is a spiritual successor to Lau's two-part 1994 film A Chinese Odyssey. Athena Chu, who starred in A Chinese Odyssey, makes a guest appearance in Just Another Pandora's Box.

The film's Chinese title is pun on the Chinese title of the first part of A Chinese Odyssey, simplified Chinese: 月光宝盒; traditional Chinese: 月光寶盒. The last three characters of each title are the same, only the first differs; the pronunciations of 月 and 越 are the same in both Cantonese (jyut⁶) and Mandarin (yuè). The older title translates literally to "Moonlight Magic Box"; in the title of this film, the character for "moon" is replaced by 越, in this context meaning "more" or "surpassing".

In addition to A Chinese Odyssey, the film spoofs Red Cliff and also makes references to other films such as The Eagle Shooting Heroes, Kung Fu Hustle, House of Flying Daggers, CJ7, Kung Fu Panda, Titanic, King Kong, The Green Hornet, and The Matrix, as well as events like the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1].

Plot

Rose Fairy is sailing along the river when she suddenly trips on a rope and falls into the water. The trap is set by the robber Qing Yise, who wants to rob Rose Fairy. Qing Yise steals the Purple Sword from Rose Fairy and plans to sell it. Just then, Zhizun Bao appears and draws out the sword from its scabbard. Rose Fairy regains consciousness and thought that it was Qing Yise who unsheathed the sword. Since she has made a promise to marry the person who draws out the sword, she follows Qing Yise wherever he goes, leading to a cat-and-mouse chase between the two of them.

They run into Master Bodhi and his assistant, who are chasing after Bull Demon King for the Pandora's Box. By accident, Qing Yise recites a chant and activates the box, causing him to be transported back in time to the Three Kingdoms period. He finds himself as Zhao Yun around the time of the Battle of Red Cliffs. He encounters many historical figures from that era and there begins a series of adventures for him.

Cast

Main cast

• Ronald Cheng as Qing Yise / Zhao Yun / Zhang Ziyi's transvestite
• Betty Sun as Rose Fairy
• Gigi Leung as Ambassador of Turkestan
• Eric Tsang as Zhuge Liang
• Huang Bo as Zhou Yu
• Guo Degang as Cao Cao

Special appearances

• Athena Chu as Purple Cloud Fairy
• Gillian Chung as Sun Shangxiang
• Patrick Tam as General Xiahou

Guest stars

• Yuen Biao as Liu Bei
• Huang Yi as Xiao Qiao
• Alex Fong as Guan Yu
• Louis Fan as Zhang Fei
• Sandra Ng as Cook
• Stephy Tang as Painted Skin
• Wu Jing as Chief guard

Other cast

• Tin Kai-Man as Soldier in forest
• Kenny Bee as Soldier holding torch
• Wang Xuebing as Bull Demon King
• Jeffrey Lau as Master Bodhi
• Marco Mak as One-eyed General
• Corey Yuen as Cao Cao's general
• Guo Tao as Hua Tuo
• Wong Cho-lam as Cao Cao's guard
• Edmond Leung as Guard
• Yuen Cheung-yan as Beggar
• Lam Suet as O Sim
• Marco Ngai as Wu soldier
• Chiu Chi-ling as Wu soldier
• Xing Yu as Wu soldier
• Lee Lik-chi as Zhizun Bao
• Yu Rongguang as Gan Xing
• Yuen Qiu as Landlady
• Yuen Wah as Landlord
• Tats Lau as The Boy
• Xu Jiao as Dicky
• Ken Jonk as Cao Cao's solder
• Charmaine Fong as Cao Cao's soldier
• Michael Tong as Wu general
• Ada Choi as Princess Iron Fan
• Lam Chi-chung as Warrior Sunset
• Lee Kin-yan as Flower Girl
• Tse Kwan-ho as Agent Smith
• Sha Yi as General Qi Yan
• Li Yixiao as Lady Mi
• Yu Bin as Injured soldier
• Xu Wanqiu as Nurse
• Johnnie Kong as Assistant master
• Lin Wai-kin as Minister Lian
• Ken Wong as Lu Su
• Chen Kaishi as Big Mouth Jenny
• Yu Qian as Sign language performer
• Zhang Li as Liu Bei's wife A
• Li Na as Liu Bei's wife B
• Ai Mengmeng as Liu Bei's wife C
• Danny Chan as Soldier
• The Flowers as Cao Cao's soldiers
• Leo Ku
• Deng Chao
• Hou Yong
• Wayne Lai
• Guo Xiaodong
• Wang Kuirong
• Li Yixiao
• Duan Yihong
• Fan Bingbing
• Zhang Ziyi
• Li Xuejian
• Zhang Yishan
• Liu Xiaohua
• Guan Xiaotong
• Song Zu'er
• Ji Jiaxi

References

• "'Once Upon a Chinese Classic' launches official website". Xinhua. 2009-12-02. http://english.sina.com/entertainment/2009/1201/289798.html. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 

1. ^ "Film Business Asia: Just Another Pandora's Box". Film Business Asia. 2010-03-15. http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/just-another-pandoras-box. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 

External links

• Just Another Pandora's Box at the Internet Movie Database
• Just Another Pandora's Box at the Hong Kong Movie Database