Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- irreverent
- surreal
- frantic
- comedy movie night
- hong kong cinema marathon
What critics said
Critics and audiences broadly recognize the film as an energetic, inventive Stephen Chow spy spoof, though its reception is not uniformly enthusiastic.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ling Ling Chat is an inept secret agent surrounded by useless gadgets, murderous contacts, and flamboyant assassins.
The secret police select a rural butcher and habitual martini drinker as their most unlikely agent.
The theft of a giant dinosaur skull initiates the espionage investigation and motivates the agent's mission.
The film places secret-agent conventions, extravagant killers, and physical comedy within Stephen Chow's Hong Kong comic style.
Films like From Beijing with Love, and why
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
broad spy spoofing, gadget-driven action, deadpan absurdity, and irreverent comedy
Kung Fu Hustle
hong kong action choreography fused with outrageous humor and comic antiheroics
Johnny English
parodic secret-agent premise, incompetent protagonist, and playful genre pastiche
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
physical comedy, exaggerated villains, and energetic action-comedy spectacle
Movie Details
- Directors
- Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-Chi
- Release Date
- 1994-10-13
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (248)
Cast
- Stephen Chow
- Anita Yuen Wing-Yee
- Wong Kam-Kong
- Law Kar-Ying
- Pauline Chan Bo-Lin
- Joe Cheng Cho
- Wong Yat-Fei
- Lee Lik-Chi
- Johnny Tang Siu-Chun
- Leung See-Ho
Common questions
- What is From Beijing with Love about?
- An incompetent rural butcher turned secret agent battles flamboyant assassins and absurd gadgets in a wildly irreverent Hong Kong spy spoof.
- What is From Beijing with Love like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of From Beijing with Love as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is From Beijing with Love violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in From Beijing with Love as moderate.
- What did critics think of From Beijing with Love?
- Critics and audiences broadly recognize the film as an energetic, inventive Stephen Chow spy spoof, though its reception is not uniformly enthusiastic.
- Which films are like From Beijing with Love?
- Films with a similar feel include Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Kung Fu Hustle, Johnny English, and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!.
- How long is From Beijing with Love?
- From Beijing with Love runs 84 minutes.
