Hong Kong Synopsis
算死草
Stephen Chow plays a selfish yet in some places kind hearted barrister who tricks his servant in doing things for his own benefit. Eric Kot playing the servant is misguided by what he thinks is love and leaves Chow vowing that he will never need Chow's help again in life. Shortly afterwards Kot gets into some big trouble (due to be executed) with the British and calls on Chow for help. Chow tries to help his client, but is fish out of water when he has to fight this court room case according to western rules.
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The 1996–1998 Hong Kong Window
Lawyer Lawyer holds position #24 of 57 Hong Kong films in the 1996–1998 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lawyer Lawyer premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1997.
The 458th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
32 audience reviews — more than 58% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Review volume (58th percentile) outruns trending popularity (43th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #380 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #118 of 266 (top 44%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Brilliant Idea Group |
| Runtime | 1h 25m |
| Release Date | July 31, 1997 |
| IMDb | tt0133059 |