The Lucky Guy
1998 1h 39m movie Film Hong Kong

The Lucky Guy

行運一條龍

Synopsis

行運一條龍

Lucky Coffee Shop is well-known for its egg tarts and tea. Waiter Sui, named as Prince Egg Tart, attracts lots of girls but only loves Candy. He and his friends, Nam, and Fok, all have love problems. At the same time, the coffee shop may collapse since the landlord is increasing the rent tremendously. Let's see how the lucky guys of the shop can revert this situation.

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The 1997–1999 Hong Kong Window

The Lucky Guy holds position #22 of 53 Hong Kong films in the 1997–1999 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Made in Hong Kong
    #1

    Made in Hong Kong

    ★ 7.5 · 1997
  2. The Mission
    #2

    The Mission

    ★ 7.4 · 1999
  3. Running Out of Time
    #3

    Running Out of Time

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  4. Jackie Chan: My Stunts
    #4

    Jackie Chan: My Stunts

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  5. King of Comedy
    #5

    King of Comedy

    ★ 7.2 · 1999
  6. Fly Me to Polaris
    #6

    Fly Me to Polaris

    ★ 7.2 · 1999
  7. Victim
    #7

    Victim

    ★ 7.2 · 1999
  8. Who Am I?
    #8

    Who Am I?

    ★ 7.1 · 1998

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 The Lucky Guy premiered alongside 20 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 20 other Hong Kong films in 1998.

The 466th 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

24
Reviews
48th
Review-volume percentile
72nd
Popularity percentile

24 audience reviews — more than 48% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity (72th percentile) outruns review volume (48th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
24
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #340 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #106 of 266 (top 40%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Production CompaniesBrilliant Idea Group
Runtime1h 39m
Release DateJanuary 16, 1998
IMDbtt0138587