hkDVD DVDinfo - i love maria dvd - director david chung chi-man, script by yuen gai chi, cast: ben lam kwok bun,dennis chan kwok-san,john shum kin-fun,john woo(cameo),lam ching ying,leung ch

I Love Maria

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This DVD is Region-Free. Should play on all machines, including PS/2 game consoles.

Disc/Technical Information

Publisher: Universe Laser
Audio: Cantonese/Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video: Letterbox
Subtitles: Chinese/English
Running Time: 96mins
Release Year: 1988[Hong Kong]
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(Synopsis) This twist on the Robocop story has the bad guys creating a giant evil robot, and then a more human-sized prototype with the face of Sally Yeh (who plays the main bad guy's girlfriend, and partner in crime). Fortunately, some whacky, comedy-relief inventors (John Sham and Tsui Hark) get a hold of the evil robot Maria and reprogram her to be a force for good. A bumbling reporter (played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai) makes friends with Sham and Hark and sort of falls in love with the Maria robot. In the final showdown, the good guys and the girl robot take on the bad guys (including the original, human "Maria"/Sally Yeh) and the bad robot. Fun, humorous, and with good special effects. Sally Yeh is great - a much less retiring role than her blind damsel in distress character in John Woo's "The Killer." Overall, it's a bit like a hi-tech Chinese Ghost Story, with some Robocop mixedin.

Director
David Chung Chi-Man

Script
Yuen Gai Chi

Cast
Ben Lam Kwok Bun
Dennis Chan Kwok-San
John Shum Kin-Fun
John Woo (cameo)
Lam Ching Ying
Leung Chi On
Paul Chun Pui
Pomson Shi
Sally Yeh
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Tsui Hark
Victor Wong Chi Keung (cameo)

Publisher: Universe Laser
Audio: Cantonese/Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video: Letterbox
Subtitles: Chinese/English
Running Time: 96mins
Release Year: 1988[Hong Kong]