Sandra Ng - The Chinese Cinema

Sandra Ng

A collection of 4 posts

The Inspector Wears Skirts Series (Wellson Chin, 1988–1992)

The Inspector Wears Skirts Series (Wellson Chin, 1988–1992)

The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988) A Girls with Guns riff on the Police Academy series, with Sibelle Hu and Cynthia Rothrock training a group of Female Commandos led by Kara Hui and Sandra Ng. The training sequences are rote, with important lessons learned about teamwork and community. Most of the

Sandra Ng Capsule Reviews

Sandra Ng Capsule Reviews

Golden Chicken (Samson Chiu, 2002) — July 25, 2014 Life of Oharu, but as the kind of Hong Kong comedy where Andy Lau walks out of a TV and teaches Sandra Ng how to properly fake an orgasm. 25 years of Hong Kong history and popular entertainment as seen in the

Goldbuster (Sandra Ng, 2017)

Goldbuster (Sandra Ng, 2017)

In her directorial debut, veteran comic actress Sandra Ng gives us a goofy farce, a compendium of horror movie tropes and references, and a sappy tribute to the underdog spirit of Hong Kong’s working class in the days of hyper-capitalism and real estate speculation. She plays a ghostbuster hired

Golden Chicken 2 (Samson Chiu, 2003)

Golden Chicken 2 (Samson Chiu, 2003)

The first Golden Chicken filtered 30 years of Hong Kong history through the life of one ridiculous prostitute and dared you not to be moved by her. Samson Chiu’s sequel, released one year later, tries the same trick, but with 30 years of Hong Kong cinema instead, most specifically