Chapman To stars as Spring, a Mainland hitman and movie buff who arrives in Hong Kong with partner Setting Sun (Hui Siu-Hung). Immediately, the two get separated, and Spring takes to waiting on a rooftop for Setting Sun to show. However, he gets sick and somehow falls under the care of screenwriter Soya (Wong Cho-Lam), who nurses him back to health in thorough and thoroughly annoying fashion. The gags here are broad and sometimes homoerotic, with overdone performances (Chapman To’s faux mainland accent is a highlight) and some hilarious and also potentially disturbing moments – especially one where the audience gets a good long look at Chapman To’s naked body (Yikes!!). Then the movie parodies settle in. One gag, where Spring uses movie titles to tell his personal story, is an especially funny one, but it also stretches on for an eternity. At this point, the film has provided some smart jokes, but still hasn’t yet found its narrative footing.
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