Crazy Stone (film)
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| Crazy Stone | |
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Sichuanese | |
| Budget | $400,000 |
| Box office | over $1,500,000 |
Crazy Stone (
Plot
When a precious jade stone is discovered in an old outhouse, the owner of said outhouse and the surrounding buildings suddenly finds himself with the financial clout to withstand the buy-out pressure of an unethical developer who wishes to build a large building on his plot. The owner, intending to display the stone to the public, puts his dedicated chief of security in charge of keeping it safe. But with the stakes running high, this is easier said than done. The developer hires a high-tech cat burglar from Hong Kong to steal the stone, the owner's wayward son sees the jewel as the perfect symbol of wealth and hatches a plan to use it to increase his chances at getting laid, and a gang of three con-men who hear about the jewel see it as their ticket to the big time. These three groups find themselves in direct competition and, finding their attempts foiled as often by the security guard as by each other, become more and more desperate as the film progresses.
Style
Crazy Stone is uncommon in that the entire movie is spoken in a mishmash of
The film also pays homage to or is influenced by a number of films, both foreign and domestic. The scene in which a black suited thief tries to steal the coveted jade stone by descending from the ceiling attached to a rope is a reference to the American television series Mission: Impossible,[1] for example. Similarly, one of the final scenes, which features a fight in an elevator, is a reference to the ending of the famous Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs.
Notes
- ^ Wang, Vivien (26 July 2006). "Crazy Stone makes audiences laugh, Hollywood cry". chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
External links
- Crazy Stone at IMDb
- Crazy Stone at AllMovie
- Danwei.org article on Crazy Stone and Piracy
