Just Another Pandora's Box

Just Another Pandora's Box
Film poster
Traditional	越光寶盒
Simplified	越光宝盒
Mandarin	Yuèguāng Bǎohé
Cantonese	Jyut6-gwong1 Bou2-hap6
Directed by	Jeffrey Lau
Produced by	Julia Chu Xu Jianping Jessica Kam-Engle Li Li Liao Qianshan Yang Yang
Written by	Jeffrey Lau
Starring	Ronald Cheng Gigi Leung Betty Sun Athena Chu Eric Tsang Huang Bo Guo Degang Gillian Chung Patrick Tam Wu Jing
Music by	Mark Lui
Cinematography	Edmond Fung
Edited by	Marco Mak
Production company	Beijing Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd., Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production, Pearl River Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co., Ltd.
Distributed by	Mei Ah Entertainment
Release date	18 March 2010 (2010-03-18)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Just Another Pandora's Box, also known as Once Upon a Chinese Classic, is a 2010 Hong Kong parody film directed by Jeffrey Lau, starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Huang Bo, Guo Degang, Gillian Chung, and Patrick Tam. It is a spiritual successor to Lau's two-part 1995 film A Chinese Odyssey. Athena Chu, who starred in A Chinese Odyssey, makes a guest appearance in Just Another Pandora's Box.

The film's Chinese title is a pun on the Chinese title of the first part of A Chinese Odyssey, Yuè Guāng Bǎo Hé (月光寶盒). The last three characters of each title are the same, only the first differs; the pronunciations of 月 and 越 are the same in both Cantonese (jyut⁶) and Mandarin (yuè). The older title translates literally to "Moonlight Treasure Box"; in the title of this film, the character for "moon" is replaced by 越, in this context meaning "more" or "surpassing".

In addition to A Chinese Odyssey, the film spoofs Red Cliff and also makes references to other films such as The Eagle Shooting Heroes, Kung Fu Hustle, House of Flying Daggers, CJ7, Kung Fu Panda, Titanic, King Kong, The Green Hornet, and The Matrix, as well as events such as the 2008 Summer Olympics.