Tricky Brains
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| Traditional | 整蠱專家 |
| Simplified | 整蛊专家 |
| Mandarin | Zhěng Gǔ Zhuān Jiā |
| Cantonese | Zing2 Gu2 Zyun1 Gaa1 |
| Directed by | Wong Jing |
| Produced by | Jimmy Heung |
| Written by | Wong Jing |
| Starring |
Andy Lau Stephen Chow Rosamund Kwan Chingmy Yau Ng Man-tat Waise Lee |
| Music by | Lowell Lo |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
| Edited by | Robert Choi |
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| Distributed by | Newport Entertainment |
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Release date
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2 February 1991 |
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Running time
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110 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$31,388,471 |
Tricky Brains (Chinese: 整蠱專家), also known as The Ultimate Trickster, is a 1991 Hong Kong comedy film written and directed by Wong Jing, who also co-stars in the film. The film stars Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Rosamund Kwan, Chingmy Yau, Ng Man-tat and Waise Lee.
Jing Koo (Stephen Chow) is a self-proclaimed Trick Expert who has a wide range of tricks at his disposal, including many practical jokes and some more serious tricks which are even capable of driving a person insane. He uses such tricks to accomplish whatever requests his clients give him. When he is hired by Macky Kam (Waise Lee) to ruin the relationship between Che Man-kit (Andy Lau), an honest employee who works at the same company as Macky, and Lucy Ching (Rosamund Kwan), the company president's daughter whom Macky is romantically interested in, Jing sets up an act to get in the Che household as Kit's long lost younger brother Che Man-jing. Kit is suspicious of Jing at first, but is later convinced that Jing really is his brother and decides to treat him better. He gets Jing to work in the same company and introduces him to Lucy and her friend, Banana Fung (Chingmy Yau), who later on becomes interested in him.
From here Jing attempts to embarrass Kit in front of Lucy at every turn, which includes having Kit drink a cola can dosed with 'irresistible aphrodisiac', a medicine that makes the victim unable to control his sexual desires, but Kit cleverly avoids all of Jing's tricks (without suspecting him). It isn't until a contract-signing event which Kit is responsible for that Jing succeeds, in which he makes everyone from his company leave the room and assaults the other party. As a result, Kit is fired. Seeing this, his father Yan Che (Ng Man-tat) also quits the company despite his retirement only a few months away.
That night, Jing prepares to leave the house, but is given a surprise 'birthday' party by his 'brother' and 'father', which moved him deeply. When Macky contacts Jing and asks him to target Kit yet again, he flat out refuses. Banana overhears the conversation and seeks out the Trick Expert who is actually Jing's true identity. She insists that he target Macky to avenge Kit, and promises that she would marry him in return. Jing and Banana go to meet Kit and his father and tell them the truth. They are furious at first, but eventually accept Jing's help.
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