Carry on Hotel

1988 [CN]

Action / Comedy

2
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 104 104

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Plot summary

Mr. Lau is a seedy detective who sets up cameras to record an illicit affair. Things go awry however when a hideously glam rock band checks into Lau’s room, and gets a free show via his hook-up. Meanwhile, silly thief Donald Ng uses ninjitsu to fool the locals while a womanizing tour guide gets stalked by not one, but two pretty women. And Buddy Cheung is a lowly mechanic at the hotel who lusts after gorgeous executive Sunflower. But his tomboy co-worker Boy George secretly pines for him.

Director

Jeffrey Lau Photo
Jeffrey Lau

Top cast

Yasuaki Kurata Photo
Yasuaki Kurata as Tomohara
Richard Ng Photo
Richard Ng as Donald Ng
Jeffrey Lau Photo
Jeffrey Lau as
Fai-Hung Chan Photo
Fai-Hung Chan as Bellboy
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804.02 MB
1280*714
Chinese 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
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1.61 GB
1920*1072
Chinese 5.1
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by DanTheMan2150AD 5 / 10

A suitably diverting affair

It's hilarious to me that the unequivocally British Carry On series was popular enough in Hong Kong to inspire its own set of exploitation films. Although Carry On Hotel doesn't really fit the vignette of that series and is as lightweight and inconsequential as they come, it still provides plenty of screwy all-star silliness and as many tonal mixes as something crafted by Wong Jing. As most of the stories are unrelated to one another, the film progresses without pausing for much unnecessary reflection or even explanation of what is happening, maintaining a comfortable pace to keep the proceedings moving without losing the viewer, however, director Jeffrey Lau struggles with consistency and pacing. We're merely expected to follow these numerous unimportant storylines while finding some form of entertainment in them. It seems that the presence of big stars and nonsensical comedy is meant to make everything all right, and it somehow does, ideal for spending a mellow afternoon with HK Cinema pals Eric Tsang, Cherie Chung, Joey Wong, Richard Ng, Cecilia Yip and Jacky Cheung. Unlike bigger and more ponderous all-star comedies, Carry on Hotel never attempts anything other than strange comedy and brief, amusing asides, a fluffy affair that can be suitably diverting, especially if watching these likeable stars engage in silly pratfalls is your idea of a good time.
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Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 4 / 10

Somewhat of a messy storyline...

Well, I wasn't sure what I was in for here, when I sat down in 2021 to watch the 1988 Hong Kong comedy (Jin zhuang da jiu dian" (aka "Carry On Hotel"). But it being a Hong Kong movie was all that was sufficient for me to sit down to watch it.

"Carry On Hotel" felt like two different movies melded together in an attempt to make a single movie. First of all there was the part about a con artist working a fancy hotel, then suddenly it became a story about two car mechanics falling in love. I don't know what writer and director Jeffrey Lau was attempting to accomplish with this particular storyline, but it definitely didn't make for a wholesome movie.

And while "Carry On Hotel" definitely has a rather impressive ensemble of Hong Kong comedy actors on the cast list, with the likes of Jacky Cheung, Kent Cheng, Richard Ng and Eric Tsang, then the movie was just somewhat of a cluttered mess. Sure, it was watchable, but it hardly made for an enjoyable movie experience. Much less a movie that actually warrants more than just a single viewing.

I hadn't heard about "Carry On Hotel" before now in 2021, when I had the opportunity to sit down to watch it. But this movie was one that had managed to elude my radar, and it is just as quietly vanish back into oblivion. Writer and director Jeffrey Lau didn't manage to impress with this one.

My rating of "Carry On Hotel" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.

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