Girl with the Diamond Slipper
(aka Modern Cinderella)
Director: Wong Jing
Year: 1985
Rating: 6.0
Wong Jing (who also
directed) and Natalis Chan are two very mediocre thieves who get lucky one
night when they break into a house to rob it. The owner is dying and he hands
them a diamond and tells them to give it to his son. Fat chance! Unfortunately,
a gang of thieves shows up for the diamond as well and the chase is on.
Natalis darts into a shoe store and hides it in a pair of shoes and who should
come along and buy them but a very young and lovely Maggie Cheung.
Soon the gang of thieves is after Maggie
as well. With Wong Jing and Natalis most of this is obviously played for
laughs, but there is some action especially near the end when the killer
goes after Maggie with an axe. Maggie
is the main reason to watch this. She has a classic scene that every Maggiephile
should see. She plays an aspiring actress and puts on a screen test with a
myriad of expressions that is great. This was only Maggie'sthird film and
her acting is little but cute expressions but damn are they cute.
