Sing and Bone lament their failure on the streets, and Sing describes his childhood. After he has fully recovered, he rejoins Bone, but is unable to explain his mysterious healing. During this convalescence he unconsciously strikes the steel sides of the pulpit, leaving deep impressions of his hands. Sing is badly injured and hides in a traffic control pulpit, where his injuries spontaneously heal. The two part ways and narrowly escape from the furious Landlady. The next day the duo return to Pig Sty Alley to murder the Landlady, but fail comically due to ineptitude. Impressed with his skill at lockpicking, Sum tells them that if they kill just one person, he will allow them to join the gang. Sing asks Sum to make himself and Bone members of the Axe Gang. The two narrowly escape death when Sing quickly picks the locks on the chains with which they are bound. In the massive brawl that ensues, more than fifty gangsters are defeated by three tenants who are actually powerful martial arts masters: Coolie, Master of the "Twelve Kicks " Tailor, master of the "Iron Fist " and Donut, master of the "Hexagon Staff." After the fight, Sing and Bone are apprehended by Brother Sum for causing trouble and publicly humiliating the Axe Gang. Their plan fails miserably, and Sing's antics attract the real gang to the scene. One day, two troublemakers, Sing and Bone, come to the alley impersonating members of the Axe Gang in order to gain respect. An example is Pig Sty Alley, a tenement home to people of various trades, run by a lecherous landlord and his domineering wife. In the absence of law enforcement, people can live peacefully only in poor areas which do not appeal to the gangs. Various gangs vie for power, the most feared of which is The Axe Gang, led by the infamous Brother Sum and aptly named after its weapon of choice. No time difference.ĩ8:42 The logos following the final credits differ. In the subsequent shot of Beast, the blood was digitally removed from his fist in the US version. In the US version, three subsequential takes are missing: a view of Beast’s face being splattered with blood, a slow-motion take of blood-spitting Sing and then again the Beast’s portrait.ħ6:53 After Beast hammered Sing’s head into the ground, the HK version shows a close-up of Beast’s hand being pulled out of the floor, blood trickling down it. No time difference.ħ6:36 The "Beast" hits Sing in the stomach, so hard, his jacket bursts. He just took a s-t and the feces were digitally removed in the US version (unfortunately very difficult to see on the pictures). The HK version also shows why he’s crouching there. No time difference.Ĥ2:04 The US version shows a squatting man, who just dropped his pants. No time difference.ġ5:19 Another alternative take of the lady. The US version uses alternative footing with a different camera angle, and no blood can be seen. The HK version shows the lady farmer’s blood-smeared face. No time difference.ġ5:14 Alternative footing. This was also digitally removed in the US version. No time difference.ġ5:09 After Sing (Stephen Chow) is hit in the stomach by a lady farmer, he spits blood. This was digitally removed in the US version. No time difference.ġ1:48 After the landlord is hit by a flower pot, blood flows out of the left side of his head. In the HK version, first the Columbia logo and then the Star Overseas logo crosses the screen.Ġ6:43 The US version shows English text, the HK version Chinese text. 00:00 In the US version, the Sony Pictures logo appears.
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