From Beijing with Love
From Beijing With Love () is a 1994 Hong Kong spy comedy film directed by Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-chi. The film is a very direct spoof of the "James Bond" films. Synopsis. Golden Gun steals the cranium of China's only dinosaur fossil. Chow, starring as a hawker-secret-agent 007, is sent to Hong Kong by a high-ranking government official to recapture the cranium. When he arrives in Hong Kong, he meets Lee Heung-kam (Anita Yuen), who proposes to help him in his endeavour. However, Heung-kam turns out to be a  subordinate of Golden Gun. Golden Gun is in actuality the government official who directs 007 to find the cranium. Golden Gun instructs Heung-kam to send 007 on a false lead and tells him that the cranium may have been stolen by a smuggler. 007, with the help of Heung-kam, sneaks into a cocktail party held by the smuggler. Before he enters, he tells Heung-kam that he will fetch her some white roses. Heung-kam tells 007 to find evidence that the smuggler stole the cranium; meanwhile, Heung-kam hides in a tree, planning to snipe 007 from  afar. The party is interrupted by a mysterious man (modelled after Jaws from James Bond) and a mysterious woman who are out to kill 007. Taking this opportunity, Heung-kam shoots 007 several times, including once in the leg with 007 thinking another assassin has shot him. 007 (who is wearing a bulletproof vest but not bulletproof trousers) escapes, grabbing three white roses on the way out. Heung-kam is touched by this gesture and saves his life. She decides to defect from Golden Gun. Together, the two destroy the organisation that is behind the theft of the cranium. 007  eventually wins the hand of Heung-kam and is rewarded with a meat cleaver emblazoned with the calligraphy of Deng Xiaoping. Cast. Sources: Music. The song Stephen Chow sang while playing the piano is ("Lǐxiānglán"; the chinese name of Yoshiko Yamaguchi) by Jacky Cheung, a Chinese-language adaptation of the 1989 Japanese song by Kōji Tamaki. Box office and reception. The film grossed HK$37,523,850 in Hong Kong and has garnered positive reviews in Taiwan as well. Since its release, it has been officially banned in China, most likely due to the involvement of plots and corruption among Chinese law enforcement  officers, and the satirical nature of irony it plays out through the course of the film.