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Sixty Million Dollar Man
Directed byWai Man Yip
Written byWai Man Yip
Produced byWong Jing
StarringStephen Chow
Ng Man Tat
Gigi Leung
Paulyn Sun
Charles Shen
Joe Cheng
CinematographyAndrew Lau
Edited byMarco Mak
Music byMarco Wan
Lee Hon-Kam
Distributed byWin's Entertainment, Ltd.
Release dates
August 19, 1995
Running time
92 min
CountryFlag of Hong Kong (1959-1997) Hong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$35,234,481.00

Sixty Million Dollar Man (Chinese: 百變星君) is a 1995 Hong Kong comedy film written and directed by Raymond Yip and starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, and Gigi Leung.

Plot Summary

Lee Chak-Sing (Stephen Chow) is a rich kid who lives in Hawaii. He's proud, arrogant and fond of playing mean-spirited tricks on everyone around him. His life starts to change when he meets Chung-Chung (Gigi Leung), a young woman whom he decries as being very ugly.

Tat (Ng Man Tat), Sing's loyal assistant, is revealed by Sing's mother to be his true father. He is then faced with a decision: Accept Tat as his father and lose his inheritance, or continue to call the other man his father and live in the lap of luxury. He chooses the latter.

Sing offends local crimelord Fumito (Joe Cheng) by dancing with Fumito's girl in a Pulp Fiction-inspired dance contest (while seriously intoxicated on LSD and tequila). In a fit of rage, Fumito orders his most trusted henchman Mark (Charles Shen) to kill Sing.

When Tat comes to rescue his son, both are caught by Mark and tied together in a bathroom stall, where Mark has a bomb planted. Sing chops off his arm and manages to let his father escape on an ejector toilet seat. Sing seems to have perished in the explosion.

Sing's brain and lips are recovered, and using these pieces, it is possible to construct a new body for him at the cost of $60,000,000. However, since Sing has now renounced his rich father, he does not have enough money, and Tat can only provide $6,000.

Chang (Elvis Tsui), (Chung Chung's uncle and Sing's professor who closely resembles Albert Einstein) offers to create a body for $6,000. After some trial and error, such as creating legs out of arms, Sing is transformed into a cyborg.

To fool Fumito, however, a funeral is staged for Sing, where he hides to watch. The only person to attend is Chung-Chung, who is unaware of Sing's true fate, and laments his death. When Sing sees this, he feels remorse for mistreating her (and everyone else).

Two years later, he receive a job opportunity from an old friend Siu-Fu as a teacher at one of the worst schools in the area. He is harassed and assaulted by the students, culminating in Sing being "crucified" on the front gate of the school with his garden hose genitalia (a result of the low-cost procedure) in full view. Chung-Chung also works at the school, but has undergone a transformation and is no longer the awkward, unattractive girl that Sing knew. She also has a rich fiance with a fancy sports car, something that Sing can no longer afford.

That evening, in a fit of despair, Sing attempts suicide but is stopped when Chang delivers a new microchip he's been working on by throwing it down Sing's throat. The microchip enables Sing to transform into many different household appliances and makes him nearly indestructible.

Sing returns to the school and begins to correct the disorder, serving as a superhuman disciplinarian. Under his care, all the students turns into very hardworking, studious and diligent students.

Sing's fame catches attention from Fumito. Fumito sends Mark to finish Sing off. Mark tries to kill Sing but fails. He tries to escape, culminating in Sing killing him by twisting his limbs and using him as a human basketball. Using his wealth, Fumito has Mark rebuilt into a powerful cyborg with shape-shifting abilities.

Mark infiltrates Sing's wedding party as Sing's old friend Siu-Fu, but Sing eventually sees through the disguise. In the ensuing chaos, Sing is apparently killed in an explosion. To everyone's surprise, Sing returns as a powerful old lady, resembling a Park'n Shop mascot, in a bullet proof robe. Ultimately, Sing transforms into a microwave oven and traps Mark inside, burning him to death. Fumito is disposed of soon after.

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