Lucid Dreams is an episodic film which the director recounts four of his own dreams: Don wants to repay his debt by arranging a fake wedding; Fan, a white collar, learns to let go of his ego after struggling with love and work; a writer named Tong reunites with her long-lost mother; a driving instructor, Chung, is inspired by four 'ghost ladies' and starts to believe again in his musical talent.
An omnibus of 4 short stories, each of them occurring in different corners of our society, but all of which encompass the same themes: courage, determination, pursuance and hope.
Sue Ma
So Boring, a nobody who has no love from everyone except from childhood sweetheart Bobo, receives a weird text message one day, saying: Ever thought of deleting those you dislike?
Siu Wan
The world renowned “Invincible Hand” Ken could identify not only mahjong tiles, but also cards with his fingers which had made him a legend. Upon his retirement as the Chief Security Consultant in Las Vegas, Ken returned to his hometown Macau, where he met his old friend Benz, and Benz’s son Cool and nephew Karl. Both Cool and Karl wanted to follow Ken. Ken claimed that if Cool could successfully cheat him once or win over him, he would then accept Cool as his protégé. Cool’s step brother Lionel, an undercover agent, had disguised his identity in an international gambling mafia which had planned to form an alliance with mafias in illegal gambling from all over the world to control the result of soccer matches. Lionel had recorded the entire conference, with the criminal evidence kept in an imitated eye. The eye was coincidentally given to Rainbow, Ken’s only daughter, which put her in danger. The retired Ken was forced to use his “Magic Hand” once again to uncover the evil plan…
Fortune teller
Two compulsive gamblers struggle to quit their habit and raise a child.
Singer of Ha Kung's Store
Kung (Eric Tsang) and Kin's (Jacky Cheung) rivalry goes way back to the seventies when they fought over the same girl, who eventually became Kung's wife (Anita Yuen). Now they run competing phone stores right across from each other on Mongkok's busiest street, and stretch their minds trying to outdo each other with crazy promotions. There's absolutely no mixing with the enemy in these parts - until Kung and Kin's kids fall for each other! Further chaos breaks out when the landlord triples the rent of all the shop owners to force them out for redevelopment.
Auntie
El adinerado magnate de la construcción Sam Ching (Andy Lau) y el bailarín de cabaret Milan Sit (Qi Shu) se enamoran perdidamente el uno del otro a pesar de las diferencias de clase que separarían a muchas parejas. Sin embargo, lo que Sit no sabe es que Ching es el hombre responsable de arrasar un edificio que representa los preciados recuerdos de su infancia. ¿Podrán vivir felices para siempre si se descubre este secreto?
Inspirado en hechos reales. Cuando China anuncia que presentará su primer equipo olímpico, que incluirá un puñado de artistas marciales para demostrar Wushu al mundo por primera vez, millones en todo el país compiten por el honor de representar a su país en su deporte nacional. Con tantos estilos diversos y tantos luchadores hábiles y decididos, los combates de eliminación son agotadores. Se eligen unos pocos seleccionados, entre ellos, el vendedor ambulante y scallywag Zhang Feng, y el ferviente patriota Bao, que ha soñado con ir a los Juegos Olímpicos. Sin embargo, el camino hacia los juegos está plagado de dificultades y angustias, y para llegar allí, Zhang Feng y Bao se embarcan en un viaje que pondrá a prueba su fuerza, habilidad y espíritu hasta el límite, y su disposición a sacrificarse de una manera que nunca podrían haberlo hecho. imaginado.
Maria
Un hombre envenena a su mujer y empujado por "olas invisibles" va huyendo de un lado a otro. Sus demonios internos y su sentimiento de culpabilidad le llevarán a dudar de cualquier persona.
Duchess
Forever Yours is a Comedy starring Ricky Hui
Jo Jo
El doctor Lee, Tsui Kiu, Tin y su sobrino Paul están de suerte. Sus esposas van a realizar una escapada a Thailandia con tal de realizar unas cuantas compras. Ellos aprovecharán ésta oportunidad para correrse una juerga de antología como las que 5 años atrás solían realizar. Sin embargo el tiempo ha pasado demasiado rápido y las costumbres y modas han cambiado notablemente, tanto que lo que veían como una tarea fácil se convertirá en una misión casi imposible.
Mrs Chan
Fish store owner May is thirty and single, so when Chris, a millionaire, appears, May's family is only too eager to send her off. May is crushed when she finds out Chris's only reason for loving her was her resemblance to his ex-girlfriend Linda.
Daisy So
So's family lives in financial despair. They always argue about money. One day So Kam Po accidentally picked up a briefcase which has $10 million inside. According to the law, Kam Po owns that 10 million if no one claims it in 6 months. Kam Po wants to pull his family together, so he buys a cafe from his brother Hoi. For the next six months, the family's relationships improve as they all chip in to run the cafe together. Time flies when you're having fun--and when there's a $10 million pot of gold at the end of your rainbow. Will So's pot of gold be there waiting for him once his waiting period is over?
Mamasan
Hong-Kong, Nochevieja de 1996. En la colonia británica, donde se entremezclan como en ningún otro lugar del mundo, comunismo y capitalismo, tradición y modernidad, se celebra la entrada de un año histórico: el que pondrá fin al colonialismo inglés. John (Jeremy Irons), un periodista británico, especializado en finanzas, que vive en Hong Kong desde hace quince años, está enamorado de Vivian (Gong Li), una antigua prostituta que vive con Chang (Michael Hui), un hombre de negocios que no se casa con ella por su pasado. John recibe la noticia de que tiene leucemia y de que sólo le quedan unos meses de vida, más o menos lo que falta para que Hong-Kong vuelva a estar bajo soberanía china.
God Mother
Eternal 25 year-old Alan Tam is a wimpy triad boss who must avenge his dad because he had a heart attack after losing at cards to a pretty cat burglar. For help, he enlists Drunk Shooter, HK’s ace gunman, who’s also an incredible souse. Problem: Christy ripped off wacky triad boss Francis Ng, so he wants her, too. Even worse, Alan just doesn't want to kill Christy because she’s too damn beautiful. Hijinks ensue.
Jane's mother
Where is the end of the world? A rich girl diagnosed with leukemia wants to follow a sailor friend to St Kilda, Scotland to find out. but first she must search him out, who is missing.
Fatty
Meet Marble, a teenage girl known by all on the streets of Hong Kong as an arcade game wizard. Teamed up with her girl gang of four, Marble gets into many tight situations for the sake of her gangster boyfriend, One.
Singer in Number One Club
After her gangster boyfriend Walkie Pie skips town to evade a murder rap, beautiful Tung Yen hooks up with a wealthy nightclub owner, Brother Man, only to have her ex return with guns blazing.
Lau's cop mother
When Cheng Kam-Fu (Lawrence Ng) reports his wife missing to the police, Detective Lau (Anthony Wong) suspects there’s more to the disappearance than meets the eye. While his colleagues remain uninterested, Lau begins round the clock observation on Fu’s shop/flat, paying particular attention to his mistress, Lo (Li Yu).
Mad mix of comedy and action as a family of thugs and Triads can't see eye to eye and so end up going fist to fist.
Kwai Fa-Pon
Jackie (Jacky Cheung) is the owner of a very shady nightclub, which the cops are itching to shut down. But they haven't been able to catch Jackie red-handed yet due to his trickiness. When Jacky goes so far as to trick a female cop, Tammy (Maggie Cheung), into falling in love with him, the rest of the police force goes bananas, swearing to put an end to his nefarious activities at any cost. But is Jacky actually falling for Tammy and beginning to change his ways? Or is he already in too deep with the cops for that to help his situation?
After being thrown out of the police academy, Debbie Fung (Ellen Chan) gets a new chance but instead the proposition is to go undercover. Accepting the mission to get close to tycoon Lau Fuk Tin (Michael Wong) as he's suspected of a number of murders of women, under the disguise of Maryanne, Debbie quickly gets close to Lau. Going so far as getting almost permanent residence with the man, Debbie witness horrific things on the grounds. Despite, affection starting to develop towards her target.
Four girls from the north work in the same nightclub. The foreman Xian brings the dancers, Qin Na and Maine in Hong Kong, Shiliyangchang, fighting for the dream of prosperity. Each has a different experience, and the end will be tragic and joyous
Businessman marries his company's mainland representative. Trouble is, he already has a wife and family back in Hong Kong!
Woman with Michael Hui
Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.
Maria
Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sister to find a decent Chinese girl for his nephew, Baffalo, who is an "American Born Chinese". But Baffalo has an eye for a sweetie, Ellen, who has accidentally witnessed a murder. The incident gets Lam, Baffalo and Ellen being involved in a ruthless underground arms smuggling ring, wich sends the killer to eliminate them.
In Jail House, Blackie has concocted a perfect escape plan. Then wardress 5354 is killed by accident when making love. She becomes the bad ghost, in contrast to the good ghost who dies in a previous escape attempt. Finally, the chief warden, the interior decorators, Blackie and the good ghost come to an agreement. They would get the chief warden's girl friend, the exorcist, to banish the bad ghost. To leave quietly too are Blackie and the good ghost...
Lin Chia Hsin's assistant
Two cops are partnered together and decide to protect two beautiful women who are actually rivals--one, a woman released from prison, the other, an actress who's been targeted for rape--while in search of escaped murderous convicts.
Mother Superior
Lam Ching-Ying returns as the famous "Vampire Buster," this time starring as the One-Eyebrown Priest. To save the village from paranormal menaces, he deals with and battles a host of mysterious creatures including: a little mischievous Chinese vampire; a lustful female ghost; the spirit of a woman murdered by a club owner and a European vampire and his blood-sucking pet bats.
He Xiao-Shan
Shop assistant in the electronics store, May Bao (Kent Cheng) - good-natured fat man, always ready to help those who need it. Therefore, he decides to help the new store employee, a fat Shan (Maria Cordero), which the evil boss (Richard Ng) forced to jump on the trampoline to the delight of visitors. His plan fails miserably, and Mai Bao, along with Shan, is fired-but the cheerful Mai Bao is accustomed to seeing positive in absolutely any situation.
Singer at funeral
Ever since he was a child, Lee Chi-kin has been determined to become a police officer, despite the fact that he comes from a family of criminals. As an adult, he joins the police force, where he is first placed with the Narcotics Bureau. During a drug raid operation, he catches a drug dealer. He is later transferred, first to the Anti-Porno Bureau where he falls in love with a call girl, then to the Regional Crime Unit where he works under Inspector Chu. During a drug raid operation, Lee kills drug lord Ng Cheung. Ng's father hires a killer, Thousand Faces Man to take revenge on Lee. After several confrontations, Lee finally brings Thousand Faces Man to justice. The corrupt director of a mental hospital places Lee in the mental hospital for a year, during which time he develops mental disorders. After being discharged from the hospital, he becomes a restaurant waiter.
Tung's Aunt
El temible rey del kung-fu Sammo Hung emprende una desesperada lucha solitaria para vengar el abominable asesinato de su hermano, cometido por el depravado y sádico propietario de un burdel y sus secuaces, en este alocado drama clásico de venganza. Una mezcla virtuosa y absolutamente convincente de artes marciales de primer nivel, comedia y violencia extrema, "Pedicab Driver" muestra al maestro de acción de Hong Kong en su papel más impresionante y sanguinario.
Woman at Window
Dos amigos que son dueños de una empresa de inversión recurren a un amigo policía en busca de ayuda cuando una banda de contrabandistas de antigüedades los acusa de robo.
Ms. Ma
Lovable Mr. Coconut arrives in town from Hainan China where he lived with his coconuts. Here in the sophisticated urban jungles of Hong Kong. He has finally reunited with his family, as he endures Hong Kong Streets of the late 1980s, filled with stock and property gamblers, heavy mobile phones and others.
Ms Choy
A young woman about to get married discovers all too late that her spouse has mafia connections, when violence breaks out during her wedding. Caught up in the crossfire Lynn gets arrested and thrown into a women's prison.
Bo Ma
Cherie Chung and Cheung Man are two young women forced into a life of prostitution. Mostly, it's a sensitive melodrama about loyality and female bonding.
Yellow Rose [cameo]
Director-actor Frankie Chan does multiple duty in the action comedy vehicle The Good, The Bad & The Beauty. Frankie Chan is Inspector Hor Sun Chun, a tough cop investigating a smuggling operation in which airline stewardess Ko Sau Ping (sultry Cherie Chung) is possibly involved. Realizing that she may be in danger, Sau Ping feigns amnesia, and uses Sun Chun's smitten partner Tang Tat Kit (Kent Cheng) as a possible smokescreen. Meanwhile there's action, and plenty of it! A seasoned director, actor, composer and action director, Frankie Chan uses his myriad talents to the nth degree as he combines gunplay, stunts, and laugh-a-minute hijinks in true Hong Kong Cinema action-comedy style!
Dancer
Ah Fat, foul-mouthed, along with his two close buddies, Traffic Light and Ugly, are working in a garage. Their boss, Ken, is harsh and stingy. However, a warm and close friendship has been established amongh the four. In order for Ah Fat to get over his heartbreak at getting dumped by his girlfriend, Ken suggests a tour to Penang to cheer him up. They come across two beautiful girls, Tung Tung and Man Chi, strolling leisurely on the beach as if they were very wealthy. Since then they decide who's whose. And Ah Fat, the winner, chooses Tung Tung to be his sole target. By the rules of the game, Ken, Traffic Light and Ugly have to compete to see who in the end will win the heart of Man Chi.
Lounge Singer
Un policía encubierto se infiltra en una banda de ladrones para organizar un robo a una joyería. La película muestra cómo se introduce en la organización. "City on Fire" es la película que inspiró la ópera prima de Quentin Tarantino, "Reservoir Dogs".