10-26-2025, 11:41 PM
Crazy Safari aka The Gods Must Be Crazy 3 (1991)
Not a Ricky Lau film so technically outside the franchise. Lam Ching-ying plays a Taoist master although not with a unibrow. N!xau, star of the The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 & 2, plays that same character. I haven’t seen this in years and it’s still as bad yet great as ever. It works better as a dubbed version because the nods to the original TGMBC films like the narrator work better. This film struggles to copy that style with the fast motion in an almost Benny Hill style of physical comedy (cue Yakity Sax). There are nods like the coke bottle and N!xau knowing how to drive. There’s not my Kung Fu until the end and then it gets really crazy for a most memorable moment that summons Bruce Lee.
Not D00M recommended however. There’s a lot of context with MV explained above and TGMBC that makes this a fascinating attempt to milk 2 franchises at once.
Apparently N!xau continued to work with Hong Kong filmmakers for 2 more films: Crazy Hong Kong & The Gods Must Be Funny in China. Might have to check those out someday…
Not a Ricky Lau film so technically outside the franchise. Lam Ching-ying plays a Taoist master although not with a unibrow. N!xau, star of the The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 & 2, plays that same character. I haven’t seen this in years and it’s still as bad yet great as ever. It works better as a dubbed version because the nods to the original TGMBC films like the narrator work better. This film struggles to copy that style with the fast motion in an almost Benny Hill style of physical comedy (cue Yakity Sax). There are nods like the coke bottle and N!xau knowing how to drive. There’s not my Kung Fu until the end and then it gets really crazy for a most memorable moment that summons Bruce Lee.
Not D00M recommended however. There’s a lot of context with MV explained above and TGMBC that makes this a fascinating attempt to milk 2 franchises at once.
Apparently N!xau continued to work with Hong Kong filmmakers for 2 more films: Crazy Hong Kong & The Gods Must Be Funny in China. Might have to check those out someday…
Shadow boxing the apocalypse