Just Another Pandora's Box
Introduction '''''Just Another Pandora's Box''''', also known as '''''Once Upon a Chinese Classic''''', is a 2010 Hong Kong parody film directed by Jeffrey Lau, starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Huang Bo, Guo Degang, Gillian Chung, and Patrick Tam. It is a spiritual successor to Lau's two-part 1995 film ''A Chinese Odyssey''. Athena Chu, who starred in ''A Chinese Odyssey'', makes a guest appearance in ''Just Another Pandora's Box''.The film's Chinese title is a pun on the Chinese title of the first part of ''A Chinese Odyssey'', ''Yuè Guāng Bǎo Hé'' (月光寶盒). The last three characters of each title are the same, only the first differs; the pronunciations of 月 and 越 are the same in both Cantonese (''jyut6'') and Mandarin (''yuè''). The older title translates literally to "Moonlight Treasure Box"; in the title of this film, the character for "moon" is replaced by 越, in this context meaning "more" or "surpassing".In addition to ''A Chinese Odyssey'', the film spoofs ''Red Cliff'' and also makes references to other films such as ''The Eagle Shooting Heroes'', ''Kung Fu Hustle'', ''House of Flying Daggers'', ''CJ7'', ''Kung Fu Panda'', ''Titanic'', ''King Kong'', ''The Green Hornet'', and ''The Matrix'', as well as events such as the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Plot Rose Fairy is sailing along the river when she suddenly trips on a rope and falls into the water. The trap is set by the bandit Qingyise, who wants to rob her. He steals the Purple Sword from her and plans to sell it. Just then, Joker (the protagonist in ''A Chinese Odyssey'') appears and makes Qingyise unsheathe the sword by pulling away its scabbard. Rose Fairy regains consciousness and mistakenly thinks it was Qingyise who unsheathed the sword. Since she has made a promise to marry the person who unsheathes the sword, she follows Qingyise wherever he goes, leading to a cat-and-mouse chase between the two of them.Qingyise and Rose Fairy run into Grandpa Buddha and his assistant, who are chasing Bull King for the Pandora's Box. By accident, Qingyise recites "Prajñāpāramitā" and activates the box, causing him to be transported back in time to the Eastern Han dynasty. He finds himself as Zhao Yun at the Battle of Changban, where he is supposed to save Liu Bei's infant son. While the rescue mission turns out to be successful, Qingyise unwittingly brings Liu Bei's son straight into the enemy camp, right before Cao Cao, who confiscates the Pandora's Box and sends him away. Unable to return to his own time, Qingyise is forced to cooperate with Rose Fairy, who has infiltrated Liu Bei's camp in disguise as an ambassador from Turkestan. The two of them make their escape in the midst of the Battle of Red Cliffs.
Cast The opening sequence of the film states that Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi and Angelina Jolie refused to be in this movie.===Main cast=== Actor / actress  Character(s)  Spoof of Ronald Cheng  Qingyise / Zhao Yun / Zhang Ziyi's transvestite  ''Red Cliff'', ''A Chinese Odyssey'', ''Titanic'' Betty Sun  Rose Fairy  ''A Chinese Odyssey'', ''Titanic'' Huang Bo  Zhou Yu  ''Red Cliff'' Huang Yi  Xiao Qiao  ''Red Cliff'' Yuen Biao  Liu Bei  ''Red Cliff'' Alex Fong  Guan Yu  ''Red Cliff'' Louis Fan  Zhang Fei  ''Red Cliff'' Guo Degang  Cao Cao  ''Red Cliff'' Eric Tsang  Zhuge Liang  ''Red Cliff'' Jeffrey Lau  Grandpa Buddha  ''A Chinese Odyssey''===Special appearances=== Actor / actress  Character(s)  Spoof of Gillian Chung  Sun Shangxiang  ''Red Cliff'' Athena Chu  Zixia  ''A Chinese Odyssey'' Gigi Leung  Ambassador of Turkestan  Stephy Tang  Painted Skin / Ambassador's sister  ''Painted Skin'' Ada Choi  Princess Iron Fan  ''A Chinese Odyssey'', ''King Kong'' Sandra Ng  Cook  Kenny Bee  Soldier holding Olympic torch  ''House of Flying Daggers'', 2008 Summer Olympics Bruce Leung  Beast  ''Kung Fu Hustle'' Yuen Wah  Landlord  ''Kung Fu Hustle'' Yuen Qiu  Landlady  ''Kung Fu Hustle'' Yu Rongguang  Gan Xing  ''Red Cliff'' Johnnie Kong  Blindy  ''A Chinese Odyssey'' Tin Kai-Man  Soldier in forest  ''House of Flying Daggers'' Lam Chi-chung  Sunset Warrior  ''A Chinese Odyssey'' Lee Kin-yan  Flower Girl / Pork Chop  ''A Chinese Odyssey'' Guo Tao  Hua Tuo  ''Red Cliff'' Sha Yi  General Qi Yan  ''Red Cliff'' Wang Xuebing  Bull King  ''A Chinese Odyssey'', ''King Kong'' Xu Jiao  Dicky  ''CJ7''===Other cast=== Actor / actress  Character(s)  Spoof of Yuen Cheung-yan  Beggar  ''Kung Fu Hustle'' Lee Lik-chi  Joker  ''A Chinese Odyssey'', ''The Green Hornet'' Wu Jing  Zhao Yun's subordinate   Edmond Leung  Wu soldier   Marco Ngai  Wu soldier   Ken Wong  Lu Su  ''Red Cliff'' Yu Bin  Injured soldier   Xu Wanqiu  Nurse   Marco Mak  Xiahou Dun  ''Red Cliff'' Patrick Tam  Xiahou Yuan  ''Red Cliff'' The Flowers  Cao Cao's soldiers   Corey Yuen  Cao Cao's general   Lam Suet  O Sim  Osim massage chair Xing Yu  Wu soldier   Chiu Chi-ling  Wu soldier   Tats Lau  The Boy  ''Kung Fu Hustle'', ''CJ7'', ''Kung Fu Panda'' Wong Cho-lam  Cao Cao's soldier   Chen Kaishi  Big Mouth Jenny  ''Kung Fu Hustle'' Li Yixiao  Lady Mi  ''Red Cliff'' Zhang Li  Liu Bei's wife   Ai Mengmeng  Liu Bei's wife   Li Na  Liu Bei's wife   Michael Tong  Wu general   Lin Wai-kin  Cao Cao's official   Tse Kwan-ho  Agent Smith  ''The Matrix'' Yu Qian  Sign language performer   Ken Jonk  Cao Cao's soldier   Charmaine Fong  Cao Cao's soldier
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