"It's out of this world."

2008

1h 28m

7.3(736 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Family

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Overview

A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.

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13 members

Acting

周星馳

Ti Chow

Acting

徐嬌

Dicky Chow

Acting

张雨绮

Miss Yuen

Acting

林子聰

Boss

Acting

Lee Sheung-Ching

Mr. Cao

Acting

Yao Wen-Xue

Storm Dragon

Acting

馮勉恆

P.E. Teacher

Acting

Han Yonghua

Maggie

Acting

Huang Lei

Chen Junsheng

Camera

潘恆生

Reporter

Acting

Yu Lei

Johnny's Entourage

Acting

袁信義

Farmer

Acting

谷德昭

Unknown Role

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