• Director(s)

    Tsui Chi Yiu

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Release date

    20/01/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    93m

  • Cast

    Anson Lo

Film

Showbiz Spy

moderate violence, brief sexual threat, sex references, discrimination

SHOWBIZ SPY is a Cantonese language comedy in which a young man goes undercover in the guise of a woman to expose the financial exploitation of contestants on a talent show.…

SHOWBIZ SPY is a Cantonese language comedy in which a young man goes undercover in the guise of a woman to expose the financial exploitation of contestants on a talent show.

violence
Scenes of moderate violence feature impactful punches, kicks, headbutts and bottles smashed over heads, but this is presented in a largely stylised, comic manner, and without injury detail.
sex
There are moderate sex references, including jokes about breast size, an innuendo around a man's attempt to pass himself off as a woman. A man stares intently at a woman's cleavage.
discrimination
The idea of a man dressing as a woman is occasionally treated dismissively and with a discriminatory attitude as he is referred to as a "pervert" and a "sissy".
sexual violence and sexual threat
A photographer with a history of predatory behaviour towards young females and males invites his latest intended victim to his house on a false pretext where he attempts to ply him with alcohol and makes suggestive moves on him; the 'victim' is, however, aware of the man's history and is there in an undercover role to bring him down and end his crimes, which he succeeds in doing. A man implies that he can be helpful to a woman's progress in a talent show in return for sexual favours. A young woman is pressured by her talent show employers into being receptive to the sleazy suggestions of an older male sponsor, who asks her if she knows "full body massage"; the young woman later tells a friend that she resisted the man's advances.
additional issues
The concern of young women about body image and self esteem is played on in order to exploit them financially, but this is presented as unhealthy and inadvisable. There is mild rude humour. There is mild bad language ('ass', 'hell').

  • Director(s)

    Tsui Chi Yiu

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Release date

    20/01/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    93m

  • Cast

    Anson Lo

moderate violence, brief sexual threat, sex references, discrimination
Classified Date:
18/01/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Timeless Entertainment Culture Limited / Partner | Murphy Thompson Moore LLP
violence
Scenes of moderate violence feature impactful punches, kicks, headbutts and bottles smashed over heads, but this is presented in a largely stylised, comic manner, and without injury detail.
sex
There are moderate sex references, including jokes about breast size, an innuendo around a man's attempt to pass himself off as a woman. A man stares intently at a woman's cleavage.
discrimination
The idea of a man dressing as a woman is occasionally treated dismissively and with a discriminatory attitude as he is referred to as a "pervert" and a "sissy".
sexual violence and sexual threat
A photographer with a history of predatory behaviour towards young females and males invites his latest intended victim to his house on a false pretext where he attempts to ply him with alcohol and makes suggestive moves on him; the 'victim' is, however, aware of the man's history and is there in an undercover role to bring him down and end his crimes, which he succeeds in doing. A man implies that he can be helpful to a woman's progress in a talent show in return for sexual favours. A young woman is pressured by her talent show employers into being receptive to the sleazy suggestions of an older male sponsor, who asks her if she knows "full body massage"; the young woman later tells a friend that she resisted the man's advances.
additional issues
The concern of young women about body image and self esteem is played on in order to exploit them financially, but this is presented as unhealthy and inadvisable. There is mild rude humour. There is mild bad language ('ass', 'hell').

  • Classified date

    18/01/2022

  • Language

    Cantonese