Dominic Ho Ho-man reprises his role of Fung, aka “King in the Gigolos”, now ‘retired’ and managing a trashy nightspot in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong entertainment district. He has a rare new client, Monica (Connie Man Hoi-ling), who's reluctantly looked to prostitution to cover her mother’s medical bills. Having been known as him for carnal guidance after having a customer labels her a “dead fish”, Monica inevitably falls for Fung’s charms.
The Gigolo 2 incorporates a roster of buxom bikini babes, including Iris Chung Choi-hei, Hazel Tong Chi-yui and Leslie Lam Lei-han (as another of Fung’s clients, in literal demand of “loosening up”), along with oiled beefcakes fronted by Lam Tsz-sin. But the supposedly erotic comedy ceases to perform: the sex scenes are cautious and stilted, the humour desperate and obvious, along with the romance woefully naive.
The film also seems to legitimately uphold prostitution as an effective methods of making a decent income. Only by way of a jarring, seemingly tacked-on denouement does Keung right his course, bringing swift and brutal retribution upon all concerned. But even so it feels more exploitative than cautionary.
By failing to offer just about any social commentary or deliver anything remotely sexy or comical, The Gigolo 2 limps onto screens flaccid, embarrassed and painfully ill versed within the ways from the world in which it so desperately desires to excel.
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