From foreign worker levy to ageing hawker trade to unmotivated Gen Z, every popular social woe is checked off and then trivialised for callous laughs. Charity scams are a hoot. Crypto bankruptcy is a gag.
Workplace sexual harassment cues the atrocious punning of “prostitute” and “positude” – as in “positive attitude”.
And, how hilarious, organ failure from dodgy health supplements – which was already a plot device in the previous film Money No Enough 2 (2008).
This third instalment is a lazy remix of the earlier two, right down to the bathetic climax involving not one, but two, dying kin.
In an ensemble of Mediacorp veterans where even Xiang Yun and Patricia Mok think the shoutier the acting, the more convincing, Regina Lim in the role of Ah Huang’s adult daughter and Braven Yeo in his movie debut as Ah Hui’s son impress with their grounded performances.
Hot take: Words are no enough to describe this grating watch.
