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Magic Cop
Mr. Vampire 5
Hongkong 1990
produced by
Lam Ching-Ying for Movie Impact, Millifame Productions
directed by Tung Wei
starring Lam Ching-Ying, Miu Kiu Wai, Wilson Lam, Wong Mei-Wah, Michiko Nishiwaki, Wu Ma, Billy Chow, Frankie Chi-Leung Chan, Hau Woon-Ling, Wong Yuk-Hang, Peng Yun-Chiang, Lee Chi-Kit, Chu Tau, Hui Si Man, Fang Ju, Jackson Ha, Chiu Chi-Shing, Chan Ming-Wai, Manjit Singh, Sung Yat-Wan
written by Sam Chi-Leung, Tsang Kan-Cheung, action direction by Lam Ching-Ying, Chow Gam-Kong, Hsiao Ho, Lee Chi-Kit, Chan Man-Ching
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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It should have been a simple drug bust for Sergeants Lam (Wilson Lam)
and 22376 (Miu Kiu-Wai), but the woman they're trying to arrest proves to
have supernatural power, and is almost impossible to stop - only being run
over by a truck finally does the trick. Enter Uncle Feng (Lam Ching-Ying)
to identify the body - and prove to everyone the woman was already dead.
Even with prove though, Seargant Lam is hesitant to believe, but he's
really fond of Uncle Feng's niece Lin (Wong Mei-Wah), so when his superior
Chief Inspector Ma (Wu Ma) pretty much tricks Uncle Feng in taking on the
case, Lam is quick to offer Uncle Feng and Lin to stay at his place. Uncle
Feng soon tracks whoever's the baddie of the pic to a gym, where he
stumbles upon muscleman Eddie (Frankie Chi-Leung Chan), whom he helps to
escape when Lam and 22376 want to arrest him, only to track him to the
home of a Japanese sorceres (Michiko Nishiwaki) - and since Uncle Feng has
magic powers himself, it soon becomes a magic duel between the two fueled
with otherworldly kung fu, and plenty of stuff breaking or being blown up
in the process ...
Now of course, Magic Cop is a cash-in on the hugely
successful Mr.
Vampire series, to the point that it was also promoted as Mr.
Vampire 5, and of course Lam Ching-Ying plays a variation on his by
then usual shtick, but that said, taken by its own merits, Magic Cop
might not be the re-invention of the wheel, but it's an extremely
entertaining film, with well-staged action, beautifully filmed magic, very
point-on comedy including some breathtaking slapstick, and Lam
Ching-Ying's no nonsense performance is simply hilarious. As Hongkong
action horror comedies from the 1980s and 90s go, this one's pretty much a
must-see.
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