09-28-2020, 10:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-29-2020, 12:15 AM by Drunk Monk.)
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
The threequel is weak. Joey and Jacky are back but Leslie is not and that is sorely felt. The three demon in the first film was only banished for a century, so this takes place a century later. Instead of a tax collector, it's two Buddhist monks, the sifu (Lau Shun) who has hilarious magical earlobes, and the bumbling disciple, Tony Leung, who fails as a replacement for Leslie. Joey reprises her role as the seductress ghost who falls for Tony, but she's not nearly as alluring as before. Jacky is again a Taoist magician, but a different character, not nearly as funny as before.
It echoes some of the previous films in weird ways. The innocent protag is again sprayed with blood while resting in a roadside lean to but someone killing a gang of others.
The effects are better and the tongue is more vicious. We are treated to a tongue's-eye-view as it deep throats its prey, swimming down to pluck out the heart. The village is funny because it's all bounty hunters and weapons makers (our kinda place). There's some good Buddhist magic - wrapping restraining sutras, pure gold blood, flying carpet cassoks, magic malas. There's a lot of snake nests. Joey has a sister ghost, played by Nina Li (Jet's wife). Joey has entangling magic hair. Nina has telescopic red fingernails.
The ending kaiju-esque building monster was silly. They should've just stuck with the crazy tentacle tongue.
Swordfights. Flying CGI Taoist magic swords no less. Not DOOM recommended.
The threequel is weak. Joey and Jacky are back but Leslie is not and that is sorely felt. The three demon in the first film was only banished for a century, so this takes place a century later. Instead of a tax collector, it's two Buddhist monks, the sifu (Lau Shun) who has hilarious magical earlobes, and the bumbling disciple, Tony Leung, who fails as a replacement for Leslie. Joey reprises her role as the seductress ghost who falls for Tony, but she's not nearly as alluring as before. Jacky is again a Taoist magician, but a different character, not nearly as funny as before.
It echoes some of the previous films in weird ways. The innocent protag is again sprayed with blood while resting in a roadside lean to but someone killing a gang of others.
The effects are better and the tongue is more vicious. We are treated to a tongue's-eye-view as it deep throats its prey, swimming down to pluck out the heart. The village is funny because it's all bounty hunters and weapons makers (our kinda place). There's some good Buddhist magic - wrapping restraining sutras, pure gold blood, flying carpet cassoks, magic malas. There's a lot of snake nests. Joey has a sister ghost, played by Nina Li (Jet's wife). Joey has entangling magic hair. Nina has telescopic red fingernails.
The ending kaiju-esque building monster was silly. They should've just stuck with the crazy tentacle tongue.
Swordfights. Flying CGI Taoist magic swords no less. Not DOOM recommended.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse