Wei Tung's "Magic Cop" Blu-ray - Ching-Ying Lam / Michiko Nishiwaki @88_Films
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Wei Tung's "Magic Cop" Blu-ray - Ching-Ying Lam / Michiko Nishiwaki @88_Films
OUR REVIEW:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-ray_review_175/magic_cop_blu-ray.htm
After seeing off hopping corpses in Mr. Vampire, the great Lam Ching-ying (Enter the Dragon, Eastern Condors) faces a new supernatural challenge: someone is using the living dead to smuggle drugs into modern day Hong Kong and only Lam's Officer Feng – policeman and Taoist master – can stop them, proving the power of traditional Chinese magic in the process!
Mixing comedy, action and esoteric lore, Magic Cop sees the incomparable Lam at his brilliant best. 88 Films are proud to present this gorgeously restored treat from the golden age of Hong Kong cinema...
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Wei Tung's Magic Cop is also known as Mister Vampire 5 - we had compared Mr. Vampire on Blu-ray to DVDs HERE and the more 'official' sequels on Eureka Blu-ray reviewed HERE. There is plenty I liked about this fun, mystical Asian crime-supernatural-comedy-horror. Lam Ching-ying pushes it to be accepted into the Mister Vampire cycle as he was in the original, Mr. Vampire, and sequels; Mr. Vampire II (1986), Mr. Vampire III (1987), Vampire Vs. Vampire (1989), Encounters of the Spooky Kind II (1990) often as the 'One Eyebrow Taoist Priest'. Bruce Lee had hired 19-year old Lam as his personal assistant. He is also listed as a film producer for Magic Cop. We lost him in 1997 (aged 44.) His character's use of supernatural skills and detective techniques is one of the marvels of Magic Cop. I enjoyed the 88 Films Blu-ray ; the fun film, commentary, interview and more. For those who feel they might be keen, we encourage indulging.
