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| Release Date |
March 18th, 2003 |
| Genre |
Action |
| Format |
DVD |
| MPAA Rating |
NR Not rated |
| Runtime |
1 hour 39 minutes |
| Studio |
Tai Seng |
| UPC |
601643017440 |
| Number of Discs |
1 |
| Disc Sides |
1 |
| Production Year |
1982 |
| Plot |
One of the more noteworthy Hong Kong horrorcomedies of its time, this period thriller from Golden Harvest and actor/director Wu Ma (who co-stars as Ma Lucho) is filled with both fascinating mythology and outrageous setpieces. Co-screenwriter Sammo Hung stars as Fatboy, who becomes suspicious when his best friend's death is listed as being due to natural causes. Adding to Fatboy's doubts is the fact that his late friend Ma Lucho's wife is now pregnant, and Ma was well-known to be impotent. Fatboy decides to conduct his own after-hours autopsy to prove that Ma was murdered, not knowing that his friend has actually faked his own death so he could sell all of the valuable treasures bequeathed to him by his late father. Just as Fatboy is about to hack the possum-playing Ma open with a meat cleaver, he is interrupted by a priest, sparing his devious friend. The respite is only temporary, however, as the treasures turn out to be junk, fronts for the real fortune which Ma's wife will inherit when she gives birth to an heir. Realizing that she is better off as a sole beneficiary, Ma's wife conspires with the priest to have her husband killed. Ma goes from playing dead to really being dead, but then rises from the grave as a ghost and ends up possessing Fatboy in order to further his campaign of revenge. The ensuing confrontations and their consequences for Fatboy's discorporated spirit result in a rousing conclusion. It's also a peculiar one -- at one point, Fatboy's soul ends up inside the body of a beetle, which his girlfriend Yuen (Cherie Chung) protects from the demons sent to escort it to hell by hiding it in a feminine napkin. Lam Chingying and Chung Fat co-star. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide |
| Special Features |
[None specified]
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| Region |
All |
| Languages |
English |
| Display Format |
Letterbox for TV |
| Audio |
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel |
| Chapters |
Side #1 --
2. Chapter 1 [10:21]
3. Chapter 2 [10:29]
4. Chapter 3 [8:35]
5. Chapter 4 [10:52]
6. Chapter 5 [12:27]
7. Chapter 6 [10:11]
8. Chapter 7 [10:31]
9. Chapter 8 [10:09]
10. Chapter 9 [11:03]
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| Menu |
Side #1 --
Chapters
About the Film
Synopsis
Cast & Credits
Samo Hung
Cherrie Chung
Lam Ching Ying
Theatrical Trailer
More Attractions
Hocus Pocus
A Bite of Love
Languages & Subtitles
Languages: Cantonese
Languages: Mandarin
Languages: English
Subtitles: Traditional Chinese
Subtitles: Simplified Chinese
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Japanese
Subtitles: Korean
Subtitles: Nil
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