09-25-2020, 08:56 PM
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
I'm surprised how well I remember this. It picks up pretty much where the original left off. Leslie is still the naive innocent in a horrid world. He goes to a restaurant for cannnibals. Then he gets thrown in jail. Then he gets mistaken for an eldar by some rebels, one of which is Joey. Let the hilarity ensue. And it does with the arrival of a new demon hunter, played by Jacky Cheung (not Chan) and he's hilarious. The demon freezing scene remains one of my favorite bits of Tsui Hark wittiness. I had forgotten that it began with a Yojimbo homage (stray dog with human hand). But then it goes a lot of fun places, absurd choreo, Taoist and Buddhist sorcery, amorous nude hijinks, crazy flying sword blades and a killer centipede.
Plenty of sword fights. DOOM recommended.
I haven't found a decent copy of ACGSIII yet. I found a Vietnamese version. Not sure if I'll go there. I'll keep searching.
Nibbled at the animated version - maybe later. Started the 2011 remake. Also looked for Enchanted Shadow, which I found in Canto, no subs. The ACGSII version I watched had Korean subs with an auto-translate option so the subs came out pretty rough but interpretable.
I'm surprised how well I remember this. It picks up pretty much where the original left off. Leslie is still the naive innocent in a horrid world. He goes to a restaurant for cannnibals. Then he gets thrown in jail. Then he gets mistaken for an eldar by some rebels, one of which is Joey. Let the hilarity ensue. And it does with the arrival of a new demon hunter, played by Jacky Cheung (not Chan) and he's hilarious. The demon freezing scene remains one of my favorite bits of Tsui Hark wittiness. I had forgotten that it began with a Yojimbo homage (stray dog with human hand). But then it goes a lot of fun places, absurd choreo, Taoist and Buddhist sorcery, amorous nude hijinks, crazy flying sword blades and a killer centipede.
Plenty of sword fights. DOOM recommended.
I haven't found a decent copy of ACGSIII yet. I found a Vietnamese version. Not sure if I'll go there. I'll keep searching.
Nibbled at the animated version - maybe later. Started the 2011 remake. Also looked for Enchanted Shadow, which I found in Canto, no subs. The ACGSII version I watched had Korean subs with an auto-translate option so the subs came out pretty rough but interpretable.
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