The Good Guys
I've watched
Mr. Vampire (1985) twice now, so I'll try to write something. I haven't been posting too much lately because I'm very sore around my backside area, so sitting for very long is just too painful. Ricky Lau directed this mostly humorous tale which follows the workers at a highly specialized mortuary. There are various kinds of undead which the Master and his "employees" have to deal with, including hopping vampires, undead corpses and ghosts composed of flesh. In fact, when the movie began, it almost reminded me of
Monty Python and the Holy Grail with the hopping vampires standing in for the horseless knights. There are quite a bit of martial arts and stunts, two romances, some suspense, lots of Jackie Chan-styled humor, most of it played out extrememly broadly. Sometimes, it was difficult for me to tell how the various undead differentiated themselves, but I think I finally got it. Then by accident, I actually had the English language soundtrack on briefly (I watched it in both Mandarin and Cantonese), so that version reminded me of Woody Allen's
What's Up, Tiger Lily?. There seem to be about seven or eight sequels to this film, so if you wonder why we get so many sequels nowadays, maybe we can say it's because of Hong Kong. One other major thing which crossed my mind was the time frame and costumes of the movie. Some of the costumes seem 20th-century while others seem 1000 years older. I guess the point is that it's an alternative universe so when it takes place doesn't really matter. After all, it's only a movie.
One of the villains