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Review
by Kozo: |
This sequel
to the ground-breaking Chinese Ghost Story is
good fun, if not entirely necessary. After losing Sian
(Joey Wong) in the first film, Ning (Leslie Cheung)
bumps into dead ringer Windy (also Joey Wong), who’s
trying to save her dad (Lau Siu-Ming) from evil government
bastards.
Plot devices occur when Windy
and her compatriots believe Ning to be a wise elder;
Ning plays along to discover just why Windy looks exactly
like his departed ghost love. Jacky Cheung appears as
Autumn, a Taoist monk who aids Ning, and the amazingly
beautiful Michelle Reis is Moon, Windy's sister. Waise
Lee manages to luck into a great role as the military
general chasing Windy and company.
Overall this is an entertaining
flick that provides the same type of action, comedy
and romance that made the first film so popular. As
such, it isn't as good, mostly because it can't mach
the first film's originality or ability to surprise.
Still, it's worth checking out for those who dig this
sort of thing. Joey Wong isn’t a ghost in this film,
so the title must be referring to the rotted corpses
that attack them along the way. (Kozo
1995) |
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