Magic Cop
Magic Cop | |
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Directed by | Stephen Tung |
Written by | Sam Chi-leung Tsang Kan-cheung |
Produced by | Lam Ching-ying |
Starring | Lam Ching-ying Wilson Lam Michael Miu |
Cinematography | Cho On-sun Kwan Chi-kan Lam Fai-tai |
Edited by | Kwok Ting-hung Woo Kei-chan |
Music by | BMG Melody Bank |
Production companies | Movie Impact Ltd. Millifame Productions Ltd. |
Distributed by | Media Asia |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$3,645,000 |
Magic Cop, also informally known as Mr. Vampire 5, is a 1990 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by, and starring, Lam Ching-ying.
Plot
Uncle Feng, an experienced policeman, lives a quiet and beautiful life in Tung Ping Chau. One day, the old lady living next door comes to ask him to go to Hong Kong Island to return the body of her daughter, a stewardess killed by the police after being suspected of being a drug smuggler. Feng finds that the "stewardess" had actually been killed before her return to Hong Kong. She had been turned into a "living corpse", and is being controlled by a Japanese magician for smuggling. With Feng's supernatural skills and detective techniques, they finally find the location of the secret altar of the Japanese magician.[1]
Cast
- Lam Ching-ying as Uncle Feng
- Wilson Lam as Detective Lam
- Michael Miu as Sergeant No. 2237
- Wong Mei-way as Lin
- Michiko Nishiwaki as Japanese magician
- Wu Ma as Ma
- Billy Chow as Japanese magician's henchman
- Frankie Chin as Eddie
Reception
LoveHKFilm remarked, "The action scenes are fun (as one would expect from Stephen Tung), and the cultural connections are cool-as-can-be."[2]
Home media
VCD releases
Release date | Country | Classification | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | Ref. |
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Unknown | Hong Kong | II | Megastar (HK) | NTSC | Cantonese | Cantonese/English | 2VCDs | [3] |
DVD releases
Release date | Country | Classification | Publisher | Format | Region | Language | Sound | Subtitles | Notes | Ref. |
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20 April 2004 | Hong Kong | N/A | Mega Star (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Dolby Digital 5.1 | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese | [4] |
References
- ^ a b List of cast "Qu mo jing cha (1990)". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
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(help) - ^ "LoveHKFilm Review of Magic Cop". lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Magic Cop VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "Magic Cop DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
External links
- 1990 films
- Hong Kong films
- Hong Kong supernatural horror films
- Hong Kong action comedy films
- Hong Kong martial arts films
- 1990s action films
- 1990s comedy horror films
- 1990s martial arts films
- Martial arts horror films
- Martial arts comedy films
- Police detective films
- Cantonese-language films
- Jiangshi films
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films shot in Hong Kong
- Vampire comedy films
- 1990s Hong Kong film stubs
- Comedy horror film stubs