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Nick Cheung and Francis Ng must be good friends with them as the main pair in so many films. They have good chemistry in this one as well, even if they are facing off against each other. Nick plays a somewhat dumb, but lucky server in a bar/entertainment place (drinks are served, women entertain men by talking and being interested in them). Eventually his luck helps him work his way up to the top, owning a 'bar' of this same sort for himself. There is a lot of bar atmosphere to the movie. Even the final 'fight' scene is a face off against these two mixing powerful drinks for the other. The one who survives is 'The Lord of Amusement'. I found it entertaining, and funny throughout. Seeing Nick act completely clueless towards the beginning is also fun to watch.

In the future, year 2043, Bison is convicted and comes up with a plan to free himself. He sends his henchmen, Ken, Honda and Sagat, back in time to 1993 to find and destroy the judge who sentenced him when he was still vulnerable. It turns out that at this time he was still in high school. Cops from the future are also sent back in time to find him first and protect him. Throughout most of the story they are looking for him in the past, and trying to blend in with society of the time. This has to be one of the funniest movies i've seen in a very long time. If you are not in the mood for silly comedy, wait until you are to watch this. Street Fighter fans especially will have fun watching how silly the characters in this movie are. It's very similar to anime in it's humor stylings, making for a completely unrealistic, but comedic world. I would completely recommend this as a party movie among friends when you want a lot of laughs.

For a thriller movie, this goes incredibly too slow. It does not build up suspense to a high point, nor does it draw attention towards a central story. The story is very simple. The main group is goes to the website where it is said they can communicate with the dead. While doing so, the rest of the group (too many to remember their names) plans out a scheme to scare them into thinking they are actually communicating. It then turns serious as they are offed one by one. At first they think it's only a joke, but then more strange things start to happen. One highlight of the movie is a Big 2 (card game) scene where one guy gets a supreme hand but then all the other players disappear (they were ghosts). This barely kept my attention, and to be honest I had trouble sitting through the second half of this movie. 3/10.