Chin nin neui yiu

This Hong Kong horror comedy, about a Demoness from a thousand years ago threatening to break into the real world to wreak havoc while two fairy disciples attempt to destroy, could have had potential. The opening of the movie with the creatures doing battle in martial arts fashion delivered some promise, but much of the movie scenes that follow quickly went downhill.

Rather then focus on the main plot of the two fairies dealing with the Demoness, the movie instead delves into the boring romantic subplot of the police detective (Jackie Cheung) and one of the fairies (Joey Wang). Along for the ride are the detective's goofy colleagues and dumb wannabe ghost catcher, delivering nonsensical comedy crap. There's also this cop vs. Bad guys subplot that adds onto the stupidity of the plot.

Much of the acting is childish and the boredom of the love subplot really drags on and on; there is unfortunately no suspense or intrigue in the film - everything was just thrown in like a mess. The only redeeming quality is the villainess (Meg Lam). She plays the part of the Demoness quite well and is the only actor in the movie that delivered any type of dramatic fashion.

For some reason, many of Hong Kong's ghost and horror comedies focuses too much on the subplots rather than the actual paranormal points. This movie is no exception, but unfortunately, nothing much can be said for any entertaining values.

Grade D--