Mr Vampire Saga IV ( 1988 ) [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Country :[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hong Kong [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Year:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1988[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Genre:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Horror / Comedy[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Producer:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sammo Hung [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Director:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ricky Lau [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Cast: Wu Ma, Anthony Chan, Chin Kar-Lok, Rachel Lee, Yuen Wah, Wong Yuk Waan [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Story: A Buddhist monk (Wu Ma) and a Taoist priest (Ricky Lau?) have been rivals for decades, but when a vampire being transported nearby escapes it’s captors, they are forced to team up and save the day. Review: Four films in, a slight title change (it’s a saga now, apparently), and the Mr Vampire series is still going strong. Lam Ching Ying is absent, and the series’ lesser players step forward to centre stage. Anthony Chan plays the same part as he did at the very beginning of the first movie, and Wu Ma plays an all new character, which just about makes up for change in cast. Sure, it would have been good to have the original cast reunited by now, but this is still has the soul of a Mr Vampire film, and proves to be rewarding viewing. Early on, some nice kung fu sets the pace, and Anthony Chan shows off some nice Taoist moves, transporting hopping corpses through a forest, and then fighting off a fox spirit’s alluring advances. It’s familiar territory for the series, and feels good to be concentrating on the Kyonsi after Part 3 of the series concerned itself mainly with ghosts and ghouls. The plot hops off in a different direction for a while, though, exploring the rivalry between the two holy men. They spend some time casting spells on each other, having food fights and falling over a lot, but just as this gets worrying, the vampires show up again and things really pick up. One thing missing from part 2 (terrible) and part 3 (much better) was the Kung Fu displayed by Chin Siu Ho, who provided a lot of the action. Well, in Mr Vampire Saga 4, Chin Kar-Lok fills that gap, and his scenes are the best in the film. Trapped in a house with 4 vampires, he leaps about the place like a madman, displaying excellent ability as he fights off the vampires. Filmed with plenty of wide shots, the action is fast, fluid, and funny as hell. The vampires are as scary as they are funny, and just like the first film, we meet clownish vampires, before building up to the decomposing daddy of them all. The cast are obviously having fun, and even Yuen Wah contradicts his usual bad guy image, and shows up as a gay vampire (it’s not your neck he wants to suck). Rachel Lee is cute and holds her own against the rest of the cast, and Wu Ma is as brilliant as ever. Lam Ching Ying really should have been here, especially considering that it’s such a good movie, but the film’s cast still stand up strong. After part 3 in the series left the vampires to rest in peace for a while, Mr. Vampire Saga 4 brings things right back to the source and concentrates on the Kyonsi. While none of the series could possibly recapture the genius of the first film, this addition to the series is definitely worth checking out. [/FONT] [hide=0] [/hide]
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