Reviews:My Cousin, The Ghost
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ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Richard, a caterer in England, once informed immigration officers of his cousin Ma's illegal stay status, resulting in Ma expels from England. Kenny, another cousin of Richard, is advised of Richard's return to Hong Kong. Kenny goes to greet the plane but cannot find Richard. Upon his return, Kenny is surprised to find Richard has already in the house. One day, Kenny gets a call from London and is informed that his cousin Richard has died in an accident. Kenny realizes he has been living with Richard's ghost. Kenny and Ma are convinced that Richard's ghost will leave forever if a wife could be found for him. They come with the intention of introducing a ghost wife to Richard but he's already firmly in love... a battle between human and ghost begins...
-Joy Sales
| Plot: Wu (Richard Ng) a caterer who owns a cafe in England. He tricks people into buying his stores Spring Chicken when it's actually pigeons he catches from the park. His cousin, Mako (Wu Ma) is the cook in Wu's Cafe, until one day where Wu accidentally blabs in front of some customers that Mako is an illegal immigrant. As a result Mako is forced to return to Hong Kong when immigration officers show up on the scene. Since that day Mako holds a grudge against his cousin Wu. Years later in Hong Kong, Mako works as a Cook in a restaurant as his four cousins wait on tables. With Wu coming to Hong Kong, they decide give him their spare room. Their spare room was originally rented out to a lodged - Miss Wang, although Miss Wang hasn't shown up for a couple of months now. Although on the night they discuss about her mysterious disappearance, she appears out of the blue! Truth be told that Miss Wang is actually dead! On the day of her wedding she ends up in a car accident killing her and her bridesmaid. Their Ghosts live on looking for suitable males to help them reincarnate their sprites. Miss Wang has set her sights on Wooing Mr. Wu. But as you soon find out that Miss Wang and her bridesmaid aren't the only ghosts in that household.
Review The story of Wu's death doesn't arise until 50 minutes into the film, but It leads to some comical scenes with the cousins (Bee, Hoi, Tai Bo etc.) and Wu. Examples; The game of Darts, burning Wu with a iron to see if it hurts him! Probably the best part about Wu being dead is that he doesn't know that he is! The movie also has a plea sent spoof of Ricky Lau's "Mr. Vampire". Both Wu and Miss Wang are sitting watching Mr. Vampire - the introduction scene of Pauline Wong. Pauline Wong is replaced by 'Miss Wang' and Chin Siu-Ho cycling is changed into Wu Cycling. Things go crazy when Wu accidentally cycles right out of the TV and into a Window! Another great scene with these two is the window cleaning scene. Its like one of those skits where someone is pretending to be another persons reflection and copy's every move they are making. With this film its just Miss Wang on one side and Wu on the other. But it turns out to be more of a ballroom dancing scene, rather than a household chore! My Cousin, The Ghost is a fun supernatural comedy and shouldn't be ignored! Highlights
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ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Richard, a caterer in England, has built a reputation as being very man. He once informed immigration officers of his cousin Ma's illegal stay status, resulting in Ma's forced return to Hong Kong. Kenny, another cousin of Richard's, waits on Hong Kong tables. One day, he is advised of Richard's return to Hong Kong to find a wife. Kenny goes to greet the plane but there is no Richard. Instead, he meets his old school flame Maggie. Kenny would like to pick up where they had left for th3e presence of Maggie's apparent lover. Upon his return, Kenny is surprised to find Richard has already in the house. Richard's presence causes stress and tension for the many people living under the same roof.
-Deltamac
| I read somewhere that this was meant to be a sequel (somehow) to The Dead And The Deadly. Personally, I think the person who said that had their head up their ass, as the only semblances this film has to Dead And The Deadly is ghosts and a dead person who is dead-yet-not-quite-dead. But anyways :)
Richard Ng is a restaurant owner in London, who is such a cheapskate, he goes to the local park, traps the pidgeons there, and sells them as chicken. His cousin, Wu Ma, is an illegal immigrant, and Ng uses that to his advantage by having Ma work virtually as a slave. After accidently getting his cousin deported, a guilty-feeling Ng decides to go to Hong Kong to make up, and also to see how his other cousins (Kenny Bee, Mang Hoi, et al) are going. The fun starts when Bee finds out Ng is dead, and they try to hide the truth from Ng so that he can have a chance at reincarnation. Meanwhile, resident friendly ghost Wong Wai-Si (some trivia on her, she used to be a DJ and is now living in England) has her eyes on Ng, but has to fight off another ghost who is desperate to reincarnate. There's a lot of laughs from this film, esp. the part where Ng and Wong does a tango while wiping the windows. There's some nice black comedy as well, like Bee sticking a dart in Ng's head, then placing a hot iron on his back, to show the others that Ng's dead. Another part is when Ma and Ng confront each other, with Ng fearful that Ma will poison him and Ma telling Ng to chop his head off! Probably the best part is when they take Ng to the doctor. I won't say any more :) However, I felt that the director, Ma, was trying to rush through the first half of the film to get to the second where Ng becomes a walking cadaver-sure, that's more interesting but I thought he could have spent more time setting up the first half. The plot is too dodgy-like, the reason why Ng comes to Hong Kong and decides to stay with his cousins is muddled and unclear, with someone deciding to throw in the subject of money but didn't clarify it. While there are some inspired comedy moments I thought the quiet spots were too flat, with the film lurching from one comedy sketch to the other. Overall, quite funny, once it gets going. |
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