| Directed by Johnnie To before he was Johnnie To and starring Maggie Cheung before she was Maggie Cheung, there's no real distinction in either of those parties on display in Happy Ghost III. It's just an 1980s romp from Cinema City, adding Cheung as more of a naughty ghost waiting for reincarnation but Raymond Wong's Sam Hong (the reincarnation of the original happy ghost) manages to stand in the way during each opportunity...
Tsui Hark appears and his influence on the production is noticeable as a lot more Hong Kong cinema 80s special effects are used for enhancement of the trademark humour of the series (I.e. the use of ghostly super powers in the real world). It's shaky results up there on the screen but by also adding Ching Siu-Tung stunt- and wirework, the various scenarios contains fine entertainment (especially the vertical routes a car scene takes towards the end). Pleasant and harmless, hard to truly be harsh on such movie. Perhaps the only disappointment back then came from the smallest members of the audience as the tone is slightly more violent and black compared to the other films. Wong Ching co-stars while Fennie Yuen, Charine Chan and Chan Maan-Loh reprise their roles from Happy Ghost II. |
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