| Despite the team of Lam Ching Ying, Chin Siu-Ho and Ricky Hui being together again for the first time since the original Mr. Vampire, the 1992 rendition does correspond to the fact that the unconnected series had been milked out of most its creative energy. Having said that, if you can get mild amusement out of a movie in the wake of Ricky Lau's classic, that is actually some form of merit. Such mild flavours includes Sandra Ng's character showcasing her attraction to Lam Ching Ying's sifu by timely being sprayed by water in key areas while Chin Siu-Ho and Ricky Hui go undercover in a vampire lair, even going the lengths of learning some vampire language (as also seen in The Musical Vampire). These examples get to represent a form of class in Mr. Vampire 1992 but director Lau also go expectedly low-brow, ranging from bowel movement humour during the vampire fighting and Billy Lau is in trademark, nutty overdrive most of the time. While then Lam Ching Ying's master seems to have embraced Western fashion, the character is unfortunately less comic gold this time around. An aspect that also ran out of steam as the years went by. Oh well, if you've come this far in your Hong Kong vampire movie travels, you might as well take this in. |
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