It's kind of criminal that deep inside Billy Chung's Last Ghost Standing manages to somehow work. Directing with a hyperactive sense and "borrowing" scenes very literally from the likes of Evil Dead II, Alien and Trainspotting, it's not so much unique Hong Kong cinema madness on display (the elephant poop monster resides in that department though) but the familiarity and surprising visuals are entertaining strengths put forth by Billy. Fans of the works heavily referenced normally should be offended but the all round, low-budget combo becomes not only strangely appealing in its b-movie ways but also inoffensive. He does ask us to take the limp romance between Simon Loui (whose novel apparently this is an adaptation of) and Sherming Yiu very seriously though but amidst the sights that takes place around these two characters, Chung should tick the "failed" box of this main plot.

Wayne Lai steals the show as the on edge and eccentric usher while Pauline Suen, Amanda Lee, Angela Tong, Pinky Cheung, Francis Ng and Chin Kar-Lok also appear. The latter doning a role that is a rather cheap send-up of Jackie Chan.