Believe It Or Not: Quick Takes

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Believe It Or Not
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In retrospect, Wellson Chin's horror-comedy Believe It Or Not could be the subject of in-depth film studies. The topic? The effect an actor like Francis Ng has on a low-grade b-movie.

Believe It Or Not is so cheap it almost look ridiculous at times but it earn its status as amusing, even laugh out loud funny at times thanks to the comedic talents of Francis Ng. Playing the world's most foul and dirty cop who's actually a considerate and nice guy (with a flatulence problem), this is overacting and far fetched writing for sure but Francis, looking like he's walked on to the set of a home movie when standing next to the rest of the "talent pool" (excluding Sam Lee, who's not on top form but logs a few, well-timed moments), overacts for sure but his instincts are correct for this one, leading to several, while Wong Jing-esque, funny character moments.

Director Wellson Chin only aims for scares in a Troublesome Night kind of way and keep things moving along fairly well, when either Ng and Lee are on screen that is but the finale is strangely lacking of spark from either participants. By that time however, the films is still securely in amusing territory. Co-starring Anita Chan and Yoyo Mung.

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