Magic Cop

Magic Cop
Traditional Chinese驅魔警察
Simplified Chinese驱魔警察
Hanyu PinyinQū Mó Jǐngchá
JyutpingKeoi1 Mo1 Ging2 Caat3
Directed byStephen Tung
Written bySam Chi-leung
Tsang Kan-cheung
Produced byLam Ching-ying
StarringLam Ching-ying
Wilson Lam
Michael Miu
CinematographyCho On-sun
Kwan Chi-kan
Lam Fai-tai
Edited byKwok Ting-hung
Woo Kei-chan
Music byBMG Melody Bank
Production
companies
Movie Impact Ltd.
Millifame Productions Ltd.
Distributed byMedia Asia
Release date
  • 11 February 1990 (1990-02-11)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$3,645,000

Magic Cop, also informally known as Mr. Vampire 5, is a 1990 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by, and starring, Lam Ching-ying. It was released in Hong Kong on 11 February 1990, and in the Philippines on 18 June 1992.

Plot

Uncle Feng, an experienced policeman, lives a quiet and beautiful life in Tung Ping Chau. One day, the old lady living next door comes to ask him to go to Hong Kong Island to return the body of her daughter, a stewardess killed by the police after being suspected of being a drug smuggler. Feng finds that the "stewardess" had actually been killed before her return to Hong Kong. She had been turned into a "living corpse", and is being controlled by a Japanese magician for drug smuggling. With Feng's supernatural skills and detective techniques, they finally find the location of the secret altar of the Japanese magician.[1]

Cast

  • Lam Ching-ying as Uncle Feng, police constable and exorcist expert
  • Wilson Lam as Inspector Lam
  • Michael Miu as Sergeant No. 2237
  • Wong Mei-way as Lin, Uncle Feng's niece
  • Michiko Nishiwaki as Japanese magician
  • Wu Ma as Senior Superintendent Ma
  • Billy Chow as Japanese magician's henchman
  • Frankie Chin as Eddie

[1]

Release

Magic Cop was released in Hong Kong on 11 February 1990. In the Philippines, the film was released with the same name on 18 June 1992; Lam Ching-ying is credited as Michael Lee.[2]

Critical reception

LoveHKFilm remarked, "The action scenes are fun (as one would expect from Stephen Tung), and the cultural connections are cool-as-can-be."[3]

Home media

VCD releases

Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Language Subtitles Notes Ref.
Unknown Hong Kong II Megastar (HK) NTSC Cantonese Cantonese/English 2VCDs [4]

DVD releases

Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes Ref.
20 April 2004 Hong Kong N/A Mega Star (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese [5]

References

  1. ^ a b List of cast "Qu mo jing cha (1990)". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Opens Tomorrow". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. 17 June 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 3 November 2020. The New Action Star Sensation... Michael Lee Action Choreographer, Martial Arts Instructor, Director, And Newly-Acclaimed Star Of Golden Harvest!
  3. ^ "LoveHKFilm Review of Magic Cop". lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Magic Cop VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Magic Cop DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.


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