The Haunted Cop Shop (1987)
Apr 29, 2021Cops vs Vampires/Hong Kong Comedy
A madcap Hong Kong comedy that takes more than a few leaves from the Mr Vampire films with cops fighting off vampires in a haunted police station. A popular hit.
Jeffrey Lau
The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
Apr 14, 2022Wu Xia Film
A Hong Kong Wu Xia film from Jeffrey Lau that is near plotless and made at a madcap level of slapstick comedy that is frequently exhausting.
Treasure Hunt (1994)
Sep 14, 2002Hong Kong Comedy-Romance/Magical Girl
Rather silly and plotless Hong Kong comedy with Chow Yun Fat as a CIA agent encountering a magical girl at a monastery in China
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)
Feb 22, 2018Gonzo Journey to the West Adaptation
Another adaptation of Journey to the West. Coming from Jeffrey Lau, a director who specialises in rowdy, slapstick films, this is the most nutso adaptation of the story ever, winding in everything from alien visitors and Transformers
The Fantastic Water Babes (2010)
Mar 8, 2016Hong Kong Romantic Comedy
Hong Kong cinema specialises in a type of frenetic, high-energy slapstick. This – a romance set around a swimming competition in which the girl thinks she has been blessed by a water god – is not one of the more inspired
Just Another Pandora’s Box (2010)
Feb 1, 2024Gonzo Comedy/Film Parody
Demented Jeffrey Lau comedy that seems to have no limits on how silly it is willing to be, while parodying just about every other film made around the same time
East Meets West (2011)
Oct 21, 2012Hong Kong Comedy/Eastern Deities Become Superheroes
Hong Kong comedy designed to bring together an ensemble of local stars. The film starts out about the efforts to reunite a band and turns into a wacky effort where everybody discovers they are avatars of deities