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Rating: 6 stars

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Hong Kong supernatural carnival sword sword play

All movies seen on 10/16/2013

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A Tale from the East (1990)

Directed by Manfred Wong

Action | Comedy | Fantasy

Overview

The Little Princess and her bodyguard Jiang travel 200 years from the past to the present day. They are relentlessly pursued by the evil General Shea Hai, a vicious and seemingly indestructible puffy-faced Blood Devil demon who wants to get his hands on a magical pearl the Little Princess possesses. Sweet Kot-Yee, her fat, greedy brother Chu Tai-Lit, and two goofy electricians come to the aid of the Little Princess and Jiang.

Length 87 minutes

Actors

Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting | David Ng | Manfred Wong | Amy Yip | Joey Wong | Ni Kuang | Eric Kot | Jan Lamb | Chan Cheuk-Yan | Simon Lui | Billy Lau | Lawrence Cheng | Andy Hui Chi-On | Prudence Liew Mei-Kwan | Yu Sin-Man | Money Lo | Benz Kong | Winnie Lau Siu-Wai

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Picked this up and watched b/c I was expecting a Chinese horror flick (it’s even listed that way at IMDb) but I can’t call this horror. It’s Action - Comedy - Fantasy - Eastern but really not much horror. Kinda supernatural but more fantasy. Just wasn’t into it. But it’s not a bad flick if you have the right expectations going in (I did not). The final setpiece is pretty awesome. You don’t see many action sequences on a waterslide!

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