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The Dead and the Deadly (1982)

Directed by Wu Ma

Supernatural | Eastern | Comedy

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Overview

Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li helps Uncle to run the local funeral services. When the body Ma Lun Chio is brought back to the village by a new wife and her “brother”, Wai Li is suspicious. He sets out to find out how his friend died, but things are not what they seem.

Length 99 minutes

Actors

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | Wu Ma | Lam Ching-Ying | Cherie Chung | Hui Leung-Mei | Chin Yuet-Sang | To Siu-Ming | Cheung Ging-Boh | Hui Ying-Ying | Chung Fat | Kwan Yung-Moon | Yuen Miu | Wellson Chin | Leung Suet-Mei | Yue Tau-Wan | Yat Fan Lau | Peter Chan Lung | Chau Sang Lau | Chow Gam-Kong | Ng Min-Kan | Lee Chi-Git | Billy Chan | Pang Yun-Cheung | Tsang Choh-Lam | Po Tai | Chow Kong | Chien-Po Tsen | Ma Hon-Yuen | Fong Yue | Hoh Wan | Gam Tin-Chue | Man Ngai-Tik | Im Keun-Bo | Lo Po Shan

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Viewing Notes

Not crazy about this comedy ghost story featuring Sammo Hung. He’s really good as is Ma Wu, who also directed. The movie is another example of straddling that line between humor and seriousness that neither work all that well. Still entertaining esp for the fight sequences but the murder plot is so half baked leaving the film to go into another direction at the end that includes space aliens. Not really but sorta.

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