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The Blue Jean Monster (1991)
Directed by Ivan Lai
Twitter Facebook Google+Comedy | Action | Science Fiction
Most recently watched by sensoria, zombiefreak
Overview
Joe, a police officer, has a happy life with his wife, who’s pregnant. But one day when he gets a tip that a bank is about to be robbed, he rushes to it but killed. The hostage Gucci then holds the loot. Joe becomes a vampire when a black cat jumps on his body and is hit by lightning. Not until he is sent to the hospital when he passed out, does he notice he’s dead and needs electric recharge to be alive. In order to keep his wife from being sad, he doesn’t tell her the truth. Even when his best friend Fung and Gucci find it out, he asks them to keep in secret. To get back the loot, the robbers seize both Gucci and Joe’s wife, forcing Joe to bring the loot to exchange them. Along with Fung, Joe goes to rescue Gucci and his wife, while his wife delivers a baby. After a severe fight against the robbers, Joe finally wins but drops down as he runs out of his electric power…
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Shing Fui-On | Pauline Wong Siu-Fung | Gloria Yip | Tse Wai-Kit | Jun Kunimura | Amy Yip | Peter Lai Bei-Dak | Cheung Kwok-Wah | Amy Wu Mei-Yee | Carol Lee Yee-Ha | Joey Leung | Sunny Chan | Milk Hoh | Lo Hung | Tsi-Ang Chin | Lai Maan-Shing | Ridley Tsui
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/02/2020 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Was very happy to finally see this weird undead crime comedy thanks to Mike White and his Kast watch party this week (he actually programmed three films I haven’t seen but I could only do this one due to conflict). For a Cat III flick this one is pretty tame. Nothing sleazy or overly exploitive or gratuitous nudity on display. Rather it’s a very silly albeit often homophobic buddy cop type flick that borrows a bit from DEAD HEAT. And it’s so goofy that I’d classify it as horror fifth down on the genre list after comedy, action, science fiction and crime. tbh I don’t think there’s all that much in the way of horror.
The main guy, a cop portrayed by Shing Fui-On in his only leading role, is chasing the robbers when he gets crushed in a construction yard. A magical cat along with a lightning strike brings him back to life as an undead cop. But he goes about his life as normal even tho being undead leads to some silly moments. Plus he has a pregnant wife who thinks he’s gay bc he won’t be with her intimately. It’s quite weird.
The bulk of the film is just humor around this cop being undead and trying to deal with it w/o letting others know. Then there’s a big all out brawl with the robbers for the finale with some crazy sequences. Oh the main big bad is Jun Kunimura! I forgot that he did HK films early in his career (he also pops up in HARD BOILED).
Overall this movie is fine but not the hardcore Cat III I was led to believe; it’s a silly romp with some very cringe gay jokes.
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