I have actually watched the 1990 Hong Kong movie "Sien Lui Yau Wan II: Yan Gaan Dou" (aka "A Chinese Ghost Story II") before, but I must admit that I have entirely forgotten the storyline, and only remembered that legendary actor Leslie Cheung starred in the movie.
And I did enjoy the 1987 predecessor titled "Sien Lui Yau Wan" (aka "A Chinese Ghost Story") quite a lot. So of course I would revisit this 1990 sequel here in 2024, as I had the opportunity to do so.
The storyline is fairly good, though not quite as enjoyable as the story in the predecessing 1987 movie. Writers Kan Keito, Kee-To Lam and Tai-Mok Lau put together a fair enough script and storyline here. However, it should be noted that you need a certain appreciation of early 1990s Hong Kong fantasy martial arts movies in order to fully appreciate and enjoy this movie. There is a little bit of everything in the movie, so there is something for a broad audience to enjoy here.
Something that the movie could have done without was the random song part when Ling Choi San (played by Leslie Cheung) was sitting in the bathtub. That was just fully and wholly unnecessary and such a stupid thing to add to the movie.
If you are familiar with Hong Kong cinema, then you will recognize the likes of Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Jacky Cheung, Wu Ma and Waise Lee on the cast list. The acting performances in the movie are good, and you definitely are in good company with some very talented actors and actresses.
There is a good amount of action to compliment the storyline. Again, you must appreciate the over-the-top early 1990s Hong Kong cinema to really fully appreciate the action here, as it hold no regards to the laws of physics or realism. But isn't that what makes these movies all the more endearing?
The effects in the movie are adequate. Though I did find the demonic creature to be somewhat dubious. But taking into consideration the age of the movie then the effects are okay.
My rating of "Sien Lui Yau Wan II: Yan Gaan Dou" lands on a six out of ten stars.
And I did enjoy the 1987 predecessor titled "Sien Lui Yau Wan" (aka "A Chinese Ghost Story") quite a lot. So of course I would revisit this 1990 sequel here in 2024, as I had the opportunity to do so.
The storyline is fairly good, though not quite as enjoyable as the story in the predecessing 1987 movie. Writers Kan Keito, Kee-To Lam and Tai-Mok Lau put together a fair enough script and storyline here. However, it should be noted that you need a certain appreciation of early 1990s Hong Kong fantasy martial arts movies in order to fully appreciate and enjoy this movie. There is a little bit of everything in the movie, so there is something for a broad audience to enjoy here.
Something that the movie could have done without was the random song part when Ling Choi San (played by Leslie Cheung) was sitting in the bathtub. That was just fully and wholly unnecessary and such a stupid thing to add to the movie.
If you are familiar with Hong Kong cinema, then you will recognize the likes of Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Jacky Cheung, Wu Ma and Waise Lee on the cast list. The acting performances in the movie are good, and you definitely are in good company with some very talented actors and actresses.
There is a good amount of action to compliment the storyline. Again, you must appreciate the over-the-top early 1990s Hong Kong cinema to really fully appreciate the action here, as it hold no regards to the laws of physics or realism. But isn't that what makes these movies all the more endearing?
The effects in the movie are adequate. Though I did find the demonic creature to be somewhat dubious. But taking into consideration the age of the movie then the effects are okay.
My rating of "Sien Lui Yau Wan II: Yan Gaan Dou" lands on a six out of ten stars.