Magic Cop
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Plot
Uncle Feng, an experienced policeman, lives a quiet and beautiful life in Tung Ping Chau. One day, the old lady living next door comes to ask him to go to Hong Kong Island to return the body of her daughter, a stewardess killed by the police after being suspected of being a drug smuggler. Feng finds that the "stewardess" had actually been killed before her return to Hong Kong. She had been turned into a "living corpse", and is being controlled by a Japanese magician for drug smuggling. With Feng's supernatural skills and detective techniques, they finally find the location of the secret altar of the Japanese magician.[1]
Cast
- Lam Ching-ying as Uncle Feng, police constable and exorcist expert
- Wilson Lam as Inspector Lam
- Michael Miu as Sergeant No. 2237
- Wong Mei-way as Lin, Uncle Feng's niece
- Michiko Nishiwaki as Japanese magician
- Wu Ma as Senior Superintendent Ma
- Billy Chow as Japanese magician's henchman
- Frankie Chin as Eddie
Release
Magic Cop was released in Hong Kong on 11 February 1990. In the Philippines, the film was released with the same name on 18 June 1992; Lam Ching-ying is credited as Michael Lee.[2]
Critical reception
LoveHKFilm remarked, "The action scenes are fun (as one would expect from Stephen Tung), and the cultural connections are cool-as-can-be."[3]
Home media
VCD releases
| Release date | Country | Classification | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Hong Kong | II | Megastar (HK) | NTSC | Cantonese | Cantonese/English | 2VCDs | [4] |
DVD releases
| Release date | Country | Classification | Publisher | Format | Region | Language | Sound | Subtitles | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2004 | Hong Kong | N/A | Mega Star (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Dolby Digital 5.1 | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese | [5] |
References
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