| Magic Cop | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Stephen Tung | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Lam Ching-ying | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Lam Ching-ying Wilson Lam Michael Miu | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | BMG Melody Bank | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Cho On-sun Kwan Chi-kan Lam Fai-tai | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Kwok Ting-hung Woo Kei-chan | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Movie Impact Ltd. Millifame Productions Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Media Asia | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 87 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$3,645,000 | ||||||||||||||
Magic Cop, also informally known as Mr. Vampire 5, is a 1990 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by, and starring, Lam Ching-ying. It was released in Hong Kong on 11 February 1990, and in the Philippines on 18 June 1992.
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.
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]
LoveHKFilm remarked, "The action scenes are fun (as one would expect from Stephen Tung), and the cultural connections are cool-as-can-be."[3]