The Chinese Ghostbuster

Lou (doesn't rhyme with booh! 👻)3.0

All style and no s̶u̶b̶s̶t̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ Lam Ching-Ying. Well, that's not entirely true. Lam is in this, but mostly in the opening sequence and in the third act. He also doesn't put in a whole lot of effort here. He was probably starting to get annoyed that he kept getting typecast as the supernatural-fighting monk. At least Wu Ma gives an energetic performance, walking around with a fake Amish beard, being all silly. Wu also directs the movie.This a pretty unremarkable fantasy flick, but it contains some fun Kung Fu action. Plus it's a very stylish movie. The colours were popping off the screen, even in my subpar YouTube rip.The Chinese Ghostbuster will probably receive a higher rating from me if it ever gets cleaned up/remastered.

BjorkBoobah2.5

Who you gonna call?Wu Ma!'The Chinese Ghostbuster' is a great title, but don't go into this expecting a parody of 'Ghostbusters'. The film actually has more in common with 'Luigi's Mansion' (Wu Ma flexing his ghostly vacuuming skills) than it does with 'Ghostbusters'. Wu Ma directs and stars as a ghost who needs to help his sister marry a gigolo. The sister has had 18 failed marriages, but swears the gigolo is the man she's been waiting for, for over 1000 years. The plot makes about as much sense as calling the film 'The Chinese Ghostbuster'. There are some decent fights and Wu Ma flips through the air about 50 times. I was hoping for a funny comedy, but sadly none of the jokes land. There are hundreds if not thousands of supernatural Hong Kong films, so there's bound to be a lot of duds. This was one of them.

Samm Deighan4.0

The whole plot of this movie is set in motion because Mark Cheng’s character and a woman in the underworld fall in love at first sight after he accidentally grabs her tit and honestly, I respect it. Come for the supernatural gigolo romance, stay for Wu Ma, his denim ensemble, and the neon vibes.