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      Magic Cop

      1990 1h 27m Comedy List
      Reviews 67% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Two police officers react with disbelief to a mystical colleague's claims that a crime spree has a supernatural origin. Read More Read Less

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      Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness It’s wild, wacky, hilarious, and action-packed, never reducing its characters or their circumstances in order to entertain. Aug 4, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member As usual Lam Ching Ying is great as Taoist master. Action and story is good. The niece Wong Mei Wah is really pretty. Lam is a police who is also Taoist master. His niece is Wong Mei Wah. An old lady is burning offerings and the fire escalate. She want to pour water to put out the fire but Lam said it will make the ghost angry. Wong stop her but the water still pour. Lam do his power to appease the ghost but it want to hurt the old lady. Lam subdue it. Wilson Lam & Miu Kiu Wai are undercover cops in a restaurant. They suspect a woman who didn't move for hours. She don't respond and they open her suitcase full of drug. She just walk away and unstoppable. Miu cuff his hand to her leg, Wilson shoot her leg but no use. Wilson shoot the cuff and a truck bang the her. Lam and Wong go to the station to identify the lady. Lam find it weird and want to see autopsy report. Wilson don't believe Lam said he suspect she is dead already and been make use to be drug courier. Wu Ma is the commander and old friend of Lam. This case is top secret. Autopsy say she is dead 7 days before. Wilson must partner him to solve this case and also stay with him. The trio cops go to find boyfriend of the dead girl. He is suspicious and escape. Lam use Taoist trick to track his eventual location. He go find the mastermind Michiko Nishiwaki. Billy Chow is her assistant. She kill the guy with witch craft. Wilson don't allow Lam to go in the house and he cuff him to his car and roll downhill. Upon entering, Lam say the house reek of evil. He use the same trick to Miu to activate the guy. Michiko control back and fight with Lam. She escaped when Wilson barge in. But she use her flowers to "capture" Wilson. Michiko dead guy to kill Wilson. Lam go to morgue and extract the ice amulet from the corpse. The trio fight the zombie guy and blow up the whole mortuary. Wilson is thankful of Lam saving him. He give Wong the jade pendent and ask her to give to Wilson. He and Miu find Michiko at her restaurant, she put the spell on Wilson. He is dying of freeze. Lam is trying to save him and Miu accidentally swallow the curse in his mouth. Michiko attacks in and Lam have to fight her. He use his magic mirror which she can't touch. Billy fight Lam and she break the mirror. But under the mirror are chants that make her reveal true form. She accidentally kill Billy. Miu and Wilson throw and shoot a gas tank at Michiko. She didn't die but become blind. Wong climb down to retrieve the mirror. Lam brun Michiko and she fell into lift shaft but didn't die. The mirror drop to the ground and emit the verses. Lam use the cloth to reflect into the room and it kills Michiko. Lam allow Wong to stay another 3 more days and Miu follow Lam return home. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic! Great set pieces, excellent pacing, good effects, very funny, and a wonderful performance by Ching-Ying Lam. Absolute shame this doesn't get discussed more. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Two police officers react with disbelief to a mystical colleague's claims that a crime spree has a supernatural origin.
      Director
      Wei Tung
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Runtime
      1h 27m