Vampires regularly pop up in Hong Kong, but ordinary citizens never hear about them thanks to the vigilant actions of the Vampire Cleanup Department (VCD). Co-directed by new directors Anthony Yan and Chiu Sin Hang, Vampire Cleanup Department was screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. In his first leading role, Babyjohn Choi ( Shockwave) plays the vampire hunter-in-training alongside a cast that includes veterans Yuen Cheung Yan, Law Mong, Siu Yam Yam and Richard Ng, as well as Bondy Chiu and Malaysian singer Lin Min Chen in her film debut. The bumbling apprentice vampire hunter of yesteryear now takes on the mentor role in Vampire Cleanup Department, which gives a new-school twist to the old-school horror comedy genre. Martial artist Chin Siu Ho starred in many Hong Kong vampire comedies in the eighties and nineties, including the classic Mr. “Vampire Cleanup Department” is a very entertaining film, a great sample of HK comedy, which also functions, on a secondary lever, as a parody to CAT III films.When there are bloodsuckers in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? Vampire Cleanup Department! Veterans of HK cinema (Chin Siu-ho, Eric Tsang, Richard Ng) works quite However, is Lin Min-chen as Summer, who functions as a weird, quirky,īut very beautiful doll.
Story demands from the actors to act mostly as caricatures, and in thatįashion, they succeed to the fullest. Pace that benefits the movie’s general style. Some abrupt close ups and Tong Wai-wing’sĮditing intensify this sense, while the latter retains a rather fast
Number of SFX work quite well, particularly in the battle at the end.Ĭhoi Ko- bei’s cinematography seems to fit the general aesthetics of theįilm, with the images of the different settings highlighting the This, however, lasts for a very short time, andĭoes not fault the general sense of the production.Īction scenes move at the same preposterous paths, but some gore and a
The only fault comes during the ending of theįilm, where they try to insert some dramatic moments, which seemĬompletely out of place. Seems to benefit the movie, which retains a preposterous but at the same Overall, the fact that they do not take their theme seriously at all The team (VCD) in a scene where Tim compares it with DVD and Blu-Ray. Parody of “Ghostbusters,” and the directors even mock the initials of Wax on-wax off sequence, the whole concept of the team seems like a The training session obviously mocks “Karate Kid”, and particularly the Looks normal otherwise, but jumps instead of walking, is a distinct and The scenes where he walks around in the streets, having a woman who Particularly from Summer’s character and her “relationship” with Tim. With their hands stretched out is mocked in every way possible, but Purpose seems to be to mock and parody everything we know about HK Pak Wing and Chiu Sin Hang direct a very entertaining film, whose main His actions, though,Īre completely against everything he was taught. Together and even having feelings for each other.
VAMPIRE CLEANUP DEPARTMENT SERIES
Series of events, he and the girl, whom he calls Summer, start living He ends up underwater kissing a female vampire, reinvigorating her intoĪn actual and very beautiful girl. However, during his first mission with his new comrades, His experience, his uncle Chau introduces him to the service and Timįinds himself being trained by the other members of the group, includingĬhung, the central fighter, and Master Ginger, a priest who specializes Because, obviously, Hong Kong is soaring with them. Furthermore, he learns that his parents were vampire hunters, working for an underground organization called Vampire Cleanup Department, who pose as garbage men but actually are experts in battling vampires. However, after an accident involving him being beaten by a vampire, he realizes that he is immune to their bite. Tim Cheung is a “typical” Hong Kong teenager, who lives with his half-crazy grandmother since his parents died, and spends most of his time on his smart phone.
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