Mr. Vampire 3
Director: Ricky
Lau
Producer:
Sammo Hung
When a Taoist Conman,
Ming (Richard Ng) comes
to town, he is confronted by a another Taoist Priest (Lam
Ching-Ying) and his group witch hunters. The Taoist Priest has
little time to explain their current situation when a group of horse
ridden Witches storm through the village killing its towns people. The
Taoist Priest mange's to contain two of these ghastly bandits. Now the
two priests join forces and plan on stopping this evil witch once and
for all.
Ming a Taoist Conman,
as stated above. He cons people by making false exorcisms, with the
ghosts of his two cousins. Upon the opening of the film we see him working
his magic against a couple of punters, but they really where Ghosts
so Ming finds out. Yes, he finds out the hard way. Ming decides to take
refuge in the nearby town with the Taoist Priest, but the priest assistant,
Chiang (Billy Lau) doesn't
like him one bit...
The
Master Taoist Priest (Lam
Ching-Ying)
knows how to handle these situations. We can same Lam Ching-Ying has
master the role of Taoist Priest. Through many scenes in the film, the
master is always pretty cool and calm, compared to Ming that is. We
even get to see The Masters birthday, with special guests including,
Teddy Yip, Sammo Hung, Corey Yuen Kwai & Wu Ma (who has starred
in every Mr. Vampire film).
We
can even see the master performing a impressive kick in the opening
battle against the ghastly bandits, you see The Master run up the back
of the enemy and launching off from him with a stiff kick.
The
Captain, Chiang (Billy
Lau)
plays the devious sidekick of The Master. He seems to feel threatened
by Mings presence. So he attempts to show him who's boss, but Ming's
two ghostly cousins showed him up big time. Although Chiang gets his
revenge back... After finding out if you wear tar you become invincible
to demons, Chiang doesn't hesitate in getting his revenge!
Final
thoughts, this is a excellent movie, a worthy addition to the series.
With Richard Ng providing great comic relief, Lam Ching-Ying showing
some seriousness, but still cool. Also this movie has stronger violence
than the others. This film is a fab film, even better you dont even
need to have seen the first two to enjoy it.
Highlights
- Ming's dancing in the opening exorcism
- Ming battle his cousins
- The cheerful music
- Ming meeting the real ghosts!
- The introduction of the Witch
- Ming naked!!!
- The battle between the Witches and
the Taoist group
- The Captains present for The Taoist
Priest
- The final battles
- The Guests at The Masters party
- The battle with the witch
- Chiang having to go down the well
- The Elder ghost being turned Evil
Rating: 8.9 out
of 10.0