The Dead and the Deadly (1982)
Reviewed by: ElectraWoman on 2000-10-12
Summary: 7/10-Fast moving fun
A little mindless trivia-the title of this film was something Sammo Hung said in "Close Encounters Of The Spooky Kind" :) Yes, I do have a bit too much time on my hands. This is something like an unofficial sequel, and another thing I noticed was that most of the actors who played good guys in "Close Encounters" are bad guys in this, and vice versa. Except Sammo, of course.

Sammo works for his uncle, played by Lam Ching-Ying, who owns a store selling things for the dead. Sammo is shocked to learn when his best friend, Wu Ma (by the way, his character's name means Fucking Big Dick), arrives back in the village, dead, with wife and baby. Becoming suspicious he decides to investigate, and satisfied nothing is wrong, he leaves things as they are, until Wu Ma comes back as a ghost seeking revenge.

There are some funny and inspired scenes in this, esp. the pulling teeth one-OUCH! However, while I understand this is a fantasy film, and there are liberties taken to reality, I thought having a living man pretending to be dead and then being prodded was taking it too far. Hell, IF he was living he would be warm, right? And it would have been noticable! Hell, but, who cares? This film moves fast enough for the viewer to not notice. This film quite amusing, with some great fight sequences.