I read somewhere that this was meant to be a sequel (somehow) to The Dead And The Deadly. Personally, I think the person who said that had their head up their ass, as the only semblances this film has to Dead And The Deadly is ghosts and a dead person who is dead-yet-not-quite-dead. But anyways :)

Richard Ng is a restaurant owner in London, who is such a cheapskate, he goes to the local park, traps the pidgeons there, and sells them as chicken. His cousin, Wu Ma, is an illegal immigrant, and Ng uses that to his advantage by having Ma work virtually as a slave. After accidently getting his cousin deported, a guilty-feeling Ng decides to go to Hong Kong to make up, and also to see how his other cousins (Kenny Bee, Mang Hoi, et al) are going. The fun starts when Bee finds out Ng is dead, and they try to hide the truth from Ng so that he can have a chance at reincarnation. Meanwhile, resident friendly ghost Wong Wai-Si (some trivia on her, she used to be a DJ and is now living in England) has her eyes on Ng, but has to fight off another ghost who is desperate to reincarnate.

There's a lot of laughs from this film, esp. the part where Ng and Wong does a tango while wiping the windows. There's some nice black comedy as well, like Bee sticking a dart in Ng's head, then placing a hot iron on his back, to show the others that Ng's dead. Another part is when Ma and Ng confront each other, with Ng fearful that Ma will poison him and Ma telling Ng to chop his head off! Probably the best part is when they take Ng to the doctor. I won't say any more :)

However, I felt that the director, Ma, was trying to rush through the first half of the film to get to the second where Ng becomes a walking cadaver-sure, that's more interesting but I thought he could have spent more time setting up the first half. The plot is too dodgy-like, the reason why Ng comes to Hong Kong and decides to stay with his cousins is muddled and unclear, with someone deciding to throw in the subject of money but didn't clarify it. While there are some inspired comedy moments I thought the quiet spots were too flat, with the film lurching from one comedy sketch to the other. Overall, quite funny, once it gets going.