Mr. Vampire Saga Four (1988)
Reviewed by: danton on 2002-01-03
Lam Ching Ying is absent from this sequel, and his place is taken by a duo of rival priests. The taoist is played by Anthony Yu, with Wu Ma as his buddhist nemesis. They are accompanied by a pair of assistants (Chin Kar Lok and Loletta Lee), and the first half of the movie is filled by the various slapstick-type antics between these two pairs, involving assorted spells. Fun, but not too memorable. The movie picks up considerably in the second half with the introduction of an evil vampire who forces the two priests to unite in order to fight him. You all know what happens next, people get bitten, Vampires are on a hopping frenzy, sticky rice does its thing, and the priests do their magic. The fight choreography is compelling, and Chin Kar Lok in particular does some impressive stunt work that involves him getting hurdled around quite a bit and crashing into every single object in the room. If you like the Hopping Vampire genre, then you'll have an enjoyable time with this movie.