Showing posts with label Olivia Cheng. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olivia Cheng. Show all posts

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Movie Review: Till Death Do We Scare

Her name is "Irene Leen."  An old, Chinese-movie-style fortune teller proclaims this to be a very unlucky last name indeed.  She should have picked a different one.  With a last name like "Leen," she is destined to always be a widow.  After all, it’s the same last name as JFK’s famous widow.  "You know," he says. "Jacqueline!"  Amazing.

The Gweilo's Movie Ratings for Till Death Do We Scare
The Chinese movie review continues below this info box!
Category Rating
WTF Meter 2.6 out of 5
MST3K-Ability 2.7 out of 5
OVERALL QUALITY 1.2 out of 5
Chinese Movie Till Death Do We Scare

Director Lao Kai Wing
Actors Olivia Cheng, Alan Tam, David Chiang, Wong Ching, Raymond Wong
Year 1982
Format Viewed VCD (Media Asia/Megastar MS/VCD219HK)

This is a ludicrous premise, and it leads to a satisfyingly silly Chinese movie.  From the Gweilo's perspective, it seems as though nobody was taking Till Death Do We Scare seriously at any point in its creation.  Which frees up the director for some amazingly absurd scenes.  For example,