Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Out of the Dark 回魂夜


Release Date 日期: 1995;
Languages 語言: Mandarin, Cantonese;
Running Time: 1 hour 19 minutes;
Director 導演: Lau Chun Wai 劉鎮偉;
Artist(s) 主演: Stephen Chow 周星馳, Karen Mok 莫文蔚, Freddie Huang Yi Fei 黃一飛;
Genre 片種: Dark Comedy 黑色幽默, Horror 恐怖, Action 動作;
Trailer 預告短片: -
Watched it at: -


Product Info 產品资料
Region Code DVD區碼: 3;
Video Format 影像格式: NTSC;
Screen Format 影片畫面: 1.85:1 (Anamorphic Widescreen);
Audio Specs 影片聲音: Mono;
Release Date 出版日期: 31/10/2006;
Language 語言: Mandarin 華語, Cantonese 粵語;
Subtitle 字幕: English 英文, Traditional Chinese 繁體中文;
Remarks 特別收錄: Behind-The-Scenes 慕後花絮, Trailer 本片預告, Other Releases 精選猛片預告, Color Stills 劇照, Original Poster 原裝海報, Production Notes 電影簡介, Biography & Selected Filmography 演員/導演簡介;


WARNING! SPOILER AHEAD!!!

Synopsis 故事摘要: - taken from YesAsia.com
The Stephen Chow horror-comedy Out of the Dark finally arrives on DVD! Directed by Jeff Lau (A Chinese Odyssey, All for the Winner), this 1995 film features Chow at his most wild and wacky as a mental patient who battles ghosts.

Chow is Leon, a black-clad, sunglasses-wearing ghostbuster who arrives at a high-rise Hong Kong housing estate in time to save the locals from some pissed off ghosts. But more ghosts will be arriving soon, so Leon must train the security staff in his wacked-out spectre-battling ways - which includes tools like a slingshot, candies, plastic wrap, and a ghost-sensing plant. His plans work, putting the ghosts on the ropes, but once Leon himself is possessed by a particularly malicious ghost, will anybody be able to stop him?

Co-starring Karen Mok, Out of the Dark has earned a reputation as Stephen Chow's darkest film, adding brutal violence, copious blood, and scads of black humor to the nonsense jokes, movie parodies, and toilet humor that fans of his early work expect. Aside from the obvious nod towards Luc Besson's Leon (a.k.a. The Professional), Chow and company skewer Highlander, Wong Kar-Wai's Fallen Angels (Karen Mok does the honors by parodying her own award-winning role), and even director Jeff Lau's long history of successful horror comedies, including The Haunted Cop Shop, Operation Pink Squad 2, and Mortuary Blues, among others. Breathlessly-paced and outrageously off-color, Out of the Dark is easily one of Stephen Chow's most hilarious (and notorious) works. (find out more).

1995年劉鎮偉執導的《回魂夜》(又名︰整鬼專家)是喜劇巨星周星馳在巔峰時期的電影作品,這部喜劇電影是充滿實驗性和談不盡的話題。整套戲來說,只要觀眾想像到鬼戲橋段,這齣電影都可以做到。《回魂夜》集恐怖、惹笑、動作、特技和超現實於一身,由周星馳飾演的主角Leon都能奇蹟般飛天逃過大難。

李老太太的回魂之夜,大廈裡陰風慘慘,神秘的Leon(周星馳飾)前來捉鬼,卻不小心造成李氏夫婦死亡,兩人臨死前發誓前來報仇。阿群(莫文蔚飾)迷上Leon的神聖的捉鬼工作,而大廈警衛們則半信半疑。Leon對眾人展開捉鬼的特訓,訓練過程也匪夷所思。李氏夫婦化身厲鬼追殺眾人,經過一番腥風血雨的對抗,最後鬼魂被降伏。

當年星爺以一身《這個殺手不太冷》的尚連奴造型經已很令人不禁大笑,而1995年更是星爺與鬼才劉鎮偉合作無間的一年,繼《西遊記》後又一傑作,他倆將片中的黑色幽默發揮得淋漓盡致;至於當年與星爺同台拍攝多部作品的莫文蔚(《食神》和《西遊記》系列)為女主角,演技及默契也相當合拍。無論台前幕後,星爺在《回魂夜》這部喜劇中他充分發揮其搞笑的功力,成功演繹劇中的喜劇角色,為觀眾帶來不少的歡笑 看詳情.


My thoughts 我的感言:
I've watched this like over 10 times.

For me, this is one of the best of Stephen Chow movie. The jokes, tricks & ideas were so original & creative. This movie was not known to many, especially the Malaysian audience, because it was never screened at the local cinemas, because it was a flop in Hong Kong and the rest of the Asia.

Reason being, there was a sudden change of style in Stephen Chow's film, and the audiences were not prepared for such change, and could not accept/adapt to his new style of jokes/creativity. However, this didn't stop him from experimenting/exploring. He carried on with such style, insisting & believing in delivering the best for his audiences.

His hard work had made his every single movie a blockbuster mega hit, not to mention, won several awards over the years. And he was featured on the cover of Time Magazine: Special Issue 2003 Asian Heroes.

This movie had brought me and my friends, many laughter. You'll find lots of memorable scenes, catchy soundtracks, and classic dialogue lines, that we still joke about it after so many years. LOL~

If you are a Stephen Chow's fan, this is a must-watch movie. It's simply THE BEST!!!


This item is available at - YesAsia.com.

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