Yam yeung lo 3: Sing goon fat choi

A year later after the 1997 "Yam Yeung Lo" and "Yam Yeung Lo 2", the world was given "Yam Yeung Lo 3: Sing Goon Fat Choi" (aka "Troublesome Night 3") from writer Kwok Chi Tsang and director Herman Yau.

Truth be told, then I wasn't really expecting a whole lot from this third movie in the franchise, given a less than mediocre first movie and an even weaker sequel. But I opted to sit down here in 2022 and watch "Yam Yeung Lo 3: Sing Goon Fat Choi".

And I can't claim that I was overly impressed, much less particularly entertained. The storyline in "Yam Yeung Lo 3: Sing Goon Fat Choi" felt somewhat pointless and it never really found much of any ground with me, so I wasn't particularly enjoying what was going on here.

Sure, it was nice to see the original cast return to the franchise again, but at the same time it sort of was getting a bit annoying as well to see them turn up for portraying other characters. That sort of killed the continuity here.

The cast ensemble in "Yam Yeung Lo 3: Sing Goon Fat Choi" certainly is good, with the likes of Louis Koo, Simon Lui, Kar Lok Chin, Michael Tse, Lan Law and Fui-On Shing, among others.

I believe you have to be a native to Hong Kong to properly enjoy a movie such as "Yam Yeung Lo 3: Sing Goon Fat Choi". I wasn't particularly bedazzled by it, however.

My rating of "Yam Yeung Lo 3: Sing Goon Fat Choi" lands on a three out of ten stars.

The story evolves around the personal lives of funeral homeworkers. Stephen Chow fans will recognize an ambulance chaser, from a competing funeral home, as the nose picker(not in drag) from several of his films.

Our funeral director visits the hospital to latch onto families with recently departed kin. The story weaves through the greed or romances of the employees. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but never frightening. A so-so movie to kill a couple hours. Not the best from this series.

This is the third film in Hong Kong's Troublesome Night movie series, a collection of films whose stories are based on the supernatural and features creepy ghosts. The third Troublesome Night movie is a little step-up from the second movie in my opinion, as I thought it was a little more entertaining.

The first story is about mortician Shishedo (Allen Ting), who is grief-stricken when his favorite singer was killed in a car accident. As a result, he vows to help her get the most "appropriate" burial. This one has the least scare factor of the three and I thought Ting gave a rather whiny performance.

In the second story, Gigi (Christine Ng) wants a memorial service for her departed mother (Lan Law) and gets coaxed into buying all sorts of expensive materials from the funeral workers. Afterward, the ghost of Gigi's mother returns to haunt the workers to teach them a lesson. This was the most scariest story, I think, as the dark atmosphere of Gigi's mother vacant apartment and the creepiest of Lan Law's portrayal really gave some hair-raising entertainment.

In the third story, Hung (Fennie Yuen) was dating boyfriend Daviv (Michael Tse) and later he dumped her because the thought of her working at the mortuary didn't sit well with him. When Hung does the unthinkable to escape the pain, Daviv finds himself facing retribution. A bad karma story - nicely done with dramatic and good acting.

Overall, this film is pretty fast-paced from start to finish and features some OK acting (some actors were annoying) and good special effects. The plots themselves were less intriguing than the original movie but it's still better the then second film.

Grade B