Yao ling ling

I hadn't heard of the 2017 movie "Goldbuster" (aka "Yao ling ling") from director Sandra Kwan Yue Ng before in 2020 when I was given the chance to sit down and watch it. And with it being an Asian movie, of course I sat down to watch it.

First of all, I will say that the movie was different. It was a comedy, but with a very enjoyable and funny horror-laced layer. And it worked quite well, because writers Muchun Cha, Yee-Hing Wong and Yunhai Zhou managed to compile a great story with good characters and a good amount of comedy.

"Goldbuster" is the type of comedy that might not appeal to the broader audience. But having grown up watching Asian movies, I found it to be rather enjoyable.

And it definitely helped that the movie had such talented performers as Francis Ng, whom I think is a great actor by the way, Alex Fong and Sandra Kwan Yue Ng herself on the cast list. They added a lot to the story, as did the rest of the cast actually.

You should have some insight into Asian culture in order to fully appreciate this dark comedy.

My rating of "Goldbuster" is a sound six out of ten stars. While it was enjoyable and watchable, it is hardly a movie that you will be playing again shortly after having seen it the first time. Don't get me wrong, it does have enough contents to sustain more than a single viewing, but I think it is far between viewings.