As I sat down here in 2023 to watch the 2002 Hong Kong movie "Wan Pak Ng Chai", it was actually for the second time since it was initially released. I remember having seen the movie back around the mid-2000s, however I had forgotten about the story in the movie.
And I figured with the likes of Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong and Joey Yung on the cast list, then it couldn't be all that bad.
Writer Kin Chung Chan, however, compiled a storyline and script for the movie that had very little appeal to me. I supposed it is because I have absolutely no knowledge about the Chinese opera, nor any interest in it, aside from knowing it to be annyoing music and screeching vocals. And as for "Wan Pak Ng Chai" being a horror comedy, well not so much of either of those genres here actually.
The acting performances in "Wan Pak Ng Chai" were fair enough. Nothing outstanding though, and not even with the abovementioned performers on the screen.
I managed to sit through all 110 minutes that "Wan Pak Ng Chai" ran for. But believe you me, I am not returning to this movie a third time.
My rating of director Patrick Leung's 2002 movie "Wan Pak Ng Chai" lands on a three out of ten stars.
