(subtitle: Return of the Taoist Rap!)
You might think that this would be “more of the same.” Same director. Same producer. Same principle cast, excepting the villain and two additions. And, largely, the same design sense and art direction.
But no. Not the same. In fact, very different.
Leslie Cheung is back as the same character, and meets a girl who looks exactly like the ghostly love he lost last movie, again played by Joey Wang (please pardon me while I swoon… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .). It is about a year later and, while there are monsters, and a Buddhist monk with a woman’s voice and a god complex, there is little ghostly about this installment, though lots and lots of fantasy and wire-fu. Also Michelle Reis as Joey Wang’s sister. I would call her super–delectable, but when any other woman stands next to Joey Wang, she tends to fade into the background. Well, except one or two, but we’ll save those for another time.
This one didn’t impact me as much as part one, but I thought it was still good, and especially liked the fact the the story is so different.