Magic Cop, also informally known as Mr. Vampire 5, is a 1990 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by, and starring, Lam Ching-ying. It was released in Hong Kong on 2 November 1990, and in the Philippines on 18 June 1992.
Plot Uncle Feng, an experienced policeman, lives a quiet and beautiful life in Tung Ping Chau. One day, the old lady living next door comes to ask him to go to Hong Kong Island to return the body of her daughter, a stewardess killed by the police after being suspected of being a drug smuggler. Feng finds that the "stewardess" had actually been killed before her return to Hong Kong. She had been turned into a "living corpse", and is being controlled by a Japanese magician for drug smuggling. With Feng's supernatural skills and detective techniques, they finally find the location of the secret altar of the Japanese magician.
Cast Lam Ching-ying as Uncle Feng, police constable and occult expert Wilson Lam as Inspector Lam Michael Miu as Sergeant No. 2237 Wong Mei-way as Lin, Uncle Feng's niece Michiko Nishiwaki as Japanese magician Wu Ma as Senior Superintendent Ma Billy Chow as Japanese magician's henchman Frankie Chin as EddieList of cast
Release The film grossed HK$3,645,216 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 2 November to 21 November 1990. In the Philippines, the film was released with the same name on 18 June 1992; Lam Ching-ying is credited as Michael Lee.
Critical reception LoveHKFilm remarked, "The action scenes are fun (as one would expect from Stephen Tung), and the cultural connections are cool-as-can-be."
Home media VCD releases Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Language Subtitles Notes Ref. Unknown Hong Kong II Megastar (HK) NTSC Cantonese Cantonese/English 2VCDs
DVD releases Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes Ref. 20 April 2004 Hong Kong N/A Mega Star (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Blu-ray releases Release date Country Classification Publisher Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes Ref. 24 July 2023 UK 15 88 Films AB Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 / 2.0 English The Blu-ray includes the film's original master audio Cantonese mono mix, Cantonese home video mix, and English dub versions.
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External links
HK cinemagic entry