Another Troublesome Night film laid to rest. There are nineteen of them, but I made the mistake of leaping from the tenth to this one. They had progressively been getting worse up to ten but by this one, they had forgotten that they were supposed to be horror films. It is a time travel comedy and not remotely funny. I have pledged to the God of Movies that I would watch them all, but this one has me doubting my ability to withstand the pain. Be strong. At least there will be no more of them with the last one made in 2003. There will be days when I have nothing else to watch. This wasn't one of them, so I have no idea why I did. The weirdest thing about this one is that they actually got a big star in it. Kenny Bee. He had been a member of the Wynners rock band in the 1970s that was very popular - transitioned to film and was in a lot of them - Shanghai Blues, Armour of God, Millionaire's Express to name a few. How in hell did he end up in this low-budget rubbish? Did the triads force him? It happens.


The film starts off cute. A number of the series regulars have all gathered surrounded by previous Troublesome Night posters. The director has called them together to come up with a plot for the next film. No professional writers want the job. Understandable by this time. Helen Law Lan is one of them and her two film sons played by Tong Ka-fai and Ronnie Cheung. No one can come up with anything, so the two sons try and escape through the bathroom. But instead, they go back in the past to the Sung Dynasty where they meet certain characters in the Water Margin literature. Brother Sung who leads the 108 Heroes, Lin Chong, Monk Lu Zhishen, Yan Qing and the pancake seller, Wu Dulang and his cheating wife, Pan Jinlian. And there is a ghost who doesn't even try to be scary. And nothing really happens. I mean nothing. Yammie Lam plays the cheating wife and she retired as soon as this was done. Once in the Bride with White Hair and Chinese Odyssey and now this.

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