A Chinese Ghost Story II

Just as the original Chinese Ghost Story revived Chinese fantasy filmmaking and paved the way for future period classics like Once Upon a Time in China and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the sequel upped the ante even further with evermore impressive special effects and choreography, and a wider cast of colourful characters played by a who's who of Hong Kong stars. Leslie Cheung returns as Ling Choi-San, who returns to his home village only to be immediately mistaken for a local criminal. Now on the run, Ling goes to hide in an abandoned country villa, where he saved from the towering monster that rove its halls by sisters Ching-Fung (Joey Wong, My Heart is That Eternal Rose) and Yut-Chi (Michele Reis, Swordsman II) and the mildly deranged Taoist warrior Jihau (Jacky Cheung, Bullet in the Head). But Ling's rescuers mistake him for the long-lost elder Chukot, and Ching-Fung and Yut-Chi implore him to help rescue their father (Lau Siu-Ming, Drunken Master II), arrested for protesting the government. But Ling and his new companions will soon discover that there are greater and more terrifying supernatural forces at play. Also featuring performances by Shaw Brothers legend Ku Feng (One-Armed Swordsman), Waise Lee (Gunmen) and Wu Ma reprising his role as the madcap Yin Chik-Ha from the first film, A Chinese Ghost Story II is an unrelenting whirlwind of visual spectacle and evidence of director Ching Siu-Tung's filmmaking prowess.