Reviewed by: dandan
Date: 05/05/2009
Summary: why do you think babies have no teeth?
tsu (shing fui-on) is a cop, who lives with his heavily pregnant wife, chu (pauline wong), and power steering (tse wai-kit); a young rapscallion, who tsu has taken under his wing, as he killed his father many years ago. when tsu tries to foil a bank raid, he ends up getting beaten, shot, crushed and killed. luckily for him, though, a cat sits on his chest and he gets struck by lightening: a sure-fire recipe for being brought back to life...
now, tsu has to work with power steering and gucci (gloria yip), a young lady who was held hostage by the robbers, but managed to escape with their haul, in order to catch the criminals, all the time disguising the fact that he is dead from his wife. it's gonna be a tough couple of days...
well, with a synopsis like that, who wouldn't want to see this? especially as perennial bit-parter shing fui-on is actually the main lead. a rarity indeed. then, there's the 'yip factor': not only is there a cameo from the top-heavy, cat III star; amy, but the rather adorable gloria is also present.
the narrative is as batty as it sounds; mixing touches of cop action, with drama, horror and a large dose of humour. it is fantastically entertaining in its execution, with everyone involved having a blast. oh, and there's also a hilariously unsavoury joke about sex during pregnancy, which made me hoot with laughter.
super fun...
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Reviewed by: Chungking_Cash
Date: 01/25/2003
The minor, but always memorable Shing Fui-on takes the lead in this ghost comedy about a cop who trails a group of bank robbers to a junk yard and subsequently has a load of scrap iron dropped on him. Our hero is dead but not gone.
A cryptic red glow coupled with downed power lines breathe air into his lungs and so Shing returns home to his pregnant wife as if nothing happened.
Given that he is a walking corpse Shing's forced to make amends in a humorous bit, where he fills a gaping wound in his chest with cookie batter and covers it with one of his wife's maxi pads.
In another, he learns that eating now comes with immediate consequences.
Because his vital signs are always one step away from flat lining Shing regularly electrocutes himself to recharge his batteries though he continues to weaken, but must keep from crossing over until his first born is brought into the world.
While "The Blue Jean Monster" has its moments -- the title alone provokes a grin -- most of the film is poorly acted by a tiresome supporting cast whose bawdy antics are cheap and occasionally just downright gross.
Reviewer Score: 5
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Reviewed by: STSH
Date: 01/15/2000
Summary: Odd mixture, entertaining
Comedy/horror/action drama with overtones of Frankenstein.
Warning : the above review describes Amy Yip as the leading lady. This is NOT TRUE. La Amy appears in one scene. The leading lady is Pauline Wong, who is hilariously severe as the very pregnant and suspicious wife.
The final scene is very long but, alternating between edge-of-the-seat suspense and gallows humour, is simply excellent.
Overall - a very odd mixture of styles but, if you can survive the stomach-churning grossness, pretty entertaining.
Reviewer Score: 7
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