Reviewed by: ButterflyMurders Date: 06/09/2002 Summary: Let's Play Pai-Gow The film is a bit of a mess in the beginning. It starts off with Wu Ma, complaining about his wife and drinking some secret stash in the toilet. He drops dead, exit Wu Ma and enter scenes about the aftermath of his death. Then all of a sudden the action cuts to an unrelated young pair who are running for their lives. They do it so rapidly it took me a bit to find my bearings again. But once Wu Ma re-enters the action as the ghost (who inhabits a Pai Gow piece), the film is quite watchable. I liked it, it's fun to watch and quite amusing at times. (after a woman steps on Wu Ma's Pai Gow piece): "That bitch, how dare she step on me!" Don't step on this film. 7/10

Reviewed by: STSH Date: 03/18/2000 Summary: Very enjoyable nonsense The first fifteen minutes are not very promising. Ting's silly antics to get around his wife, and get his way, are more irritating than funny. But things pick up rapidly after Ting dies. There are a couple of good fu fighting scenes, mainly courtesy of Ha Chi Chun. The wonderful old ham Tien Cheng is always a joy to watch, as is the gravel-voiced Guk Fung. But the interplay between Ting and Hau makes this movie stand out. Ghost Ting does his best to help Hau win money off the villains, but is not always successful. For instance, in the final showdown, Pa accepts Hau's challenge to play Show Hand. But Ghost Ting cannot enter the gambling house, because the villains have protected it with a Thunder Mirror (a gold octagon). However, all ends happily, except for the villains. Nearly as good as Samo Hung's Gambling Ghost, and possibly a remake of same. Reviewer Score: 8