Troublesome Night 12

The troublesome nights continue with this film, literally. The scary stuff was basically non-existent and the plot was slow. The story is basically about beauty consultants Sun (Angie Cheung) and Aki (May Kwong) transferring to a new beauty shop branch in Shenzhang. This plot element would go on forever and ever, and then it would blend into the disco operated by big mouths Brother Eight (Oni Tsuka) and Brother Nine (Mr. Nine), who are good at nothing except talking smart and flirting with girls. Then, some ghost action happens when the mysterious Mr. Cheng (Benny Lai) hires Sun to perform a make-up session on his scabbed wife. But, Sun's nightmare begins when the Chengs are actually ghosts.

Again, not much ghost action at all and the chilling, scary elements are absent. The acting was pretty bad - all these new actors trying to act cool, but in reality, their clueless. And, could the filmmakers hire a more annoying-sounding actress to play the part of Aki? What an excruciatingly high, painful voice she has! Lan Law even tried to join in the "coolness," even channeling the Weakest Link game show hostess when trying to banish a ghost. You might get a tad of chuckles here and there, but, really, it's a troublesome movie!

Grade D--