''Magic Cop'', also informally known as ''Mr. Vampire 5'', is a 1990 Hong Kong

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film produced by, and starring,

Lam Ching-ying Lam Ching-ying (; born Lam Gun-bo (); 27 December 1952 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director. As a practitioner of martial arts Lam starred in a number of notable films that found recognition o ...

. It was released in Hong Kong on 11 February 1990, and in the Philippines on 18 June 1992.

Plot

Uncle Feng, an experienced policeman, lives a quiet and beautiful life in

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. One day, the old lady living next door comes to ask him to go to

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to return the body of her daughter, a stewardess killed by the police after being suspected of being a drug smuggler. Feng finds that the "stewardess" had actually been killed before her return to Hong Kong. She had been turned into a " living corpse", and is being controlled by a Japanese magician for drug smuggling. With Feng's supernatural skills and detective techniques, they finally find the location of the secret altar of the Japanese magician.

Cast

as Uncle Feng, police constable and exorcist expert *Wilson Lam as Inspector Lam *

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as Sergeant No. 2237 *Wong Mei-way as Lin, Uncle Feng's niece *

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as Japanese magician *

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as Senior Superintendent Ma *

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as Japanese magician's henchman *Frankie Chin as Eddie List of cast

Release

''Magic Cop'' was released in Hong Kong on 11 February 1990. In the Philippines, the film was released with the same name on 18 June 1992; Lam Ching-ying is credited as Michael Lee.

Critical reception

LoveHKFilm remarked, "The action scenes are fun (as one would expect from

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), and the cultural connections are cool-as-can-be."

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References

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