Yuen Chun Hap yu Wai See Lee (1986)

A young heroic cop in the jungle of Thailand attempts to rescue a beautiful girl from being sacrificed to the "Worm Tribe" she belongs to. As a result, the cop is damned with seven "Blood ... See full summary »

Director:

Ngai Choi Lam

Writers:

Jing Wong (screenplay), Kai-Chi Yuen

Stars:

Chow Yun-Fat, Siu-Ho Chin, Maggie Cheung

Cast

Credited cast:
Chow Yun-Fat	...	Wei (as Chow Yun Fat)
Siu-Ho Chin	...	Dr. Yuan Chen-Hsieh
Maggie Cheung	...	Tsai-Hung
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Boyle	...	The Professor
Hung Chen
Bing-Chuen Cheung
Kwok-Keung Choi
Yuen Chor	...	Chu
Joyce Godenzi
Shu-Yuan Hsu
Sibelle Hu	...	Su
Hsin-Nan Hung
Farlie Ruth Kordica
Yasuaki Kurata	...	Captain Ho
Chi Tai Lam

Storyline

A young heroic cop in the jungle of Thailand attempts to rescue a beautiful girl from being sacrificed to the "Worm Tribe" she belongs to. As a result, the cop is damned with seven "Blood Curses" which burst through his leg periodically. When the seventh bursts, he will die, but Betsy, the beauty he saved stops the curse with an antidote that lasts only one year, so on the advice of Wisely (Chow yun Fat) he heads back to Thailand to find a permanent cure. Action ensues as the cop and cohorts battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby like creature and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with glowing blue eyes that transforms into a monster that is a cross between Rodan and Alien.

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Plot Keywords:

curse | monster | jungle | kung fu | ends with freeze frame | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R13

Did You Know?

Alternate Versions

This film has at least 3 different endings in every of its release. In the original theatrical release, after the monster-killing climax, there's another by-the-pool-party scene (same pool as seen in the beginning of the film, but is supposed to be another party) in which Maggie Cheung's character (kind of) makes up with Dr Yuen. Then we cut to the original party scene that starts off the movie with Dr Yuen, Wisely, Ai Hong (Ni Kuang - the real author of the two pulp-novel series) and a bunch of beautiful girls. As the author finishes telling the movie's story to the girls, one of them asks if he has another adventure story to tell. The author replies, "Well, we have to see what exciting adventures Dr Yuen and Wisely are going to have." The two main characters come into frame, toast and finish their drink. Freeze frame and comes the music and end credits. In the first video release available in Hong Kong during the late 1980s-early 1990s, the last two scenes were completely cut out, so as the very last close-up of Bachu, the native girl. Instead it is replaced with a two-shot of her and her lover, while the end credits rolls halfly over its freeze frame, halfly over black. Also in that video release, the native girl's nude scenes were partly censored with the explicit body parts blacked out to make the film more "family-oriented". In the DVD edition, the second last scene in the original theatrical release is cut out, whilst the final scene is retained but with end credits rolling over. The original dialogues are replaced with the ending music. One would suspect the reason for the last two scene being cut out in later releases is because they drag on for quite a while, though narratively it is not a bad attempt as the two scenes mirror the beginning of the movie.

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Connections

Version of Wai Si Lei

User Reviews

watch with some sake

A cup who's been infected with a blood curse due to his interfering in a tribe's ritual has to go back to Thailand for a permanent cure. A snotty, spoiled female reporter tags along as well. I had fun with this movie. Martial arts, sorcery, demons, lots of blood, and some nudity what more can one ask for? However, keep in mind that Director Ngai Kai Lam's films are an acquired taste. I personally loved "Story of Ricky" and "Erotic Ghost Story", and while this isn't nearly as good as those two. It's better then "The Cat" and is a fun way to kill an hour and a half.

My Grade: B-

DVD Extras: Theatrical Trailer; Trailers for "Wo zai hei she hui de ri zi" (Triads the inside story), "Jiang hu long hu men" (flaming Brothers), "Ba xing bao xi" (Eighth Happiness) and "Qi yuan" (Witch from Nepal)

Eye Candy: Sau-Lai Tsui enters the film in a wet white see-thru number and shows everything and wow she's hot, oh and a few extras are topless fleetingly

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese English

Release Date:

17 October 1986 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Dr. Yuen and Wisely

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1