The Mummy, Aged 19
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The Mummy, Aged 19 or Ng goh haak gwai dik siu nin (In Cantonese) s a 2002 Hong Kong
movie.
It is directed by Wilson Yip Wai-Shun
and produced by Joe Ma Wai-Ho
, Y.Y. Kong.
The Skinny: Wilson Yip returns to form with this entertaining horror comedy. The pace sags occasionally, and the film's lessons may be too earnestly cheesy for some, but this is a welcome bit of Hong Kong cinema.
graduate who is having a hard time after finishing school and is embarrassed of his family and name. After being fired he takes up a new job as a security guard
and the place houses two mummies
. After trying to impress a girl whose cell phone he picked up after she dropped it he ends up being possessed by a mummy. His family and friends then have to perform an exorcism
of sorts in order to save him as well as fend off the mummy's mommy.
• Recommended Film
Availability: DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital
5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
movie.
It is directed by Wilson Yip Wai-Shun
Wilson Yip
Wilson Yip Wai-Shun is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include Bio Zombie, The White Dragon, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flash Point, Ip Man, and Ip Man 2.-Early career:...
and produced by Joe Ma Wai-Ho
Joe Ma Wai-Ho
Joe Ma Wai-ho is a Hong Kong film director, scriptwriter and producer.-Filmography as director:* My Sassy Girl 2 * Sasori * Love Undercover 3 * Embrace Your Shadow * Hidden Heroes...
, Y.Y. Kong.
Cast
- Tsui Tin-Yau
- Wong Yau-Nam
- Tiffany Lee Lung-Yi
- Wyman Wong Wai-Man
- Hui Siu Hung
- Siu Yeah-Jim
- Yuen King-Tan
- Li Chun-Wai
- Joe Lee Yiu-ming
- Matt Chow Hoi-KwongMatt ChowMatthew "Matt" Chow Hoi-Kwong is a Hong Kong screenwriter, director, actor and producer. He is best known for his romantic comedy films, and has served as a screenwriter for filmmakers Peter Chan, Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai, and Joe Ma.-Career:...
- Chapman To Man Chat
The Skinny: Wilson Yip returns to form with this entertaining horror comedy. The pace sags occasionally, and the film's lessons may be too earnestly cheesy for some, but this is a welcome bit of Hong Kong cinema.
Review
It's about a recent high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
graduate who is having a hard time after finishing school and is embarrassed of his family and name. After being fired he takes up a new job as a security guard
Security guard
A security guard is a person who is paid to protect property, assets, or people. Security guards are usually privately and formally employed personnel...
and the place houses two mummies
Mummy
A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness , very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry...
. After trying to impress a girl whose cell phone he picked up after she dropped it he ends up being possessed by a mummy. His family and friends then have to perform an exorcism
Exorcism
Exorcism is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed...
of sorts in order to save him as well as fend off the mummy's mommy.
Awards
9th Annual Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards• Recommended Film
Availability: DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Mei Ah Entertainment
-History:The company was established in 1984 in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. A number of TVB TV series were redistributed by Mei Ah after airing nightly on national broadcasts. Movies distributed by the company are also branded in the film and on the boxes. The company continued to expand until it...
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Anamorphic widescreen
Anamorphic widescreen, when applied to DVD manufacture, is a video process that horizontally squeezes a widescreen image so that it can be stored in a standard 4:3 aspect ratio DVD image frame. Compatible playback equipment can then re-expand the horizontal dimension to show the original widescreen...
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles
Sources
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347586/
- http://meiah.com/disc_search.php?keyword=the+mummy&lang=tc&page=1&x=0&y=0
- http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/mummy_aged_19.htm