Vampire clean-up department (2017)

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	Year of first release: 2017
	Director: Chiu Sin-hang, Yan Pak-wing
	Actors: Babyjohn Choi, Chin Siu-ho, Lin Min-chen
	Country: HK
	Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 22.04.2017, Teatro Nuovo, FEFF2017, Cantonese with English subtitle
Synopsis: In contemporary Hong Kong, typical young generation Tim Cheung (Choi) joins the Vampire Cleanup Department team which is a special and secret task force for dealing Chinese vampire Goeng Si. During the operation he is instructed by his uncle Chau (Siu-ho) of the team senior officer, and finally he saves a female Goeng Si, called Summer (Lin) from her master evil lord Goeng Si who buried alive her in the feudalistic era.
Review: This movie is a bit strange. Scenery and objects used by the characters seem to come out of a cheap Philippino movie à la Resiklo. But the storyline is not cheap. Very surprising for the Hong-Kong standards. The scenes are very creative such as the training à la Karate kid or the expedition in the swams. The romantic scenes are built to be very romantic without being ridiculous. The comedy scenes are hilarious to me without any slapstick touch. Especially the character of Summer has a dramatic history and Tim Cheung transforms her into a very romantic creature. And it is amazing to see the deepness of some emotions and reactions coming out one supposed stupid vampire. I mean to see both aspects in one expression. Great from Lin Min-chen, even if the character is globally simple.I liked also the outfit of Tim Cheung after he passed his training, so much like Monkey D. Luffy from One piece! There is no unity in the esthetic neither in the image composition, nor in the atmosphere of the different sceneries. This is quite disturbing if not annoying, but the esthetic is wonderful for each scene. Independently of being comedy, drama, mystery, romance. The movie looks like a brainstorming diagram linked by one common theme. Therefore, even if I loved almost each scene, I kind of miss a commonality.
Rating: 6 /10