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"There is magic all around us."
A serial killer (Robert John Burke) walks out of the desert and across Namibia, taking victims as he goes. Along his journey he meets Wendy (Chelsea Field), who has just broken up with her husband. Her only hope seems to be a local policeman (Zakes Mokae) who is trying to track the killer using a shaman, but can he stop the 'dust devil' before he completes his task?
A mix of murder, mystery, superstition and witchcraft goes into this hauntingly disturbing film. It looks visually stunning, but is let down by the far too languid pacing. It takes far too long for you to catch on to what is happening and I'm sure many will have lost interest before the film has a chance to grab people's attention. That said it is worth sticking with as it does get interesting, and sucks you in.
aka Ren xia ren.
"an impotent rooster brings bad luck in cases like this."
Fatboy (Samo Hung), is an accident prone kung-fu student, who likes practical jokes. He works for his uncle (Lam Ching-Ying), the local Taoist priest, and is oblivious to his girlfriend's attentions (Cherie Chung). Things tick along for Fatboy until the body of his friend Lun Chio (Wu Ma) is brought to the village by his heavily pregnant wife and her mysterious brother. Fatboy suspects his friend was murdered as Lun Chio was impotent. Little does he know that Lun Chio is not actually dead, but faking to get access to some treasure. Cue the comedy as Fatboy tries to assertain how Lun Chio died.
Basically an excuse for lots of Samo Hung's patented wackiness, with a little action thrown in to mix things up a bit. A good example of a supernatural slap-stick comedy, some of it extremely low brow, but it does feature some wonderful martial arts fights. Not to everyone's taste but it entertained me.
"There is magic all around us." 
