Jim Yan Chi-Hong

Après le décès de sa femme, M. Yue vit une petite vie paisible de chiropracteur chinois avec son fils et sa fille, Nicky et Natalie. Ce dernier passant son temps à leur raconter des histoires invraisemblables de son soit disant passé d'agent secret, ses enfants qui ne s'entendent déjà pas beaucoup avec lui, finissent par se lasser de sa mythomanie et s'éloignent peu à peu. Jusqu'au jour où un certain Rocco, un homme cloué dans une chaise roulante, vient leur rendre visite dans le but de retrouver un certain «Tai Chi Lung» ...

When her “midnight gymnasium” program for wayward teens is under the threat of being defunded, social worker Yanki puts together a dodgeball team to save it. With the help of an unemployed, has-been star jock as the coach, the motley crew of teen girls learn that dodging from their problems can work temporarily, but they must learn to eventually stand back up and overcome their challenges.

Tien-You has recently taken on a job as a security guard in an old mansion, and on the first night he takes his friends Nam and Priscilla along to keep him company. While exploring, they discover a mummy hidden away in the basement, which Tien-You accidentally breaks. The next day, Tien-You finds to his horror that his body is becoming dried out and transforming due to a curse from the mummy.

This movie goes through 12 significant nights (not consecutive nights) in a relationship between two characters. The movie offers some insight into the repetion involved in relationship cycles from interest through various tensions to eventual disinterest.

Both leads give performances that go beyond their usual range in a satire that’s sometimes diverting but ultimately toothless. Entertainment veteran Shirley Yung, who directs, should know better