The Enchanting Phantom

THE ENCHANTING PHANTOM is an erstwhile A CHINESE GHOST STORY remake hailing from the mainland. I'm normally not a fan of modern Chinese fantasy cinema, finding it merely a string of CGI set-pieces with very little to no story to go alongside, and this film has many of the same problems. However, it's a little more charming than many I've seen, with a better grasp of character and some set-piece action that doesn't disappoint. Some of the ghoulishly macabre creations are well handled too, although a lot of the CGI FX still look like CGI and nothing else. Kudos for the casting of the excellent Yuen Wah as the good wizard and for old-timer Norman Chu as the bad.

Its a better version than louis khoo version and slightly similar with more enhance on the 1987-1991 version on the costume, storyline, developement characters, plots and CGI. Incomparable to Leslie and joey (Obvi!) but kudos with the director for creating such nostalgic. Epic rendition of the original movie in history ever without adding and changing too much the structure from Tsui Hark version.