IMDb plot summary: An officer killed on the job returns to Earth as a ghost to solve his own murder and seek justice with the help of a rookie cop and some funky magic.
Directed by Sze Yu Lau. Starring Stephen Chow, Bill Tung, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, and Vivian Chen.
This movie is beyond silly, with constant mistaken identities and farcical switcheroos that everyone in the world just takes at face value. Chow commits to his goofy hapless character, as does Stanley Fung as his boss and reluctant sidekick, and they make a lot of this nonsense work with how seriously they take it. The film does have a few dated jokes that don't land well at all -- this is the second 90s comedy this week that has featured an extended scene where the punchline is basically "sexual assault is hilarious" -- but overall it is a fun, silly ride if that's a style of comedy you're already a fan of.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Look Out, Officer! > The Chalk Garden
Look Out, Officer! < Chronicle
Look Out, Officer! > Logan Lucky
Look Out, Officer! > The Happening
Look Out, Officer! > The Last Metro
Look Out, Officer! > Re-Animator
Look Out, Officer! > Hawking
Look Out, Officer! > Crocodile Dundee
Look Out, Officer! > Barton Fink
Look Out, Officer! < Whip It
Look Out, Officer! > Robot and Frank
Final spot: #825 out of 3284, or 75%.
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