Women from Mars

A film that looks delightfully wacky on paper, but is in fact pretty simple, basic genre entertainment. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but the film is a bit too glossy and forgettable to leave a strong impression. Of course, Lau is one of those directors who learned the trade while making films, so consider this a simple exercise for better films to come.

Three womanizers return home defeated. While taking the bus, they are kidnapped and brought to hell for their sins. Sadly, hell is quite full and there is.o place for them, so they are sent back to Earth. Only this time they have to go through life as women, and they'll be subjected to the same nasty tricks they've been pulling for years. Only by finding true love will their curse be reverted.

It's a rather messy film that constantly switches between tone and genre. Lau is pretty good at that, but it does make it hard to care much about any of it. Ekin Cheng isn't the best man to lead a comedy like this, the rest of the cast isn't strong enough to cover for him. It's still decent genre fluff, but not a very notable film in Lau's oeuvre.