Review of Where's Officer Tuba? (1986) by Steve W — 28 Oct 2011
Sammo Hung plays Tuba, a lazy cop who just wants to play the tuba at ceremonies and have nothing to do with police work. When he witnesses a star officer get killed by baddies, he promises to avenge his dying comrade. When he doesn't do that, the star officer's ghost comes back to haunt him.
The biggest complaint of this movie is change of tone. It starts out as a quirky comedy, then gets violent and you'd expect it to shape up to be a gritty action flick. But then the ghost subplot comes out from nowhere and it turns into a comedy again, with it taking up too much of the story's time.
A few fight scenes near the end are decent, especially with Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Wah as villains. Joey Wong is also always a pleasure to have in a movie.
Jacky Cheung is pretty funny, but this supernatural police thriller comedy isn't one of Sammo's better efforts.
This review of Where's Officer Tuba? (1986) was written by Steve W on 28 Oct 2011.
Where's Officer Tuba? has generally received positive reviews.
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