魔女幼熙

1898年山东大旱，无数难民涌入上海求生，人流中马永贞（金城武 饰）、马大祥（元华 饰）兄弟俩亦来到这片英国人掌控下的东方乐园，二马无技傍身，只好从码头苦力做起。马永贞机缘巧合结识上海码头之王谭四（元彪 饰），并凭借出色身手获得其欣赏。其时谭四与巡捕房支持的杨双连番血战，马永贞遭遇混战，为谭四的一壶春舞厅出手击退强敌，对卖场其中的歌女金铃子（宣萱 饰）一见钟情。谭四感佩马永贞义气，将一壶春和老板娘艳阳天一同赠送之。马永贞遂以一壶春为起点，率众攻占杨双地盘，激起上海滩无数杀伐。马永贞遭遇杨双暗算，命悬一线之际却再遇金铃子……

云南某小镇。咏春（杨紫琼）年轻时被垂涎其美貌的恶霸逼婚，因不甘委身，她拜高人为师习得一身好武艺，回乡后不但将恶霸击退，还将时常骚扰乡邻的山贼打得落花流水，并从他们手中救下万艳娘（洪欣），后者被咏春开豆腐店的姑姑芳姑（苑琼丹）打扮成新一代豆腐西施招徕顾客。万艳娘的美貌将邻镇富商黄学州（李子雄）吸引，但对她心怀欲念同时，他也生出娶咏春作妻以保护家产的想法，殊不知对他钟情的只有芳姑。与咏春订下娃娃亲的梁博滔（甄子丹）千里迢迢来将她找，却误认万艳娘为未婚妻，咏春更因一身男儿打扮被他视作情敌，不过与万艳娘相处时，他总觉得哪里不太对劲。其后山贼头领夜入豆腐店欲掳万艳娘，只被咏春打成废人，山贼大王飞天猩猩为替他报仇，率领所有山贼策马入镇抢走万艳娘，咏春无奈只得应战。这刻令梁博滔恍然醒悟谁才是自己的爱侣。

粗暴鲁莽的朴光浩（朴信阳 饰）是某黑帮组织的得力干将，为了组织利益他出生入死，果敢非常。谁知在一次行动受伤后，光浩大睡三天，随即发现自己的身边充满各种各样奇怪状况，比如随手将勺子立住、能听懂鱼说话、看见卖鱼大婶拖着鱼尾巴。原来手上的伤口改变了他本该横死的命运，但也同时令他变成了通灵体质。按照巫女的说法，他不得不按命运的安排成为一名为人排忧解难的巫师。虽然一度拒绝，可是接二连三的危机迫使光浩向命运低头。在此之后，光浩一会儿是西装革履黑墨镜的黑帮分子，一会儿是涂脂抹粉身穿长袍跳舞的驱邪巫师，别样的人生就此展开……

In court for murder, Professor Moriarty is released seconds before Holmes arrives, too late, with vital evidence. Free again Moriarty vows to Holmes that his next crime will be so fiendish and amazing that Holmes's reputation will be finished. Moriarty sets about a fiendish plot involving the crown jewels and a series of mysteries to distract Holmes's mind.I enjoy most of this series as they all seem to run to the same formula. Here the plot goes back to basics and adds more of the mystery and less of the comedy. The plot is an enjoyable battle of wits between the two great minds. The downside is that the side-mystery that Moriarty sets up takes up the majority of the time and the two don't cross swords as well as they do in a gentlemanly beginning. The mystery surrounding Miss Brandon works OK but not really great as you know the whole time who is behind it and why. The jump to the crown jewels is too easily made and is a bit of a letdown.The comedy is less evident than usual but is still there. However it is overwhelmed by the more serious side. Bruce still does well but I was glad that he stood up to Holmes more than usual – telling him off for treating him like a child and such like. Rathbone is a good Holmes but his logic was off here and I wasn't as impressed by him as I usually am. Zucco is an interesting foil, but doesn't get enough time to work here. Lupino in an early role is interesting but a little too heavy and tads to overplay her tension a bit.Overall this is an OK addition to the series. The plot is reasonable but focuses too much on the diversion than the central characters and the reduction in comedy makes it feel a lot heavier than usual.