If you're watching this on Amazon, note that there is no English dub track (which is probably a good thing), but unlike another user I read the subtitles flow okay without timing issues. I wished whoever did the subtitles would have toned down the sexist language here, maybe instead b--ch they could have just said "crazy woman" or something?
Anyway, this is a typical Stephen Chow movie -- which means it can be very funny with loopy, oddball characters and performances -- and often nice unguarded moments when Chow lets the actors be dumb, real human beings. Still, his movies lately are very uneven. As another reviewer pointed out, the movie gets violent towards the end and you wonder maybe he could have conveyed "threat" in a different way. Although I love Chow's style and humor, I just wonder who the audience really is for this movie? It seems like certain concessions were made to produce it -- you wish that it could keep 1 tone and stick with it.
Review of The Mermaid
