Rigor Mortis (2013) ***

A cool little tribute to Mr. Vampire (1985) and its sequels (and featuring some of the same cast), Rigor Mortis (2013) tones down the comedy and amps up the pathos. RM has some evocative imagery, heavy drama, intriguing characters, and solid action, but I still found the storyline to be a touch hard to follow and the film uses a bit too much CGI for my tasters. The jiangshi (hopping corpses from Chinese folklore that resemble both vampires and zombies) are very interesting though and it's piqued my interest in checking out Mr. Vampire.