The Red Envelope

The Taiwanese comedy Marry My Dead Body had audiences rolling in the aisles with laughter at NYAFF 2023, and it gets even wackier with a Thai facelift. This time around, the wannabe supercop (Billkin from How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, NYAFF 2024) is on an even lower rung of the ladder—he’s an ex-mugger turned informant hoping to gain redemption by one day joining the force. This straight-as-an-arrow loser is aghast when he finds the red envelope that unwittingly betroths him to a recently departed gay man (played by Billkin’s storied on-screen partner PP Krit). In order to free the ghost from limbo—and their engagement—the two must crack a drug-smuggling case that the informant’s crush, a no-nonsense policewoman, is investigating. Twist, turns, and insane antics ensue. Not a carbon copy of the original, this remake features wild musical numbers and an even more frenetic pace to its ghostly, outrageous proceedings, all led by Billkin’s unhinged performance.