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Jiney is an popular art and photography student, but despite winning an award, she remains unhappy with her work. After photographing the aftermath of a fatal car accident, she finds herself obsessed with death. Suffering from morbid throughts, flashbacks of an incident from her youth when she was sexually abused by some young boys start to appear.
Release : | 2004 |
Rating : | 5.8 |
Studio : | Magic Head Film Production, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Race Wong Rosanne Wong Anson Leung Chun-Yat Michelle Yim Cub Chin Kong-Hon |
Genre : | Horror |
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Save your money for something good and enjoyable
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Jin is a top art student and photographer at her Hong Kong (?) university. When a car accident happens outside of her apartment, she pulls out her camera and that's it! That is the photo she was looking for! Jin become obsessed with photographing death to the dismay of her girlfriend Jasmine. Jin doesn't like boys. This stems from an issue as a child when apparently three boys (cousins?) took her panties down or something and her mom didn't believe her. They looked about 9 or 10 and I had trouble relating this incident to a life time of trauma...as did Jasmine. Jin seems to be getting over her death obsession, but has picked up an admirer which creates issues.Jin's drama appeared very fake as most Asian dramas. The film failed to capitalize on the horror saving everything for the last few minutes. The characters lacked realism.Guide: Nude model. No sex. F-word on Jin's shirt, most likely payback for all those "Japanese" shirts sold in the US in the 80's with obscene messages. Film is in Cantonese with English and Spanish subtitles available.
"Jiney" (Race Wong) is an art student who specializes in both painting and photography. One day she happens to hear a car accident not too far from where she is standing and rushes out to take a photograph of the dead man. After exposing the film she begins to have hallucinations which she then incorporates in her artwork. Soon she becomes fixated with blood and death and incorporates these two elements in all of her pictures. And the further she goes the more it scares her girlfriend "Jasmine" (Rosanne Wong)and her new friend "Anson" (Anson Leung). To further complicate the situation, Jiney has a childhood issue she still hasn't quite recovered from and somebody close to her has even worse psychological problems. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie had an interesting plot but the director (Oxide Chun Pang) was much too deliberate in his technique which caused the film to drag on much too long in some cases. Be that as it may, I thought that the presence of both Race Wong and Rosanne Wong definitely enhanced the scenery which certainly helped to some degree. In short, it wasn't a great movie by any means but it wasn't that bad either. Average.
I give this movie a ten, and not lightly.It was beautifully filmed, and very artistic. The darker portions of the movie where you're engulfed in an eerie feeling are very dark and dingy in the colors selected, and yet so very bright when goals have been accomplished, putting forward a great feel and really intriguing anyone interested in artistic films. The writing wasn't great, but the story was amazing. Still, I'm drawn to the shots and beauty behind the movie.If you're looking for a creepy movie that isn't about the fairy tale monster, but rather the monsters we may look at every day, this' the movie for you.I recommend this movie whole heartedly. A GREAT watch.
The Pang Brothers know their stuff when it comes to visual style. This movie is a proof. It's visually flawless. Beautiful photography, nice camera tricks, gorgeous looking leads and eerie atmospheres, but that's as far as it goes. Oh And the sound is nicely done too. In some ways this film is like The Crow: City of Angels, an absolute feast for the eye, but it delivers no content to back it up. And it gets boring in some parts, since you don't really give too much about the characters. The so-called violent scenes at the end are a letdown that's if you're looking for something truly disturbing. It's well done, and creepy in some parts. The killer's method was a great idea, with all the cameras and the sound of him approaching. I loved that. But at the end it's like if someone mixed Beverly Hills 90210 with Thesis (the Spanish flick). If that's your cup of tea, then this movie is for you.Watch it on a nice home system. You will get it's full blow.