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—— Sufficiently creepy and bloody. I watched this back when it came out and noted that my only complaint with it was the Mandarin dub LOL. A Cantonese version showed up on my doorstep the other day so I gave it a re-watch This is Tweener Hong Kong, after the glory days and before it became whatever it is today. I generally like tweener shit, shaky ground. Shawn Yue Heyday. I enjoyed a bunch of Shawn's films around this time give or take, and Asian Cinema was generally just better in the aughts (until 2012 to be more specific) Dreams and, presumably, alternate realities frustrate from time to time but a story does manage to tie this together pretty well. It's spooky and creepy enough and the cinematography is good No regrets on the re-watch but there's no reason to recommend anyone seek this out, unless you're a Shawn Yue mega fan Summary: Rookie Sergeant Lee (Shawn Yue) is injured in a shoot-out and is assigned to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department (MAD). There, he is paired up with Inspector Wong (Ekin Cheng), a police veteran who explains that MAD's role is to answer supernatural calls. Wong explains MAD's rule number one: there are no ghosts. For every seemingly inexplicable phenomenon, there is a corresponding scientific and rational explanation. MAD begins investigating a string of bizarre teenage suicides. As Lee and Wong follow the clues, they realise something sinister is heading their way... |