Re-cycle (Gwai wik)
A Whole New Realm of Horror From the Directors of "The Eye"
When a bestselling novelist decides to write a horror novel, she opens up the door to a terrifying realm of the supernatural guided by one of her book's phantasmagorical creations now come to life. Trapped in a land consumed by everything forgotten and hidden, including the dead, she must now confront a secret from her past to return home. Filled with spectacular visual effects and spine-tingling twists, this chilling descent into the supernatural from the creators and star of The Eye is the next groundbreaking step in visionary filmmaking.
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Uneven horror drama from creators of The Eye - Grosvenor
Re-cycle, from the creators and star of The Eye have created a movie with an interesting message that clearly wants to rise above the glut of ghost films that flooded out around the same time. And in that sense, it partially succeeds.
The idea of the movie is that the things that people forget or throw away take on a life of their own in a twisted 'Island of Misfit Toys'-esque dimension that people can then be thrust into by various means. In this case, the protagonist is a writer with a case of writers block attempting to create a new paranormal novel who slips into an amalgamation of the discarded world she has inadvertently created.
The problem is that the the films early section is set up as the very ghost films Re-cycle attempts to rise above; with characters seeing shadowy figures out of the corner of their eye, long black hair, and odd noises causing paranoia.
Once the story shifts away from that to an adventure/survival story, things really improve and the movie moves along much quicker. The ending is actually quite well done as well. Almost redeems the early sections of the film.
If you're a fan of the Pang Brothers style and previous works, just keep expectations in check and it should be quite entertaining.Style over substance - batman71
I liked this film but did not love it. The Pang brothers are talented filmmakers that is very clear but this film felt a little preachy at times.
Visualy the film looks great but at times the film just draged on to a tired and predictable ending.
If you are a fan of the Pang brothers and Japanese films you might be dissapointed with this one.This is a HONG KONG movie, not Japanese - Jujubes
This is a Hong Kong movie by the Pang brothers. For once, it's a horror movie with a nice message! I found myself enjoying it.
The lead actress also starred in the orignal The Eye (remade with Jessica Alba later on) and she is very good in this one too.
I liked the underlying message which is not your typical stupid scary movies with long black hair covering the face. All in all, a nice surprise.
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Uneven horror drama from creators of The Eye - Grosvenor
Re-cycle, from the creators and star of The Eye have created a movie with an interesting message that clearly wants to rise above the glut of ghost films that flooded out around the same time. And in that sense, it partially succeeds.
The idea of the ...Style over substance - batman71
I liked this film but did not love it. The Pang brothers are talented filmmakers that is very clear but this film felt a little preachy at times.
Visualy the film looks great but at times the film just draged on to a tired and predictable ending.
If ...This is a HONG KONG movie, not Japanese - Jujubes
This is a Hong Kong movie by the Pang brothers. For once, it's a horror movie with a nice message! I found myself enjoying it.
The lead actress also starred in the orignal The Eye (remade with Jessica Alba later on) and she is very good in this one ...