Directors Johhnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (2007) Starring Andy On & Ching Wan Lau
Wow.... Just wow.
For anyone who thoroughly enjoys multiple personality disorder and/or movies about it
This movie wiggles on the top of my list next to Cybil, Fight Club and Secret Window
Except viewed from a police standpoint (interesting)
Anyway. We open up the movie when Ho (Andy On) is on his first day at the police station.
He walks in to Detective Bun (Ching Wan Lau) slicing a pig.
I figured I'd leave the subtitles on here to explain the scene a bit lol
Classic ---- if you want to catch a criminal, think like a criminal or in this case, the victim too XD
This movie is full of hints which is good because the way the hints are dispersed doesn't lose you as a viewer and keeps you on the edge enough to be able to think for yourself too
Bun gets fired from the force after cutting of his ear and giving it to his Chief
(Van Gogh? haha)
There's an important scene, but if you don't pay attention you might miss it. I did, until I watched it again to get more screen shots.
I liked this film a lot. I like movies about multiple personalities because being a person that is full of contradictions, like myself, sometimes I feel I have other personalities.
Except I'm aware of them.
Could be I'm just super moody. Who knows.
For a moment it's like, who the hell are these creepy people whistling simultaneously.
I almost thought they were going to break into a Bollywood song segment.
The film progresses a bit slowly, but each scene is crucial.
There are a few times where the scenes jump and I'm thrown off a bit.
I think that's done purposely, to add to the whole, multiple effect.
Multiple scenes of personalities seeing different things at either the same or different times?
Did you follow that? I almost lost myself haha. Anyway...
! POSSIBLY A BIT OF A SPOILER !
While Ho is buried in one scene, Bun and Chi Wai have a moment together
a subtle clue comes up when Chi Wai (covered in dirt) says
"I've been lost here for a long time"
I almost took this as this is Chi Wai's good part of his personality, or his true person that was lost during the incident of Detective Wongs disappearance. So now, Chi Wai is being controlled by his other (bad) personalities.
Bun ultimately decided to bury himself.
I won't mention anymore though :)
This scene, with this boy is also really important.
I MEAN EVERY SCENE IS IMPORTANT... SHIT.
Anyway... I was touched here.
Kind of thought of a few times where I was scared of confused and it almost seemed as if all my adult knowledge and experience flew out the window and I just wanted to curl up on the floor and bite my nails or something.
Saying that kind of reminds me of the movie Sybil, for those who haven't seen it, you should see it. If you ever take PSYCH 101 in college, you'll hear mention of that movie.
Possibly mention of a book called When Rabbit Howls too.
The camera angles in the last scene are great.
I approve, very much of this freakin cinematography.
This movie is really good... I mean it's super hard not to just blurt out all the details of the film. My post is sort of short because I don't want to slip up and give too much away.
Old Mexican Standoff here... HONG KONG style... lol
I will say one last thing... I've read other reviews of this movie and THIS woman is NOT the same woman that is a part of the 7 personalities of Chi Wai (you racists haha)
She is a completely different person
But who she is in correlation to the film and the characters, I won't say.
You must watch!
The ending is amazing...
Hopefully you will decide to watch this film because it is one that is definitely underrated
(or at least over here in America).
Enjoy!
