Forest Of Death (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All
Ekin Cheng (Actor)
| Shu Qi (Actor)
| Lawrence Chou (Actor)
| Rain Li (Actor)
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May 5, 2008
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May 5, 2008
Forest of boredom
| Yawn.... one lousy movie and one of the worst I have seen. A movie that is selling because of the director's name but definitely not shinning his name for this one. Not recommended to watch at all. Unless if ShuQi had one nude scene here, then you may fast forward to that scene and watch that only. |
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November 16, 2007
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Shadow Aliens in the Trees
Shadow Aliens in the Trees
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Oh, my God.....its full of trees! Not that this film is anything remotely about the condition of the Rain forests and its dwindling habitat, but a horror setting of another kind. Although this Danny Pang film is okay, its pretty much a basic plot and stripped down stereotypical affair, that mentions a lot about the psychology of suicide, unknown phenomena and maybe 'aliens', but never elaborates on any of this to be of any real meaning. It does touch on interesting themes though, and I find the whole preceptive idea of the atmosphere of dark forests quite ironic in contrast, considering their normally accepted tranquility and sublime nature. Plenty of fog and thick dense scary atmospheres in this, though, to contradict all those flower filled glades you may have spent Sunday afternoons in - and all subtly ominous to create a mildly scary film. As well as a ghost/horror this is also a bit of a thriller, 'Nancy Drew' style, with Shu Qi's cop-on-a-mission to find out if a man is guilty or not, in connection with a girl's murder in this weired forest. (So she asks botanical scientist Ekin Cheng, and his tea boy side kick, to talk to the trees for her and her team, and ask the trees if they saw anything!) Its certainly scented with the X Files fragrance of the supernatural, too, and similarly having Shu Qi as Detective Ha here, parallels the X Files Scully type persona. Although these are immediate comparisons with X Files sci-fi, this film mainly touches the nature of passions and lost souls, but amongst this ghosts in the biological machine stuff in a forest. With the latter part, you also get a bit of a UFO ending, in a 'is there sometimes a bigger force in the universe controlling the picture of our personal lives' sort of thing. What is sometimes referred to as the Deux Ex Machina - or invisible movements in things, by a God or angel. Although a fairly decent watch, its all watered down stuff, but it does touch elements of worth. It seems to have a religiosity of tone about it, concerning the character of Mr Tin, who always tries to warn the would be poor female victims, by carving his signs to 'turn back and think of those you will leave behind', as a sort of religious signifier of salvation to those straying into dangerous territories of the mind, or passions. It even brought, for me, the Hong Kong movie "The Room" to mind (which has absolutely nothing to do with horror or sci-fi - in the conventional sense, anyway), as likewise, the theme was also of a TV reporter (as like Rain Li's character here) losing self worth and control, by the pressures of her career and past, and who also takes drastic measures. Worth a try. And I did love Danny's tongue in cheek of showing a Sadako type ghost appear at one point, coming into view on a TV screen - Blair Witch style - as an obvious send up! It has got some interesting things to say, too (maybe) and effectual atmosphere (although not backed up by some good significant music), some cogitating intellectual bits, but if you want some real substance in all of this you need to really look elsewhere, or maybe look between the lines of this film, to flesh out the motifs pointed out in it all. Otherwise, Mediocre City, I'm afraid. |
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June 9, 2007
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June 9, 2007
Forest of Death
| I think this movie had the potential to be much better than it was. Not your typical HK horror, they made it much more subtle. It's watchable, but for horror fans, you may be disappointed, as it isn't scary at all or even have a an interesting plot. |
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