Rating: R
Movie Release Date: May 9, 2002 (Hong Kong) / June 6, 2003 (USA)
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2003
Plot 411: After a cornea transplant, a blind girl begins to see mysterious things all around her.
Review: This is the original Chinese version of the American movie called The Eye, which starred Jessica Alba. In this film, Mun (Angelica Lee) is a blind musician who receives cornea transplants and must adjust to a life with vision. However, even before she is released from the hospital, she begins to see weird shadowy figures. Her doctor refers her to a psychologist (Lawrence Chou) to help her mind transition from being blind to a life with vision. It soon becomes evident that Mun is seeing spirits of the dead and she travels to the eye donor's home to find out more about her. The American version of this film copies the original almost blow for blow. Despite this, I think the Chinese version is way creepier. I'm not really sure what it is though that makes it so. The spirits are more jarring in this version because, perhaps, they aren't as streamlined as Hollywood's CGI.
Watch It: Before watching the Jessica Alba version. Angelica Lee is a much more believable character and is even more sympathetic than Alba.
Skip It: If you don't like supernatural scary movies. This one is one of the creepier ones and makes you wonder if this kind of stuff can really happen.
Movie Release Date: May 9, 2002 (Hong Kong) / June 6, 2003 (USA)
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2003
Plot 411: After a cornea transplant, a blind girl begins to see mysterious things all around her.
Review: This is the original Chinese version of the American movie called The Eye, which starred Jessica Alba. In this film, Mun (Angelica Lee) is a blind musician who receives cornea transplants and must adjust to a life with vision. However, even before she is released from the hospital, she begins to see weird shadowy figures. Her doctor refers her to a psychologist (Lawrence Chou) to help her mind transition from being blind to a life with vision. It soon becomes evident that Mun is seeing spirits of the dead and she travels to the eye donor's home to find out more about her. The American version of this film copies the original almost blow for blow. Despite this, I think the Chinese version is way creepier. I'm not really sure what it is though that makes it so. The spirits are more jarring in this version because, perhaps, they aren't as streamlined as Hollywood's CGI.
Watch It: Before watching the Jessica Alba version. Angelica Lee is a much more believable character and is even more sympathetic than Alba.
Skip It: If you don't like supernatural scary movies. This one is one of the creepier ones and makes you wonder if this kind of stuff can really happen.
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