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Directed by: Oxide Pang/ Danny Pang Starring: Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou This Chinese thriller/horror film by Thai directors Oxide and Danny Pang is about a girl named Mun who has just gotten a cornea transplant to cure her of her blindness. Mun, who has been blind since she was two years old, has very little memory of what things look like, and one of the first things she does after geting her bandages removed is to find a mirror and look at herself. Slowly, Mun regains her vision, only to discover that she can see dead paople (I know it's been done before, but stick with me.) Mun is terrified and seeks the help of her Psychiatrist in order to track down the original owner of her new corneas-- a Thai girl named Ling. After meeting the girl's mother, Mun learns that Ling had the same ability as her before her death. Without giving anything away, the ending is as suspenseful as movie endings get. RATING: 4.5 PROS: excellant imagery, visual effects, genuinely scary CONS: starts off fairly slow, a few unexplained elements ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: IMDb: http://imdb.com/title/tt0325655/ official site: http://www.mongkolfilm.com/theeye/index_th.html
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Checked it out the other night. I thought it was going to be scarier than it was, but it was refreshing to see a horror movie that didn't rely on gore to freak people out. The ending was rather out of place, I thought, but the visuals throughout the movie were, on the whole, pretty excellent. I liked the little girl with cancer, too 
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May 22, 2004 17:24
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I really liked this movie. The blurriness of what Mun sees goes suprisingly far to provide suspense, and does a good job of creating the "what the hell am I looking at?" feeling that is so prominent throughout the movie. It gets bonus points for being one of the few Asian horror movies that actually attempts to have some semblence of a larger crecendo at the end, rather than trailing off like most (Ju-on, for example) Full of good, creepy moments - voted 4.5/5.
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May 23, 2004 01:26
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I just saw this movie tonight and I really enjoyed it. There are a few elements that either weren't explained enough or I wasn't sharp enough to understand (why were Mun's grandmother and sister burning the missing report card?), but overall, I thought it was a refreshing spin on the "I see dead people" movie. It knew when to scare, thrill, mystify, and depress, and it was always very pretty, even when it was uncomfortable to watch. 5
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