Sei mong se jun (2004)

Director:

Oxide Pang Chun

Writers:

Oxide Pang Chun (screenplay)
Thomas Pang

Release Date:

4 November 2004 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Jiney is a talented student of Arts with a trauma in her childhood and lack of communication with her mother...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Knife | Hallucination | Flashback | Lesbian Relationship

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Race Wong	...	Jiney
Rosanne Wong	...	Jas
Anson Leung	...	Anson
Michelle Yim	...	Jiney's Mum
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cub Chin	...	Professor in Figure Painting Class
Ekin Cheng	...	Man in Car Crash (uncredited)

Directed by
Oxide Pang Chun

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Oxide Pang Chun		screenplay
Thomas Pang		(as Pak-sing Pang)

Produced by
Oxide Pang Chun	....	producer (as The Pang Brothers)
Danny Pang	....	producer (as The Pang Brothers)

Original Music by
Payont Permsith

Cinematography by
Decha Srimantra

Film Editing by
Curran Pang

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jill Wong	....	first assistant director

Distributors

• Shaw Organisation (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2005) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Tartan Video USA (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Ab-normal Beauty" - Hong Kong (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violent content and some nudity

Runtime:

Hong Kong:101 min | Philippines:96 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | USA:R | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-13 | Malaysia:18SG | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | Germany:18 (cut) | Finland:K-18 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Trivia:

When Race first visits Rosanne's apartment, Rosanne is watching a music video of their group, 2R.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

Visually stunning, but to no effect

The Pang Brothers know their stuff when it comes to visual style. This movie is a proof. It's visually flawless. Beautiful photography, nice camera tricks, gorgeous looking leads and eerie atmospheres, but that's as far as it goes. Oh… And the sound is nicely done too. In some ways this film is like The Crow: City of Angels, an absolute feast for the eye, but it delivers no content to back it up. And it gets boring in some parts, since you don't really give too much about the characters. The so-called violent scenes at the end are a letdown –that's if you're looking for something truly disturbing. It's well done, and creepy in some parts. The killer's method was a great idea, with all the cameras and the sound of him approaching. I loved that. But at the end it's like if someone mixed Beverly Hills 90210 with Thesis (the Spanish flick). If that's your cup of tea, then this movie is for you.

Watch it on a nice home system. You will get it's full blow.