Gin gwai 10 (2005)

Directors:

Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang

Writers:

Oxide Pang Chun (story)
Danny Pang (story)

Release Date:

24 March 2005 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Horror | Comedy | Thriller

Plot:

Ted, his cousin May, her best friend April and April's boyfriend, Kofei take a vacation to Thailand to visit their Thai buddy, Chongkwai, who shows them a book of ten ways to see ghosts. And the game begins...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Bo-lin Chen	...	Tak / Ted (as Po Lin Chen)
Yan Kam Ching	...	Angry woman on the bus
Ng Wing Chuen	...	Newsstand owner
Leung Cjun Fai	...	Kid with a cap
Yu Gu	...	Gofei (as Chris Gu)
Tanyapan Jansiw	...	Girl under possession
Chan Yui Kei	...	Breakdancer with a cap
Bongkoj Khongmalai	...	Mysterious Thai Girl (as Bongkoth Kongmalai)
Isabella Leong	...	April (as Lok-si Leung)
Ray MacDonald	...	Chongkwai
Lee Siu Ming	...	Man with the paper doll
Pisamai Pakdeevijit	...	Chongkwai's mother (as Pissamai Pakdeevigit)
Viparat Saejing	...	Young girl in the soldier story
Or Fei Tat	...	Breakdancer with draglocks
Boonsong Vaesong	...	Principal monk
Wong Pui Wah	...	Annoying woman on the bus
Chaleuy Wongdee	...	Bookstore owner
Kate Yeung	...	May
Nicha Youngvisat	...	Chongkwai's mother at a young age

Also Known As:

The Eye 3 (USA) (working title) (USA) (DVD title)
The Eye 10 (International: English title)
The Eye: Infinity (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for frightening and disturbing content.

Runtime:

86 min | Brazil:81 min | Argentina:89 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong | Thailand

Language:

Thai | Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Malaysia:U | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Thailand

Company:

Applause Pictures

Movie Connections:

Spoofs You Got Served (2004)

This Franchise Is Out Of Gasssss......

It's clear that "The Eye" franchise has run out of steam, ideas, scares, visuals, you name it. It's over.

The film actually begins at a rather swift and surprising pace (with likable people), and it manages to maintain interest for about 25 minutes before slowly deflating in front of your very Eye. It's a ghost-chasing-teen-romp, unlike the first in the series, which was drenched in pathos, hospital sterility, and Mann's physical disability. In fact, this latest movie references the first Eye quite frequently, especially the haunted elevator scene and the bit with the young boy-ghost trying to find his report card in the apartment stairwell. But this film recreates these once-fraught scenes in a self-conscious giggling way. Unfortunately the effect was to make me want to watch the original outing one more time because it really is such a fine, grave, and startling film.

Alas, this third in the series is none of the above.

Oh, and it's not funny either.

I suppose the Pangs wanted to get away from the dread-filled atmosphere of the first two features, and so they rely on some ham-fisted joking and some outright slapstick between the scares. The real low moment came when the unavoidable fart joke appeared--farting as a means to ward off evil spirits. Hmmmm. I knew at that very moment the franchise had squeaked out its last gassssssp. Goodbye Eye.