Police officer Simon Yam is assigned to the statement desk one afternoon. A man is brought in for peeping on women in the ladies room. During the course of the interview the man says that he wasn't peeping on the women but trying to get evidence of a grand conspiracy being perpetrated by a large number of women with the aim of killing off the male sex. The cop thinks nothing of it until the man shows up later that night and retracts his story, insisting that what he said before was a mistake and that he really was peeping. Yam is confused because there was something about the retraction that didn't add up. Despite being warned off (the man after all is nuts) Yam begins to investigate and finds that maybe women are out to get men.
Dark comedic film works for a while before running out of steam. Its good, but the problem is that once things are set up then set in motion there aren't a great many surprises. Certainly the film is often slyly funny, and it does generate a good amount of tension and unease but it kind of disappoints. Its a good idea that I don't think completely has enough to fully fill its 90 minute running time.
I do have to say that the cast is first rate and is a joy to watch in action. Also a joy is the wonderful non sequitur seeming opening of guys in scuba gear assaulting a man in a hall way.
Would I recommend the film? Sure,its off beat enough that its worth giving it a try, but only if it was a rental or on cable or something like that. I wouldn't pay full price for a ticket to see it in a theater.
Dark comedic film works for a while before running out of steam. Its good, but the problem is that once things are set up then set in motion there aren't a great many surprises. Certainly the film is often slyly funny, and it does generate a good amount of tension and unease but it kind of disappoints. Its a good idea that I don't think completely has enough to fully fill its 90 minute running time.
I do have to say that the cast is first rate and is a joy to watch in action. Also a joy is the wonderful non sequitur seeming opening of guys in scuba gear assaulting a man in a hall way.
Would I recommend the film? Sure,its off beat enough that its worth giving it a try, but only if it was a rental or on cable or something like that. I wouldn't pay full price for a ticket to see it in a theater.