Double Vision (2002)

An FBI Agent pairs with a troubled Taiwan cop to hunt for a serial killer who's embedding a mysterious fungus in the brains of victims.

Director:

Kuo-Fu Chen

Writers:

Kuo-Fu Chen, Richard Epcar (dubbed version)

Stars:

Tony Ka Fai Leung, David Morse, Rene Liu

2 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tony Ka Fai Leung	...	Huang Huo-tu
David Morse	...	Kevin Richter
Rene Liu	...	Ching-fang
Leon Dai	...	Li Feng-bo
Kuei-Mei Yang	...	Coroner
Sihung Lung	...	Taoist Expert
Brett Climo	...	Serial Killer
Wei-Han Huang	...	Mei-Mei
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Han Chang	...	Detective Chang
Akio Chen
Hui-Hui Chiang
King Chin
Heng-Yin Chou	...	Reporter
De-Hai Chu
Judy Ya-Hsin Ko	...	Xiao Ya, betelnut girl

Storyline

An FBI Agent pairs with a troubled Taiwan cop to hunt for a serial killer who's embedding a mysterious fungus in the brains of victims.

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Plot Keywords:

taiwan | serial killer | fbi | two word title | throat slitting | 

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Taglines:

There Is Only What You Believe.

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore

Details

Country:

Taiwan Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Hokkien English

Release Date:

25 October 2002 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Double Vision

Filming Locations:

Australia

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$244,178 (Hong Kong), 6 December 2002, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Nan Fang Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 110 min (R-rated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Broke the record for the largest production budget of any Taiwanese movie.

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Connections

Featured in The Making of 'Double Vision' (2002)

User Reviews

hybrid perspective

When Edgar Allan Poe wrote Rue Morgue and other Dupin stories, he is said to have created two branches of the detective-novel: the sensational and the deductive. Trying to reconcile elements of the detective with the supernatural the way traditional Taiwan has married Westernization, DOUBLE VISION--quite the adequate title--is a hybrid worth watching for its bastardy. The detective part suffers when the movie ventures into the supernatural, and the former has holes of its own without the latter. However, once you've taken the Red Pill and bought the protagonist's story about his daughter, these holes in logic somewhat become intrinsic to elements of the supernatural, and the unexplained becomes the unexplainable that is plainly accepted. This fallacy grows on the film like the hallucinatory mold the plot revolves around, and DOUBLE VISION gains dreamy and poetic dimensions. Undoubtedly, this is not the deductive type of mystery--the cancer of sensationalism is as terminal as a brain tumor better left not operated: it is the entire charm of the movie.