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:

Which One Of You Will Go To Hell?

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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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Alternate Versions

The Hong Kond DVD includes an Unrated version of the film with a running time of 113mins NTSC. The R-rated version runs aprox 109mins NTSC. The extra footage in the Unrated version is to the Temple massacre sequence - Graphic beheadings, arms cut off, more bullet hits etc. Also a short scene at the end of the Temple massacre showing the last 2 police officers and 2 cult members in a stand off. Which quickly turns into a graphic killing of one of the policemen and cult member.

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Connections

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

User Reviews

a worthwhile Asian supernatural horror film

Double Vision is definitely one of the best Asian horror films I've seen in the last few years, and definitely the best out of China/Taiwan.

A dark film with a good storyline (though yes, the last part of the film is a bit hazy), and excellent characters and actors. A real unexpected pearl, far better than what I had expected from promotional material when it was first released.

A very refreshing change to the usual Korean/Japanese/Thai ghost films, it is genuinely frightening without being deliberately gratuitous.

The temple scene mid-way through the film remains my favourite scene, so fast and well done that you're left utterly shocked by the time its over.

For a good dark supernatural horror film, or for something completely different to the increasingly done to death Asian ghost/horror film with long black haired ghosts, see this one.