The Eye 2 (2004)

After a failed suicide attempt, a pregnant woman gains the ability to see ghosts.

Directors:

Danny Pang (as The Pang Brothers), Oxide Chun Pang (as The Pang Brothers)

Writers:

Yuet-Jan Hui (story) (as Jojo Hui), Lawrence Cheng (story)

Stars:

Qi Shu, Eugenia Yuan, Jesdaporn Pholdee

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thanarat Poonnarattanakul	...	Salesman
Qi Shu	...	Joey
Nuhtiya Puppatokasub	...	Male Receptionist
Phatanasri Posayanonth	...	Translator
Yongyut Jamsai	...	Thai Policemen A
Montren Mongkon	...	Thai Policemen B
Supasawat Buranavech	...	Female Receptionist
Wanchai Srimuang	...	Hotel Manager
Phurida Vijitphan	...	Hotel Maid
Damrong Phutaramgsee	...	Ghost in Thai Taxi
Songdad Yapanga	...	Thai Taxi Driver
Jesdaporn Pholdee	...	Sam
Porntip Kunphasert	...	Ghost in Cafe
Jongchai Poomrmarin	...	Chinese Medicine Practitioner
Kwok Cheung Tsang	...	Joey's Co-worker (as Derek Tsang)

Storyline

Pregnant Joey (Shu Qi) teeters on the brink of madness after several fruitless suicide attempts. She's the unwilling recipient of an influx of shadowy images that haunt her pervasively. In an attempt to quell this disturbing phenomenon, she looks up with her secretive ex-lover Sam (Tik Jesadaporn Pholdee), who may be able to shed some light upon the mysterious twilight world descending upon Joey.

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Plot Keywords:

pregnant woman | pregnant | latex gloves | suicide attempt | stomach pumped | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent images

Details

Country:

Hong Kong Singapore

Language:

Cantonese English Thai Mandarin

Release Date:

18 March 2004 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

The Eye 2

Filming Locations:

Ang Mo Kio MRT station, Singapore

Box Office

Budget:

$2,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Applause Pictures, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 95 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The Eye (2002)

User Reviews

wrong title, good film

As has been said, this movie has virtually nothing to do with the original Eye, except for the blurry ghost effects and music video style direction/editing. Good thing too as I believe that movie was corny and hardly better than your average television show despite many other more favorable opinions of it on this site. My biggest complaint was the music-video style of this movie, too slick and cool to really make this movie scary or unnerving, Pang Brothers have good potential to make some effective horror but always resort to trendy camera-work, cheesy synthesizers and obvious "scary moment" sound and music that renders their work a bit shallow and more juvenile than it should be. Too bad because they have some good actors, high production values and some decent ideas that touch upon what could be really deeper themes and squander what could have been much more effective chills and thrills. I like the sad/angry/vengeful/pitiful ghost in this movie very much. What an interesting choice for an actress, scary and beautiful at the same time.

Another interesting point is the way in which Buddism has been overshadowed by Northen Chinese, Hindu and Tibetan style mysticism in so much of Asia now. Buddah;s original writings actually stressed that there is no soul that exists beyond the interconnected array of desires, fears and impulses that make up the living moment, there is no possibility of reincarnation as there is no essential soul or "self" to speak of. His teachings directly opposed the Hindu pantheon of gods and Tibetan shamanistic mythologies that were prevalent in his time and have become to intertwined with contemporary Asian-Buddist culture and national identity. His message of enlightenment was specifically to do away with the forms of belief that dealt with concepts like spirits and reincarnation and find the unburdened, unencumbered awareness of the present "now". This very major point has been lost in the Chinese dominated parts of most Asia at this point and Buddism has become a very superstitious belief system rather than an approach to a liberated psychology. Sri Lanka has become the modern heart of the faithful Buddist teaching, read " The Gods drink whiskey" if you are interested.