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    by Joy Sales

ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Alan and Hulley are partners in a pest control company. Handsome Alan gets the girls and puffy Halley gets nothing. One night, the two are injured in a car crash. Halleys suffers slightly injuries while Alan is dead for all purposes except his brain wave which still works actively. But when Halley cries over his corpse, Alan bursts into explosive life. So the doctors decide to study this phenomenon and Alan agrees to be the guinea pig as he fancies the beautiful Dr. Emily. Somehow, Alan acquires the ability to read people's dreams. He is scared by a ghostly dream. But he remains on the project after he falls in love with Emily. Halley discovers a murder by a detective and is chased by him. Halley goes to Alan for help. The detective is then killed by supernatural power and Alan reconstructs Halley's dream to crack a drug ring and thus finds out the truth.
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    by HK Cinema UK
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Plot: David Miao (Miu Kiu-Wai) and Halley (Eric Tsang) are the best of friends, Halley designs toys for a living. David spends most of his time living the life of a playboy, wooing women and getting Halley to help him.

While out one day both Miao and Halley get caught amongst an armed robbery and are forced to drive the getaway car. The police soon chase them and it all gets out of hand with Miao ending up in a serious car crash. Halley sustains only minor injury's however, David is presumed dead. Although with the presences of Halley, Although Halley's presence coaxes David back to life, it is only by his bizarre brainwaves...

Intrigued about these brainwaves, they send Miao to the specialists who try to help him use these new found abilities. One of the female doctors Alice (Emily Chu) takes a liking to David's charms and convinces him to take part in experiments where he is given the ability to enter the mind of others through their dreams. Although with doctors constantly having David enter the mind of mad men, he quits and just wants to lead his life.

David suddenly finds himself with no choice but to go back after he finds out that a mystery killer attempted to kill Halley. HHalley, now insane, can't bring himself to reveal the identity of the killer. The details on this killer are vital to the police force (lead by Chow Yun-Fat) and their only hope is David.

Review: To imagine what this movie would be like is crossing Roald Dahl's Matilda with Nam Nai Choi's The Seventh Curse! Sorta...

This is a great piece of 80's action. The comedy between Miu Kiu Wai and Eric Tsangs is always well, it will remind most viewers of their comic capers in Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars.

Chow Yun-Fat's character makes a late appearance in the movie, but his as you can expect Chow delivers 110% in every performance. I was also surprised to see that the lovely Emily Chu was the love interest in the movie, although she too gives a great performance!

Notable appearances include; Jackie Bodyguard - Ah Tuan as a police officer. Other appearances include Wu Fong as a superintendent and Wu Ma as a mad man. Philip Ko and Yuen Wah make appearances as Chou's assistants. We even get to see the lovely Anita Mui make a short appearance as witness to the violent murders, but now it has even put her life at stake.

Final Thoughts a great piece of work from Shaws Legend Lau Kar-Wing! Enjoy!

Highlights

  • Robo-Halley watching Miao's girl change
  • Miao being chased by the vampires
  • Miao discovering Halley attacker
  • Miao bringing the cars to life
  • The violent deaths of the killers

    Rating: 7.5 out of 10.0

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    Chow's first and last time playing a villain. A really vicious one. An uneven thriller that mixes several genres.
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