By Manny Araneta
“Double Vision” is the fifth film by writer/director Chen Kuo-fu, who previously helmed the comedy “The Personals” (1998). This film is one of the many Chinese/Taiwanese movies co-financed and/or distributed by Columbia Pictures during the late 90s and early 2000s, along with other notable films like “Double Team” (1997) and “Time and Tide” (2000). This film was also screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, under the Un Certain Regard section.
The film follows the plight of downtrodden and burnt out cop Huang Huo-tu (Tony Leung Ka-fai) as he is tasked with solving a series of gruesome but inexplicable murders. In one of them, a businessman apparently freezes to death in his very hot and humid office and in another, a woman is burnt alive, even if there are no traces of fire or damage to be found. When the latest victim turns out to...
“Double Vision” is the fifth film by writer/director Chen Kuo-fu, who previously helmed the comedy “The Personals” (1998). This film is one of the many Chinese/Taiwanese movies co-financed and/or distributed by Columbia Pictures during the late 90s and early 2000s, along with other notable films like “Double Team” (1997) and “Time and Tide” (2000). This film was also screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, under the Un Certain Regard section.
The film follows the plight of downtrodden and burnt out cop Huang Huo-tu (Tony Leung Ka-fai) as he is tasked with solving a series of gruesome but inexplicable murders. In one of them, a businessman apparently freezes to death in his very hot and humid office and in another, a woman is burnt alive, even if there are no traces of fire or damage to be found. When the latest victim turns out to...
- 8/27/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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