Ling (Aaron Kwok) is a self-assured Police Chief Inspector. He solved numerous difficult cases, has a flawless track record, and is nominated for a major promotion. He has a gentle wife, an adorable son and a posh lifestyle. In every sense, he is as enviable as he is successful.
His perfect life takes an abrupt turn when, on one of his operations, he faints and wakes up to discover his short-term memory is damaged, and his top colleague mercilessly killed in the same building. Ling's colleague is the third victim of a cold-blooded serial murder. Each time, the victim dies a slow death in unimaginable pain.
At the height of his life, Ling encounters this most vicious murderer in Hong Kong's crime history. He must catch the killer at all costs. But as Ling sifts through the clues, he finds that all the evidence point towards himself!
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I've decided not to use the official poster as it is too scary.
So scary that it is totally unfitting of the absurd storyline of this movie.
But if you still decide that you want a shock, click here for the official poster.
Having said the above, I have to say this film is good and bad in both ways.
Good for Aaron Kwok, he has proven in recent years that we can take him as a serious actor. Bad for the plot, really bad.
And I do hope that the Director and storywriter didn't actually intend for the audience to believe the plot. I hope their intention is for the audience to walk out of the theatre thinking: "What nonsense.. How is this possible??"
The whole movie was actually rather engaging and kept you thinking who the murderer is actually and just when you were starting to think that this is a good movie, the truth uncovers and it is totally nonsensical.
So nonsense, that I was hoping that Aaron Kwok's character Ling Guang was dreaming or that he has gone crazy and was hallucinating but unfortunately, what you see is what you get - The storywriter really meant for the story to be like that.
But, this movie is still more entertaining than Transformers, at least they managed to keep me engaged and thinking..