Genre:
Fantasy
Release Date: 01/27/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Cantonese/Mandarin
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Image Entertainment
Not to be mistaken for the movie in which a smirking
Bruce Willis saves the world, this film, directed by
Gordon Chan, is a rare example of a Hong Kong
sci-fi thriller. The film opens with a noted scientist bursting into flames in a church belfry at the exact moment that a number of satellites fail.
Dr. Ken Tak (
Andy Lau), a renowned computer scientist, soon learns that two of his colleagues, who met with similarly grizzly ends, were approached by a shadowy organization called the Brotherhood of Technology. Before their untimely deaths,
Tak and the two dead scientists were working on a revolutionary computer system called VOD, which would effectively put the internet providers, video game companies, and film studios out of business. While the police suspect agents in the entertainment industry behind the killings,
Tak's suspicions run more towards the supernatural. His theories are confirmed when
Adele (
Michelle Reis),
Tak's long-dead girlfriend, suddenly shows up at his doorstep. When
Tak's investigation leads him to Prague, he learns that the Earth's end is indeed nigh.
~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
;)
