With THE Peep being among my celebrated scary movies ever, I was looking forward to this film with both excitement and trepidation. The promising side was that the Pang Brothers helmed this film as well, rather than turning it over to someone else. But we know how sequels tend to go, especially if the novel cast does not return.
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As it turns out, that isn’t a plight, because THE Recognize 2 is a sequel only in the most general sense. It, too, concerns a woman who begins seeing ghosts. (The literal translation of both films’ current title - JIAN GUI - is “Seeing Ghosts.”) Otherwise, this film is completely unrelated. Joey Cheng (Shu Qi - THE TRANSPORTER, Attractive) is an outwardly tough but emotionally fragile young woman who has impartial ended a relationship with a married man. After a failed suicide attempt she starts to inspect phantoms wherever she goes — in particular, one ghostly woman who seems to be following her around.
In some ways, THE Peep 2 is a better film than its predecessor. It’s not as plain (though it has its moments) but it strives to be something more than a straight-ahead thriller. It’s about a woman facing an unwanted, unexpected pregnancy alone. It delves into eastern philosophy and themes of karma and reincarnation. It’s unbiased a different movie altogether, and viewers should go in expecting that. The distinctive style of the Pang Brothers is detached ever-present.
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Lion’s Gate has released a nice DVD package of this film. Extras include a thirteen-minute behind-the-scenes feature which sheds light on the creators’ intentions and trailers for AUDITION, INFECTION, PREMONITION, JU-ON, THE DEVIL’S REJECTS and more. The movie looks and sounds fabulous (5.1 surround is strongly suggested if you have it available.)
Since both films are independent stories, you don’t need to eye them in any particular order, but both are recommended.
It should be a gracious thing that the ones doing “Gawk 2″ are the Pang Brothers, who created the first. And it should be gracious that it technically isn’t a sequel to the first “Study” movie.
But the Pang Bros don’t quite fetch lightning in a bottle for “Observe 2,” which has some amazing awe moments and unusual twists, but has a rather predictable spot and a heroine who unbiased seems to lack that sure something. It’s an provocative fright flick, but it’s not all it could have been.
After a enormous shopping spree, Joey Cheng (Qi Shu) ODs on pills because her married lover has dumped her. Fortunately she’s found in time, and after a conclude in the hospital, she heads help to China — where she finds that she’s also pregnant. But even creepier, she’s starting to stare people — and creatures — that aren’t there.
But she can’t honest contemplate them — one of them saves her from a rapist, and she sees another trying to enter the body of a newborn baby. The increasingly unstable Joey doesn’t know how to hold the the ghosts from attacking her baby, and she’ll win drastic action to retain them from succeeding…
“Peep 2″ is actually more bright as a ogle of Buddhist philosophy (only touched on in the first movie) than as a fear movie. In fact, the Pang boys fall a giant hint about the ghosts’ intentions early on, so put a question to to know what’s going on long before Joey ever figures it out — lots of karma and atonement here.
Danny and Oxide Pang manage to conjure up a very creepy atmosphere at times, with ancient Korean spooks, a rape dismay and a healthy dose of blood’n'gore, as well as the grey-faced insensible who hang around pregnant women. Unfortunately the state is a bit flat, without remarkable mystery or suspense — it’s basically a series of scenes where Joey sees ghosts and acts crazily. Creepy, but rather plotless.
Nor is Joey a particularly compelling character — she seems rather unstable to originate with (with the repeated suicide attempts and adulterous affairs), although she’s a bit more likable by the finale. And Qi Shu does a decent job with her, almost overacting but usually staying leisurely the line, even when she’s screaming about ghosts under the table.
“The Inspect 2″ suffers from a behind middle part, but the beginning and ending (and some of the ghost scenes) are astonishing and quite creepy. Worth watching, though the dwelling is lacking.
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