When you finish watching "Abnormal Beauty" you feel like you've been watching two different movies: in the first one we got the story of this young girl who feels attracted by death. She likes to take pictures of corpses and dead animals. Quite a disturbing stuff... In the other movie we got got an ordinary story involving a psycho-killer that looks like "Saw".Anyway, Oxide Pang tries to makes up for the lack of a good script giving his movie a modern look, MTV-oriented, that it will be out of date 5 or 10 years from now. Movies just like this one may entertain you for a while but they definitely won't remain in your memory for a long time. You need more than a dozen of editing effects and a deafening soundtrack to live on.*My rate: 4/10

'Sei mong se jun', with it's fascinating cinematography and background score tells us the story of Jiney. Jiney is a lonely, introverted and talented young lady who's in search of herself in a somewhat deceitful world. She only confides her thoughts to her friend/cousin Jas. She reveals a deep painful secret that is destroying her inner self. Photography is her passion but she lacks the inspiration to find it fulfilling until she develops a fascination (which gradually shifts to obsession) for death. Why does she find comfort and solace in such a disturbing act? The Pang brothers have really created a visually wonderful film. The camera, the lighting, the choice of colour, all of it adds to the beauty. Oxide Pang gives us a visual treat. The background piano tune really brings out the mood. The screenplay during the first hour is very well written and the events unfold quite smoothly. However, it is during the last 20 minutes that the plot seems to take a different direction and (spoiler alert) it was quite disappointing when the identity of the killer is revealed.The performances are quite good. Race Wong and Rosanne Wong share a warm chemistry and their relationship is very sensitively portrayed. Anson Leung as the awkward guy in love is impressive.This really is a worthwhile watch mainly because of it's visual appeal that really makes you feel a part of its world. Even otherwise it's quite a decent watch.

Just one of the Pang brothers this time but quite a tour de force. Always looking good, this tells the story of two lesbian girl friends, and although we don't get to see any of that sort of action, we see plenty of the violent kind. One sister, very much into art and photography drifts into taking pictures of the dead and dying and with the help of contextual flashbacks a powerful story develops. Violence is always threatened and when we see the 'snuff' video we think that's it. But there is much more to come and it is very heavy stuff. Apparently the two leads are real life sisters who make up a Singapore singing duo. Pretty though they are there is not much sign of such frivolities here.

It's very easy to write a bad review. Every hack reviewer gets the temptation when sitting through a boring film to just pack in the screening, go home and write 500 words of spiteful critical mass. It's easy.But there are no words in the critical lexicon to convey the sheer, utter awfulness of this film. It's laughable. It's terrible. It's incredible that it got made.Firstly you have the frankly quite masturbatory concept - clearly thought-up by a creepily lascivious film producer - of having the film's two leads as hot teenage lesbians. Immature voyeuristic fantasy, anyone? I'm guessing censorship issues denied Mr Producer the chance to get the sapphic activities of these two lovely ladies on film: if you're watching this film to get your kicks you'll be disappointed.Hot lesbian #1 becomes obsessed with taking photos of dead animals. This plot strand takes up about an hour of the film, before it sinks into a dull rip-off of 8mm, Lost Highway, and Ringu. Hot lesbian #2 has little to do except stand around looking hot, and getting into sexy arguments. The shocks aren't shocking, and the gore isn't gory. If you're scared watching this, then you should steer well clear of Scooby Doo. Odd filters and silly jump editing do not a horror film make.The ending is ridiculous, and you will certainly feel cheated if and when you suffer the misfortune of watching this film. I don't know what 'Oxide Pang' was thinking. Perhaps he was thinking 'i can't think of a proper ending... i'll just make it up as i go along'. Not that it matters much, because it's so badly edited and lit you can hardly see what happens anyway.English-speaking viewers will be hampered by the ludicrously bad subtitles. At one point, a character asking (presumably)'why the long face' has her words translated as 'why are you so lengthy of countenance?'. Some lines aren't translated at all.If this hyperactive, under-lit, overwrought and incomprehensible film is the new face of bold Asian horror cinema then I'm Jackie Chan. You will regret watching this. It is almost an hour and half of your life that you could do far better things with. Visit your grandmother. Cook your wife a meal. Just don't for God's sake watch Abnormal Beauty.