Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

rooprect Up front let's save a lot of people some time: this is NOT A HORROR MOVIE. So if you're looking for a flick that'll make you spill your popcorn and dig your nails into the flesh of the unlucky person sitting next to you (hopefully not a total stranger), you might want to look elsewhere."Re-Cycle" is the quintessential "morality tale". A morality tale is typically a fantasy that makes heavy use of symbolism and allegory, often personifying human traits into characters (like the 7 deadly sins). The protagonist undergoes a surreal journey with episodic events that relate to some moral message. "Dante's Inferno", the 14th century epic poem (not to be confused with "Dante's Peak" the 1997 flick about a guy chasing a volcano), is a great example of a morality tale. And now a few centuries later we have "Re-cycle" (original Cantonese title "Gwai wik" or "Ghost Land").The story is about a romance author Ting-Yin (Angelica Lee) who decides to write her first horror story. She is told in the beginning that writing horror stories brings out ghosts. And so the stage is set. But like I said, this is not a horror story but instead it's a dark (often scary) fantasy about Ting-Yin's descent into a bizarre, disturbing world of ghosts and creepers and AWESOME imagery.Enough about the plot; it's the imagery I want to focus on because the plot is best left for you to experience. Initially shot in very cold, claustrophobic scenes, the film comes alive once Ting-Yin enters the new realm. From there we see grand, majestic and terrible landscapes which I can only compare to the imaginative visuals of Tarsem ("The Cell", "The Fall"), Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("City of Lost Children") and Terry Gilliam ("Brazil"). A lot was done with digital effects, but a lot was also constructed with life-size props such as the stunning abandoned amusement park with its towering, rusted ferris wheel. Side note: that scene was a recreation of a real amusement park that was demolished years ago, and like a lot of sets, it has special significance to people familiar with the original Chinese locations they depict. Me, I've never been to China, but I watched the "Making Of" featurette where they explain a lot of this stuff.The movie carries a tense vibe, augmented with some very creepy moments which may actually make you spill your popcorn come to think of it. Then there are some absolutely poetic moments. If I had to fault this film for anything, it would be that I wanted more of the poetic moments, like the "orchard of abandoned love" deleted scene... why?? Well, I know why. Probably because they needed to keep things tense and scary for mass appeal. That comes with the business, I guess.The message of the movie is a great one, and it applies to each and every person out there. And no, it's not just about recycling your plastic haha. Watch it and you'll find out. If the film succeeds with you as it did with me, it may make you appreciate the little things in life a little bit more. For some odd reason I feel the uncontrollable urge to go rescue a dog from an animal shelter. That's not in the movie, but at the end maybe you'll understand my point.

lost-in-limbo The Pang Brothers book marked a creatively grim, if disconnected little supernatural horror film balancing that of a novelist (a perfectly pitched performance by Angelica Lee) trying to write a horror novel, but finding out what she writes is personally happening to her. Being haunted by her work with the growing expectations, or a former if complicated love coming back on the scene. She enters a dream reality (where the title comes in to play), mixing the stark horror and fleeting happiness in what is a journey of discovery… up until its undermining ending. I was actually liking the (traditional, but stimulating) build-up (consisting of eerie sounds, lurking figures and a sense of danger) until she enters this fantasy world (like a nightmarish spin of 'Alice's in Wonderland'), where the story felt more like clips (well that's how memories kept hidden, waiting to be remembered simply come and then go) and being cluttered with crazy CGI… which wasn't badly projected, as some sequences were amazing, but eventually I grew tired of the routine. The Pang Brothers' surefooted handling is slick, letting the flowing cinematography craft out haunting frames and wonderfully strange imagery. Inspired, but emotionally starved and the story really loses momentum.

Jan Strydom RE-CYCLE is a visually stunning and also a thought provoking film, it certainly makes you wonder about the things you discarded, as it is set in a world created by things and ideas that people abandoned over the years, the story begins when a novelist decides to write a horror novel and unknowingly opens the door to an alternate dimension that is home to all the things people have rejected in life.The film gets you thinking in an odd way about as I said before about things people discard, directed by the Pang brothers who also did the better version of THE EYE, it is a very well made film, it may start off as a scary horror film but as soon as the main character enters this other world, the film strays from its horror elements and becomes more of an ALICE IN WONDERLAND story only its not for kids, you can also tell that one of the films influences is SILENT HILL, as you might notice a few nods towards a few similar ideas.The storyline is of course very original and extremely intelligent, I recommend this film to any horror or film fan in general, you will certainly be treated to a visually gripping film

jcyree I ran into the movie out of chance and saw the trailer. That's usually how I find most of my rare treasures. Re-cycle has somewhat something of an identity crisis as to what kind of genre of films it belongs to, although it is a great Asian movie with fantastic CG effects. This movie is slow to start, but please bear with it. It kinda bears a resemblance to the Spain-local flick Pan's Labyrinth in it's artistic style. I'm not yet a fan of the Pang brothers' movies, but I think I'm going to start keeping an eye on their career. If you watch this film I definitely suggest the high definition version, because you can't forget that this movie was supposed to be a treat for the eyes and the imagination.