Mjeteconer Just perfect...

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

dantheman232 After reading many reviews of this film i didn't go in to this film with high hopes, many reviews said the film was like a soap opera in parts and relied to heavily on jump scares. Although the film has many jump scares i found the acting was top notch and the film was not only scary, in parts it was disturbing too.The story starts with Cheng a pregnant woman who is struggling to survive because the father of her baby wants nothing to do with her, Cheng tries to commit suicide but fails and in replacement she gains the ability to see ghosts. While the story has very little to do with the first i still found it entertaining trying to figure out why the ghosts were drawn to pregnant woman. Cheng is also haunted by the same woman who seems to stalk her everywhere she goes but unfortunately this part of the story was predictable and easy to work out, so when the twist is revealed there is no big shock still the story may not be the most original but its still interesting. Now this is a horror film so you will be expecting lots of scares right? well its kind of a mixed bag here, there are plenty of scares throughout and most succeed but a few fail. For instance the bus stop scene i'm not going to ruin anything but this was one of the most effective and disturbing scenes iv seen in a while, On the other hand the taxi scene was just strange and borderline laughable. The film is creepy throughout as ghosts are shown in most scenes but they look like just normal people so this might put some people off the film. I wouldn't let it though because when its revealed why they are drawn to pregnant woman the placement of the ghosts in each scene makes sense and is probably the scariest part of the film. But these creepy scenes don't forgive the fact the rest of the the scares are jump scares, i didn't mind this as they were done better than most Hollywood horror films but the music that accompanied the jumps sounded like something off a video game. Still the film had me jumping out of me seat more times than the average horror film. I would recommend this film to anyone who wants to see horror that focuses equally on story as well as scares. The acting is top notch and there aren't many characters so the few there are, are developed well. The film has many interesting and original ideas but it does steal some from other horror films, still the film is jumpy, scary and disturbing everything a horror movie should be.

Backlash007 ~Spoiler~The Eye 2 sees the Pang Brothers back in familiar territory. This time out they're telling a completely different ghost story that has little to do with the original film. The new story follows a pregnant Shu Qi as she tries to kill herself multiple times and something will not let her die. Once again there are some chilling moments but I was ultimately let down. I watched Stir of Echoes, The Eye, and The Eye 2 back to back to back; I'm ready for an evil ghost movie. The ghosts in this film just hang around pregnant women while they are waiting to be reincarnated. The idea would have made a good anthology episode, but hardly warrants a feature film. That's the main flaw here, it didn't hold my attention. And I found Shu's character to be very annoying. She whines all the time and even after she knows the ghosts don't have evil intentions she is still afraid they are going to hurt her baby. If Philip Kwok tells you the ghosts just want to be reincarnated, you believe him. I know they are capable filmmakers, but the Pang Brothers have yet to seriously impress me.

eightate I just watched this yesterday and wanted to read other peoples scathing comments but found some high marks.WHAT??? This was probably the worst Asian horror movie I've seen.*spoilers* There were just so many fundamental problems with the story. A lot of Asian horror has the twist of spirits trying to help but just looking scary (with notable exceptions: ringu and Ju-on). This is the case here except they aren't scary. A pretty Asian woman who looks a little pale isn't scary at all. The "monk" character straight up explains everything as being a perfectly natural cycle of life; nothing scary there either. But the woman just doesn't get it, she would rather kill herself and her baby then let this poor ghost be reincarnated. My friend and I were just laughing when she jumped off the building twice and the ghost waits until after the second time to tell her why she's been following her around. That information would have been nice to know before she started jumping but whatever.*That said I did like a couple of parts right in the middle. First she rides a taxi with a ghost (ghosts ride taxis?) that has a whole lot of extra hair which inexplicably IS creepy. Right after that at the bus stop, well you need to see it as it's pretty messed up.All in all this movie is a total bomb, I gave it an extra point just for those two scenes above. This is a poor quality Asian horror that manages to make ghosts flying into women's wombs almost beautiful while trying to scare you with the same images.

hoggaglust-1 The Eye was something of an exercise in frustration, an excellent first half with some truly chilling moments, lapsed quickly into a pedestrian 'detective' story for a scare free, and ultimately fairy dull second half. Scare free and dull because the film-makers reveal the background and explain why the heroine can see ghosts... Once this is revealed, the fear factor is quickly lost as the ghosts then have a motive - a reason for being. The element of the unexplained is lost, and it is that very element; particularly in ghost story, that can provide the most effective scares .The Eye 2 (which is not a true sequel) suffers in exactly the same way, as very early in the film, the appearance of the ghostly visions are fully explained, as are their motives ... The unfortunate consequence of this is that once the spirit's motives are known; (unpleasant enough as they are) the ghosts themselves cease to be in the least bit scary.The Eye 2 is by no means a bad film, it simply fails to deliver the scares that The Eye; (well, the first half at least) did with such effective aplomb. Whereas the former film's scares were born from the confusion of the newly sighted heroine seeing things she (and the audience) couldn't accept or understand, The Eye 2 relies all too heavily on cheaper scares and 'jump' inducing sound effects. If it's a genuinely creepy horror film you are after, The Eye 2 may leave ardent fans of the genre more than a little disappointed.