Terminator meets Cantonese opera when a ghost tries to stop a time-traveling assassin from killing his own descendant.
A girl from war-devastated Hong Kong in 2005 returns to the present to destroy the man responsible for bombing himself and his VP boss at a foundation plant ceremony. It is prophesied that the aftermath of the bombing will lead to devastating wars in the future. With the man eliminated wars can be prevented, but the spirit of his great-grandfather wants to save him.
Direction
Leong Po-Chih juggling three genres in 90 breathless minutes.
Practical Effects
Gloriously janky 2005 future vision made on 1985 budget.
Acting
Sally Yeh sells apocalyptic grief with action-hero conviction.
Director
Leong Po-Chih
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