Fruit Chan’s cinematic efforts in the 21st century have been unequal. Films like “Three Husbands” and “The Midnight After” highlight the reasons he is still considered among the most important Hk filmmakers, while others, almost the opposite. “Kill Time”, unfortunately, falls under the second category.
Based on a novel by Cai Jun, the story unfolds in three different timelines. Xiaomai is a young woman, whose policeman father died a bit before, while trying to save a woman from drowning. Xiaomai is about to get married to Shengzan, a childhood friend, but things take a rather unexpected turn when she stumbles upon Witch Zone, a website whose slogan is “Buy Anything You Want”. The girl decides to buy memories, despite Qianling, her best friend’s nudges not to deal with such shady companies, and ends up owning a purple scarf, that looks exactly the same as the...
Based on a novel by Cai Jun, the story unfolds in three different timelines. Xiaomai is a young woman, whose policeman father died a bit before, while trying to save a woman from drowning. Xiaomai is about to get married to Shengzan, a childhood friend, but things take a rather unexpected turn when she stumbles upon Witch Zone, a website whose slogan is “Buy Anything You Want”. The girl decides to buy memories, despite Qianling, her best friend’s nudges not to deal with such shady companies, and ends up owning a purple scarf, that looks exactly the same as the...
- 11/17/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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