"Part cancer melodrama, part police procedural, part supernatural tosh, THE SOUL has an uneven pace before the seminal reveal of the twisted relationship between Wang, his business partner Dr. Wan (Lee) and Wang's young second wife Li Yan (Sun, who gives a well-calculated accent modulation indicating the identity shift), along with a fantastic notion of curing cancer with extracted RNA powders (who are you kidding?), and the even more incredible practice of soul transmigration (alright, if you say so!). Plus a lavender marriage in which the wife is cozened and goes mental and suicidal. To appease the censorship, the version played in mainland China is heavily expurgated, still, it is a pleasant surprise to see the same-sex relation is not entirely truncated, and THE SOUL espouses a strong sentiment that love transcends gender, but you are damned if you ruin an innocent woman for your convenience. (In fact, there are two such women here, both played by actresses from mainland China, should we read too much into it?)"
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