Astonishing

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Movie: Astonishing
Chinese: 惊心动魄 (Jing xin dong po)
Director: Herman Yau
Writer: Herman Yau, Kai Git Lai
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Release Date: May 13, 2004
Runtime: 88 min.
Language: Cantonese
Country: Hong Kong

Plot

Mandy receives a DVD on which a mysterious man tells her she's going to lose her husband, her current lifestyle, and her identity. Mandy goes see a shrink, but nothing comes of it. Then one evening she and her husnand Kenny get into an auto accident. Three weeks later Mandy wakes up, and the world has gone topsy-turvy. Kenny's assistant Fiona has usurped her identity as Mandy, and everyone else is recognizing Mandy as Fiona.

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OhemGee Dec 13 2010 2:23 am OMGOMG, I watched this just a few days ago. It was SOO GOOD! It's like the chinese version of Inception. Such a good watch. I was so confused, but OMG. IT was so awesome!!

HK Neo Reviews Aug 06 2009 10:08 pm Overall Astonishing is a movie that will receive a majority of negative reviews from people who did not really get Herman Yau’s message. But on the other hand, Yau may have no message whatsoever. Nevertheless, to my honest opinion, I do feel that Astonishing is a postmodern movie that utilises postmodern techniques throughout the movie to raises more questions than it answers. The Truman Show type scene is indeed critiquing the impact and raises the question of the true nature of what is an identity. This is of which will lead to the routines thriller ending, that I felt Yau is trying to critique the typical Hollywood thriller endings than Yau being out of thoughts. This is the reason why I actually kind off like this movie, and I sure a lot of people will disagree with my opinion, but then again, I might be totally wrong! (Neo 2004)