Caught this over the weekend.
In case you didn’t know, this show is a remake of the Hongkong movie “Jian Gui” which starred Angelica Lee Xin JIe. Unfortunately, this Hollywood remake is a major flop. The show was so bad that Jessica Alba could do little to heat things up (Except for the moment she was naked in the shower, I guess.)
The story line is exactly the same as the Hongkong one, except they weren’t as scary. Maybe angmoh ghost just aren’t as scary as hongkee or thai ghosts.
Hongkee ah-ma ghost: “我好冻……”
Angmoh ah-ma ghost: “I’m freezing……”
This was the exact line from the movie. Somehow, the literal translation from canto to english just made that scene lose its oomph and scare factor. Oh, and they swopped the hongkee old-and-hunchbacked-ah-pek in the lift with a Hollywood not-very-old-but-very-tall-uncle. And instead of everyone dying in the last scene, Hollywood decided to make it a happy fairytale ending where everyone lives! (Alba managed to get everyone to leave their vehicles by saying the terrorists planted a bomb which freaked everyone. How apt.)
Like what the movie’s tagline said: Some things are better left unseen! How funny.
