Tung, played by Chang Chen, is a police sharpshooter/lipreader invited to join a team of paranormal investigators led by the mysterious Dr. Hashimoto (Yôsuke Eguchi). They have found the ghost of a young boy and are trying to figure out the source of his power. This spirit can kill people almost instantly and the team does almost literally nothing to save the lives of his victims. Woops! Things get more complicated when another spirit shows up causing all kinds of mayhem. The film includes a drunk guy peeing through a ghost, so maybe this is a must-see for you. I don't know. I'm not judging you.
"I can't believe it! Who ever heard of dying from eating noodles?"
This is an interesting Taiwanese horror, sci-fi, and action movie hybrid from director Chao-Bin Su. Silk is quite an ambitious movie with an inventive plot so elaborate that everything just gets goofy near the climax. My biggest complaints are for the schmaltzy moments which are anything but subtle and the 108 minute running time. Ten minutes of this could have easily been trimmed out without affecting the emotional impact at all. I miss the days when it seemed like every Asian horror film seemed to have an abrupt, out-of-nowhere ending.
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