"The hard-edged third feature from thedirector who has since become known for his extravagant and kinetic approach tofantasy and pan-Chinese patriotism reveals an auteur's eye. Intense, violent,colored by rage yet strangely distanced, the story concerns a suicidal youngwoman who exerts a sinister mind-control over three boys who have accidentallycommitted a murder. Stylistically, Tsui is trying on ideas for size, from filmnoir to horror, but the film's strange energy is all his, due in part to hisbravura compositions and obsessive use of close-ups. For Tsui Hark fans, this isa rare opportunity to see a long unavailable film from the director who has beenin the vanguard of his generation's reshaping of the Hong Kongcinema."-Barbara Scharres, The Film Center, Art Institute of Chicago