The GEN-X guys team up once again for a supernatural sci-fi thriller!
TITLE: 2002
CAST: Nicholas Tse, Stephen Fung, Sam Lee, Daniel Graham and more.
DIRECTED BY: Wilson Yip
DURATION: 97 minutes
COMPANY:Â Golden Harvest DVD version with Burned in English subtitles (All Region)
Special Unit “2002” is a designated task force of SPI (Spirit & Paranormal Investigation) in the law enforcement department, ridding the human world of evil deeds of haunting spirits via an exeution team comprised of a man and a ghost. Being a psychic, TIDE (Nicholas Tse) is joined by SAM (Sam Lee) to the cause of law enforcement, but SAM’s time for reincarnation is approaching. TIDE is learning that WIND (Stephen Fung), a human being with the psychic power of supernatural vision, is destined to be..?
After watching “2002”, the first thing that came into my mind was “Silent Mobius” meets “Blade” meets “Men in Black”.
The plot is about a ghost hunter named “TIDE” of the special unit “2002”, a task force of SPI (Spirit and Paranormal Investigation). Tide believes he is cursed and that anyone close to him will die. Thus he has no friends and he can’t have a girlfriend. He teams up with a ghost named SAM (Sam Lee) who helps him out but since reincarnation is approaching, it is time for TIDE to find a new partner and so he finds WIND. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to WIND…to be a partner of TIDE, one will have to be dead.
The concept of cool ghostbusters or spirit hunters is pretty nice. The movie has nice special effects and really awesome fight scenes but the problem with the movie is that it tries to be serious and it tries to be humorous (like a manga). Although it’s nice to have the humor, for a movie like this…sometimes the humor seemed a bit out of place.
There are some parts of this movie that may confuse the viewer as well, so pay attention to the movie. A bright spot to this movie is to see the three guys from GEN-X Cops together again. Although their time together is limited, it was still pretty fun. Also, to see model Daniel Graham in this movie was pretty awesome and she did ok for her supporting role.
As for the DVD, The Golden Harvest DVD features a making of (Chinese subtitles only) that lasts around 10 minutes, a trailer and a character guide.
All in all a pretty solid DVD that was pretty fun to watch. Although it deals with the supernatural, there are no sick parts in the movie.
Check it out!