Rave Fever (1999)
Reviewed by: danton on 2002-01-03
Another atypical Hong Kong movie. Set in a somewhat sanitized rave culture, the movie follows the lives of a group of young HKers by retelling the same events that happen over the course of two parties from different perspectives. This is held together by a central mystery: a girl called Sophie has disappeared. Who is she and what happened to her? We don't find out until the end of the film - but the journey of getting there is a lot of fun.

The cast is pretty decent (as usual, Sam Lee is the standout), and the movie structure (which could have been very confusing) is very tight and easy to follow. I like movies that start out as mysteries and then start peeling away layers to get you closer and closer to the truth. Another recent movie in that vein was Hollywood's Memento which also presents events and then reinterprets them by adding more information. If you like this type of story-telling, then give rave fever a try.