The Day that Doesn't Exist (1995)
Reviewed by: hkcinema on 1999-12-08
Two ghost stories. The first has Sheila Chan, maintaining cuteness but dropping the loopiness, losing her fiance to a car accident. But a month later, he returns to her because a promise is more important than how you keep your body parts together. Starts alittle slow but definitely picks up, and with the fog machine and the monotone 'wah' sound effects, an eeriness is achieved. Dayo Wong plays her cop friend who tries to help her and is the catalyst to.. Story two involves a truck driver (Bowie Lam) who dies after promising his plump daughter a birthday/pizza date. Again a kept promise is most important as his spirit resurfaces a year later into the body of Anthony Wong. Slowly he finds out who this new body belongs to and what type of lifestyle he had with his maniacal twiggy wife. A unique story. A friend told me that you really need to understand the chinese dialogue to fully enjoy the comedic element of this movie. I think it works well enough on its own regardless if you are a fan of horror stories or the star players. I wasn't disappointed.

[Reviewed by Jennie Tam]