Deathnet.com (2000)
Reviewed by: White Dragon on 2005-11-16
In the course of a routine triad investigation, police officer Ted Chan (Simon Yam) happens across a young woman dousing herself with petrol who immolates herself, then leaps to her death from the roof of her housing estate. A number of similarly bizarre suicides crop up and, with the assistance of his colleague Gigi (Lillian Chan), Ted traces correlating links back to a website named The Webpage of Death lauded over by the anonymous God Of Death.

A cheap and cheerless thriller from THE UNTOLD STORY 2 director Andy Ng, this one fails to engage on many levels – most notably as a suspense thriller. Indeed, any viewer with even a rudimentary knowledge of filmmaking technique will guess the identity of the God Of Death very early in the piece. Some nifty stunt deaths and cursory commentary over the perils of the internet and online predators are virtually thrown away. Pretty lacklustre on all counts, and definitely lacking in the prerequsite tension that makes for a good thriller. As noted below, predictable and thoroughly unengaging from start to its well-telegraphed-in-advance finale. Simon...what were you thinking?
Reviewer Score: 2