Sometimes, the best thing you can say about a movie is that it didn't annoy you. Such is the case with this cheap little Sam Lee horror film - while the movie itself turned out to be utterly forgettable, I was able to at least watch it without being annoyed.

The plot revolves around Sam playing a movie screenwriter who picks up a new girlfriend, a stewardess called Apple. Unfortunately for him, her father is a notorious triad leader who will not tolerate any cheating or other such misbehaviour from his daughter's boyfriends. So the good life is over for Sam - he is now kept on a short leash by his rather controlling and possessive girlfriend.

Sam also has a fixation on Japanese girls, and when Apple is out of town, he ends up cheating on her with the new Japanese neighbor, another stewardess who starts exhibiting rather strange behaviour. Driven by his girlfriend's jealousy, her triad father's suspicions and threats, and the all around weirdness emanating from the Japanese neighbor, the plot meanders along listlessly, and even the murders that now start occuring don't add much suspense or anything else even remotely interesting. The storyline can never quite decide on whether the Japanese stewardess is a ghost or just a mad girl, and the film itself is more interested in showing off some neat editing tricks or camera techniques than in building and sustaining a cohesive story. In fact, the movie is quite mannered at times, with wild jumps in style and tone, fluctuating between ironic use of genre conventions, faux artistic pretensions and straightforward attempts at creepiness. The latter in particular falls flat - never once does the film manage to create the haunting, frightening atmosphere it is trying to achieve. And a horror film that is not at all frightening has very little going for it...

Anyway, there are some semi-interesting moments here and there, the movie is pretty good-looking considering the minimal budget, Sam Lee is likable as always, and the film is over fairly quickly. So while I can't really recommend this film, at least I didn't hate it.