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Interesting premise gives the viewer a bit more to chew on than your usual Asian ghost flick from the J-Horror boom of the 00s. A physicist named Hashimoto, who wears his hair like a “scene girl”, has invented something called the Menger Sponge. It’s made from human protein and can capture different electromagnetic wavelengths. When it absorbs enough energy, in theory, it can allow for the defiance of gravity. This has the government interested in it and funding an anti-gravity research team. The team has discovered an unexpected use for it... it can capture ghosts. Since spirits are just a form of energy, the invention allows the small team to cage the ghost of a young boy in a bedroom located in a rundown apartment complex. They bring in a detective to assist with finding out who the boy was and how he died. The cop is also an expert lip reader, which is extremely convenient since the boy is mouthing something but the team has no idea what message he is trying to get across. Detective Tung is skeptical until they spray his eyes with microscopic Menger Sponge and he sees the kid for himself. He’s still planning on leaving until Hashimoto brings up Tung’s mother, who is currently dying in a hospital. Offering up the opportunity to discover if living may be worse than death, Tung finally agrees to help. The ghost proves to be lethal if you look him directly in the eye and a troubled past (tumors, suicide attempt, psychotic mama... the usual) may be why the presence remains. There’s a few more revelations along the way, one of them being a major hinderance to the life expectancy of the team as well as an explanation for the film’s title. The standard raven-haired ghost comes into play but it’s such a rewarding turn that it’s pretty far from boring... and she does strike from a bowl of noodles and that’s pretty damn great. It’s a fascinating film that can be a tad too melodramatic at times.
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