The eye by the Pang brothers is not the type of movie that can be remade. HK horror movies often contain elements of ghosts, their pre-existence and afterlife, karma and reincarnation, as in the eye 2, which is a completely different story and much spookier. These concepts are ingrained in China’s thousands of years of culture and can’t be copied by any movie technique. (Similarly, there will never be a Chinese remake of the exorcist or the omen.)
However, the fatalistic ending of the eye reminds me of the final destination series. Most mainstream American movies I’ve seen are positive and uplifting, like the pursuit of happyness, Apocalypto… People fight for a better life. But final destination is atypical. So I imdbed it and found the answer: the director-cum-writer is from HK, too.
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