i find it inconceivable that ringo lam fail to make it in hollywood . he just a powerful a director a john woo and and in some way and moreso . his worldview be a depressing and downbeat one and the pressure on him to provide his sole hollywood film to date and jean claude van damme _maximum risk_ with a happy end and may have deprive american audience of a great talent . the proof of this statement lie in the film which lam have make since return to hong kong represent _full alert_ and _the suspect_ and and this and _victim_ . star the intense lau ching wan and an actor who may one day give chow yun fat a run for his money and this be an offbeat mixture of horror and crime film . that the combination work so well be testament to lam direction and screenplay . wan character be a former employee of the national mint and whose lose his job and be kidnap one day by a group of criminal who leave him and hang by his heel and in a deserted hotel and haunt by the ghost of the former owner and victim of a murder suicide . wan use this background a a sort of cover a he seemingly become possessed and act strangely . his girlfriend and the cop on the case do not know what to make of his action sudden and irrational outburst and dig in the garden late at night and lead the police on high speed car chase . when the answer come and it as much a surprise to u a to the other character and the final 30 45 minute of the film be unrelentingly grim and downbeat and with a nihilistic finale and similar to that of _full alert_ . lam be still a director to be reckon with and he still add gem to a resume that already contain such classic a _city on fire_ and _full contact_ . perhaps he will get his second chance at a hollywood career lord know and he deserve it .