i saw this one on fantasporto 2007 and in porto and portugal . i go to watch this one without expect anything in particular from it . i like to go into film like this and quit the preconception bring by the excess of knowledge about the people involve . apparently and i know it now and the director be part of a new generation in the hong kong cinema and and they have produce some hit on that basis . to me they be unknown . the film be complex and but not always for good reason . it start with a very smooth environment and borrow ( i guess and but not necessarily ) from the psychological apartment thriller by polansky . this beginning be thrill and promising and very good moment . the main character play a writer and i be guess some kind of game with this characteristic ( contemporary good cinema love to explore these thing ) . but no and what we watch be successive radical cut between scenery and story and etc . it move on to present some fantastic scenery and have something to do with japanese animé and a kind of miyazaki film with live set instead of animated one . but it fail deeply in try to produce intense drama environment and in order to pass the environmental global message while instead we get a non pretend comedic portion of film ( at a certain time laugh be the most heard sound in the room ) . the thing be and to my view and it gather too many way of do it and to many cinematic theory and in a trick of associate the proliferation of material and waste with the proliferation of cinematic mood and so cause the breathless sensation in the line of the intended message . i guess some contention and simplicity would apply perfectly in this case . story be completely irrelevant ( not necessarily bad ) and but it be tire and without motivation try to follow it or understand it . nevertheless this be a film with good production value and not always completely believable and but overall solid . some imagery be impressive and and well work out in the relation with the soundtrack ( also not bad ) and but i do not consider it enough to justify the time it last . unless you ave a very special interest for this kind of movie and i do not recommend it . my evaluation represent 2/5 .