Okay. I didn't read the book. I didn't read up about the production of the movie in the magazines etc.

This was a very conscious decision on my part.

I didn't know what to expect and boy was I pleasantly surprise...

Story adaption, pass with flying color

Production value pass with flying color

Casting pass.

The story reminds my of ancient Rome. 90% or the population lives in poverty and to appease the masses, the power that be created gladiatorial games (hunger games)!!

On some level it also reminds my of Oscar Welles 1984...

I don't want to say too much except for, go watch it. You won't regret it.

People are mean.

This is the second Carrie movie I have seen, the first being  Carrie (1976).

Both actually well made.

This is a horror movie, but not because of ghosts or ghouls/psychotic killers.

This is a horror movie because of a scared little girl with an unstable mother, who discovered she had telekinetic powers...

To make things worst, she goes to school with probably the worst bunch of kids...

Bleak, bleak movie.

Dante Lam is proving himself to be a pretty good director.

I do see hope for their industry!!

Make no mistake, this is a blatant replica of Rocky, and it is NOT a bad thing!!

You know what they say Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Unlike the 80s and 90s, where the scripts being churned out are outright copy of their western counterpart, this took the rags to riches/underdog theme of Rocky and acclimatised it to the Hong Kong/Macau environment!! And it is actually beautiful to watch