Stylish follow-up to the director's shoot-em-up Dang Bireley's and the Young Gangsters is a sometimes sluggish tale of the supernatural that picks up enough steam to become a sort of Buddhist Ghostbusters. Pic has already made millions back home, where ads trumpet success as "Slightly Breath Closer to Titanic's". Good looking effort starts in 1860s, when young villager Mak (Intira Jaroenpura) leaves his wife, Nak (Winai Kraibutr) -in a long sequence consisting of nothing but the words "Nak" and "Mak"- to fight some unspecified war. On his return, when you start to wonder if one of them isn't quite with us anymore, things take on a creepy undertone. Events take a Hong Kong turn when fed-up local monks hire a hairy exorcist who does battle with a high priest, leading to a grave-yard conflagration. Ghost effects are generally quite good, even chilling.
Ken Eisner