The Spiral [Movie Review]

Hello all. So this time around I will be reviewing a locally made movie entitled The Spiral.

"What movie is that again?" some might asked.
I asked the same question too when I was invited by a friend to watch the movie. When I asked my sister to accompany me, she immediately became very interested to watch the movie. So, I went on ahead to watch The Spiral because when my sister states her interest in a movie, that could mean something.
As always, I went into the hall with an open mind.
SYNOPSIS The Spiral Trivia

• Directed by: PF Wong
• Distributed by: Mega Films Distribution Sdn Bhd

• Running time: 90 minutes

• Genre: Science Fiction/ Thriller

The movie starts with a killing scene - a guy killed in his sleep and his girlfriend/ wife was killed as she came out of the bathroom.
The killer then goes into a club - having a monologue when a beautiful girl enters the club and joins him for a drink. But somehow, the face of the girl agitates the killer and he kills her.
And then he goes to another cafe and kills everyone in it, just because a guy that bumps into him wouldn't apologise. Such an angry man!
When he was about to leave the crime scene, Detective Inspector Aleana battles him and manages to subdue him. 

Dr Melanie Surya is the psychologist assigned to interrogate the killer but that rages the killer even more. Puzzled by his reactions toward seeing her and upon hearing his threat to kill her boyfriend, Dr Melanie told her boyfriend about the interrogation. 
The killer is identified as Jon Caine, a respected lecturer who went missing for three months before he returns and starts killing everyone in sight. However, the puzzle becomes even more entangled when Detective Inspector Aleana's team found a badly decomposed body, identified as Jon Caine. So, who is the killer?

The killer, being very brutal and aggressive, manages to escape the asylum and captures Dr Melanie's boyfriend. While Dr Melanie tries to talk the killer out of his action, the killer kills the boyfriend to ascertain her feelings towards the boyfriend before disappearing into thin air, right in front of Dr Melanie's eyes.
Puzzled of such feat, Dr Melanie was left traumatised and at the brink of being crazy, trying to figure out the incidents. Only after she met with her professor who explains about the multiverse, Dr Melanie manages to calm herself a bit as she knows about a fact - the killer is a universe traveller and he is travelling all over the universe to erase his problem. And somehow his problem involves Dr Melanie. 

Why is the killer so determined to look for Dr Melanie? Will Dr Melanie survives the ordeal? 
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MY REVIEW
Plot: 3.8/ 5.0 The movie revolves around so many universes/ multiverse that at times, one might get confused as to where exactly the scene is. I kinda like the twists thrown in the movie - the idea is great for a Malaysian movie. It keeps you guessing the real motive of the killer. Also, perhaps due to some limitations, the characters were not sufficiently built that I feel like half-satisfied with some of the characters. Considering all, I would say The Spiral has a gem in the making - a totally different kind of movie that one will not expect from a Malaysian movie. Not your usual movie here. And it wouldn't be fair to compare the technologies used with other countries. 
Cast: 4.0/ 5.0. Siti Saleha manages to uphold the movie with her emotions for different characters in the movie. Peter Davies also excels in his martial arts and applausable deliverance of heavy emotions. Some actors were just throwing lines - perhaps a better casting could have further livened the movie.  The martial arts choreography was ok - at times seems a bit rehearsed. And may I request for a better cast for the extra actors too? They need a little more work.
Will I watch it again: I don't mind watching it again, at my home. And I kinda looking forward to more movies from PF Wong and the group - you guys are a diamond in the rough - waiting to be discovered and to breathe in a new style of Malaysian movies.
Rawlins GLAM
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