The 9th Precinct (2019)

I want to start by saying:
Roy Chiu is extremely good looking and I legit got distracted by his beauty a few times.

The movie did exactly what I expected it to do - entertained me. The plot is fairly simple and they explained the lore of the ghosts enough for me to understand what is going on. The funny scenes made me laugh, and the emotional ones made me feel things (though I'm easily moved, so this is an extremely subjective statement). I enjoyed all the characters and random English words thrown by them.

I must say, the way the movie was filmed and edited was exactly my type. From the beginning I was enjoying the aesthetics of it.

Any flaws? The final scene between the big bad guy and the hero was... extremely anticlimactic. It was built up well. I could see that male lead is trying to outsmart the villain, while Hsueh is dealing with, let's say, trauma. Sadly, what followed was weak. With how entertaining the movie was, I expected some epic fight by the end.

Overall, a short, fun movie for a relaxing evening with which you don't have to strain your brain too much. If you are searching for pure entertainment based on some crime/supernatural elements, go for it.

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Unique & Brilliant

Okay so I went into this thinking it might be a bit more silly cuz of the image that showed up for it 😅 However it was actually a pretty serious story that just had a few silly moments.

So the story is a cop that is a very "man of justice" type can see ghosts and wants to bring justice not just for the living but also the dead. He gets kicked from his main department and transferred to the secretive 9th Precinct. Here he's entered a world where ghosts are the clientele and your job is helping them move on. As the story goes we meet his coworkers, an interesting journalist, and learn of an ancient evil.

Now I know a lot of that seems like typical supernatural cop thriller stuff. I get it. However, I feel like they did it in a pretty unique way that really makes it shine.

The only drawback I have is the mid-credits ending. It leaves the floor open for a possible sequel but I'm unsure if there are talks of one being made. If not, then I feel like they shouldn't have had it in there.

The ending before the credits was perfect and brought the whole story full circle, in my opinion.

Either way I truly recommend people give this a chance because it is really beautiful.

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