Review: Half Light

Was out with rachel today and included in our video shopping spree was a chinese version of "Half Light" starring Hans Matheson with Demi Moore 2006. Of course I had to buy it! Though I would very much prefer a non chinese version.

The movie was really spooky. Thank God Yan watched with me, holding my hand tightly even,(giggles) beside a sleeping rachel on the sofa. In it, Demi's character lost her only child, a young boy due to accidental drowning and its ghost came to warn the mum of coming dangers. One of the danger was the seduction of Angus (Hans Matheson) looking forever so handsome and sentimental, a lone lighthouse keeper on a beautiful island. The scenery was so breathtaking with the waters breaking against the rocks near the historic lighthouse. Once again the music composed was so romantically appropriate. How could any woman not fall for him, such a handsome and caring and friendly character. The twist was he was actually Patrick (Hans Matheson) hired to destroy her by her best friend in cahoots with her ex-husband for her $4 million insurance cover.

Angus was no ghost afterall. Being fully human, he unfortunately fell for Rachel Carlson (demi moore) while pretending to fall for her. He decided he had to help her instead! In the end, Patrick was possessed by the ghost of another Angus who had actually died several years back after he caught his wife and her lover together and murdered them in cold brutal fashion. So while possessed and while Rachel still thought of him as a ghost, Patrick killed both Sharon, the best friend and her ex-husband Brian in exactly the same sphine chilling manner. He managed to hand over the symbolic mother of pearl shell as a "token of love" to the terrified Rachel before he plunged to his death from the top of the lighthouse in exactly the way that the original Angus had died. The final moments on screen were particularly endearing without dialogue yet beautifully communicated by Hans with his sincere soulful eyes. Ouch!

Sigh...wish I am Demi Moore. haha She get to act "to flirt" and enjoy wonderful moments with him. Of course they were just acting and its a job. I thought the horse riding scene was particularly romantic. Imagine yourself holding on to the man you love with the horse galloping ahead and the wind blowing in the hair. Ironically, it was tough for the manly actor who had to ride sans the saddle and while looking happy he was actually in pain. Pain that a woman cannot understand. I rode horses before a few times and even with the saddle, the riding boots and so on, its not exactly a comfortable ride. Shortly after riding one experiences such lower backache and both the thigh and calf muscles hurt. It was as if one had been squating but not seating over the toilet bowl for a long time. Any way, seeing Hans on horses in most of his roles, gave me to urge to want to horse ride again, though it is pretty dangerous to have my rachel ride with me on the same muscular and beautiful creature that i love, more than dogs actually.