Re-cycle
2006 1h 48m movie Film Hong Kong

Re-cycle

鬼域

Synopsis

鬼域

Ting-yin, a young novelist, is struggling to come up with a followup to her best-selling trilogy of romance novels. After drafting her first chapter, she stops and deletes the file from her computer. She then starts seeing strange, unexplainable things and finds that she is experiencing the supernatural events that she described in her novel-to-be.

The 2005–2007 Hong Kong Window

41 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Re-cycle sits at position #16.

  1. The Departed
    #1

    The Departed

    ★ 8.2 · 2006

  2. Secret
    #2

    Secret

    ★ 7.6 · 2007

  3. Election 2
    #3

    Election 2

    ★ 7.3 · 2006

  4. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
    #4

    Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

    ★ 7.2 · 2007

  5. The Protector
    #5

    The Protector

    ★ 7.1 · 2005

  6. Election
    #6

    Election

    ★ 7.1 · 2005

  7. Daisy
    #7

    Daisy

    ★ 7.1 · 2006

  8. Robin-B-Hood
    #8

    Robin-B-Hood

    ★ 7.0 · 2006

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Re-cycle premiered. 146 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
155
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #318 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Fantasy productions specifically: #25 of 75 (top 33%).

Production Details

Primary Country Hong Kong
All Production Countries Hong Kong, Thailand
Original Language Cantonese
Spoken Languages Cantonese, Mandarin
Production Companies Magic Head Film Production, Universe Entertainment
Runtime 1h 48m
Release Date May 26, 2006
IMDb tt0498311

Themes & Motifs

  • parent child relationship
  • hallucination
  • confusion
  • spirituality
  • alternate reality

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