All language subtitles for Double.Vision.2002.CHINESE.1080p.WEBRip.x265-VXT

[WOMAN MOANING IN PAIN]

[SCREAMING]

[IN MANDARIN]
Hurry. Get ready to operate.

Hurry up!

It's stillborn.

Stop the bleeding.
Wait, one more.

Sponge.

We're losing the mother.
Commence CPR quickly.

[BABY CRYING]

Help stop the bleeding.

Hurry. Come help, hurry.

[BABY CRYING]

[♪♪♪]

[BEEPING]

[SIGHS]

[MUFFLED SINGING
AND MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING IN MANDARIN]

What are you
doing here?

Sleeping at your office
again tonight?

Is your office really
that comfortable?

It stinks worse than the
restroom here.

Every day, you don't go home,
you ignore your wife and child.

Just hole yourself up
in your damn office,

playing your damn chess.

Who would feel sorry for you?

Do you look like someone working
for the Foreign Affairs unit?

[GUNSHOT]

[CHESSBOARD BEEPING]

Tai Feng Chemical Group

[FLASHBULB
AND SHUTTER CLICKING]

[FLASHBULB
AND SHUTTER CLICKING]

How long have you
worked here?

Miss? Why isn't the air
conditioning on?

Boss told us to turn it off.

Don't you know how hot it is?

Two hours ago, the boss
kept telling me

the office was too cold.

I gave him a blanket,

but still he said
it was too cold.

So he told us to turn off
the air conditioning.

You can turn it on now,

since your boss
has kicked the bucket.

What is the situation?

Captain, do you know
who he is?

The chairman
of the Tai Feng Corporation.

The one who dumped toxic waste
into the river?

Yes.

Come with me.

The medics took one look at him
and called us.

It's ridiculous.
I believe he was drowned

in icy water.

The mucus in his
nasal cavities is frozen.

Drowned?

Hey.

Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey.

You are with Foreign Affairs.
This is not your case.

What are you doing here?

Might this not be
the original crime scene?

This scene is perfectly intact.

And his employees say
he never left his office.

What case?
I said, I have a case here.

On such a hot day
as today,

the boss of
a major corporation

drowns in his
17th-floor office.

What the hell
are you doing here?

What case are you on?
Hey.

What are you doing?
What is he doing here?

Captain.

Huo-tu, you have
no business here. Go back.

[SPEAKING MANDARIN]

Espin Pinosa?

[IN ENGLISH]
Yes, sir.

[IN ENGLISH]
I've got to bring you in

for violating Taiwan's agreement

on foreign workers
with the Philippines.

Understand? Come with me.

[IN MANDARIN]
I don't understand.

[IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I'm arresting you.

[IN ENGLISH]
No! Why? Why's that?

Why is that? No.

No, no. Why?

[♪♪♪]

[IN MANDARIN]
Mei-mei, go outside.

Mommy wants to talk to Daddy.

Mei-mei.

Mei-mei.

What happened to her neck?
That was last week's news.

Her classmate shot at her
with a toy gun at naptime.

Didn't I tell you
not to bring Mei-mei here?

When was the last time
you came home?

The teacher wants a meeting
with her parents.

I cannot take another day off.
You go this time.

I'll take these clothes
home to wash.

I think Mei-mei
should stay with you.

It's better for her
to be with her mother.

Why make us miserable too?

Mei-mei, we're going home.

[KNOCKING]

I've never seen
anything like it.

His epidermal and dermal layers
were completely frozen.

How is that possible?
Is there water in his lungs?

Not one drop.

But his brain...

Come look at this.

This is the thalamus.
Seat of the nervous system.

Guess what that is?

What is it?

It looks like mold.
Yes. It is mold bacteria.

This was scraped
out of his sinus cavity,

same bacteria as in his brain.

What did you put for
cause of death?

"Suspected drowning."

Is that a good thing to do?

No. It's not good at all.

Is it toxic?
Don't know.

Taiwan can't find out.

Our technology
is too far behind.

Where can we find out?

Quantico, Virginia, U.S.A.

FBI ACADEMY

[PEOPLE LAUGHING]

MAN [IN ENGLISH]:
Anyway,

the U.S. is not
only the biggest producer

of movies
and nuclear weapons.

We're also number one
in serial killers.

Now, when we give these classes,

what the bureau doesn't want
us to tell you is that...

we still fail.

Every rule has its exception,

and you learn from failure.
So...

let's start there.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

Okay, in 1994,
a total of nine corpses

were found
in the suburbs of St. Louis.

All boys.

And all found lying like this:

Posed, facedown.

Cause of death was
strangulation.

There were no bruises,
no signs of struggle.

No evidence of
molestation either.

All the victims were runaways.

Kids who slipped through
the cracks, et cetera.

I drew up a profile
of a type we call

a "preferential offender."
Street predator.

White male, of course.

Loner. Out of work or itinerant.

Socially inept,
sexually repressed, an outcast.

But when the killer
turned himself in--

He surrendered?
Yes.

Walked into his local
police department.

As if that wasn't
embarrassing enough,

we soon found that except
for the "white male" part,

he did not correspond to one
single detail of my profile.

In fact, I could not have been
any more wrong.

That wasn't even
the strange part.

The strange part were the
victims' facial expressions.

Are they smiling?

Sure appears that way,
doesn't it?

Almost as if they were on
some kind of a high,

at the moment
of their death.

In a state of bliss.

[RAIN FALLING]

HSIN-YI DISTRICT, TAIPEI

[DOG BARKING]

[♪♪♪]

[IN MANDARIN]
Fire department?
My home is on fire.

I'm at Alley 200, Section 3,
Hsin-yi Road--

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAM ECHOING]

SENATOR'S WIFE
TO SUE CHIU FOR ADULTERY

I've never experienced
this kind of situation before.

Of course I'm scared.

I am too.

She's the one?

The senator's mistress?
She's the one.

Bailed out just this morning.

Who reported this?

She called the fire department
an hour ago to report a fire.

They hurried over.
And no sign of a fire at all.

No.

Your face looks
worse than hers.

Look at her arms.

This peculiar
kind of contortion

is caused by severe
muscular dehydration.

This situation
only happens

to corpses burned to death
at very high temperatures.

But here...

How could it be?

LI:
"Suspected murder,

cause of death unknown"?

This doesn't look good.

My report is based
on current evidence.

And I feel both cases
are related.

Re-examine the corpse.
Rewrite the report.

As if we don't have
enough problems already.

Getting tangled up in
a politician's personal affairs.

Re-examine her heart.

People die of heart attacks
every day!

TEACHERS' OFFICE

[BELL RINGING]

WOMAN:
This is Su Chao-pin.
He cut your daughter's hair

during naptime today.

Then she scratched his eye.

Last week....

This is Huang Chin-feng.
Your daughter fought with him.

Mr. Huang, excuse me,

I risk offense
to ask a question.

I am thinking, would it be
better if you sent her

to a special school?

[♪♪♪]

WOMAN:
Huang Mei-mei's parent.

Huang Mei-mei's parent.

[♪♪♪]

Has she been taking her
medication?

I don't know.
I suppose so.

You "suppose"?

[DISTANT SQUEAKING]

She hates taking them.

But I haven't been home
recently.

The pills don't work so well.
But she should take them.

[SQUEAKING]

[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]

[DOORS OPEN]

[SQUEAKING]

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

CHURCH OF NEW TRUTH, TAMSUI

[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

[♪♪♪]

[SCREAMS]

[CELLULAR PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

What?

[MEI-MEI WHIMPERING]

[WHIMPERING]

Mei-mei,
it's just a dream.

JIAN MING LEGAL SERVICES

DIVORCE AGREEMENT

[POLICE WHISTLE BLOWING]

Father Lorenzo died
in his own room last night.

Murdered.

This case is sensitive
because of his identity.

Taiwan must go through this man
to buy weapons from America.

The foreign press will be here,
you deal with them.

I have left Homicide.
Leave me alone, would you?

Foreign Affairs handles
foreigners in Taiwan.

And you speak the best English.
It's all yours.

HUO-TU:
What happened?

CORONER:
Time of death, 3 a.m.

There were at least
two murderers.

While the victim was asleep,
they disemboweled him.

This is intestinal fat
that insulates our intestines.

After the suspects
cut open Lorenzo's belly

they took out his intestines,
washed them with water,

replaced them
and sewed him up.

He lasted at least two hours
before he died.

It looks as though
he had been held down,

but his wrists
have sustained no injuries.

Now will you still say
those people

died naturally of heart attacks?

After an initial investigation,
we have discovered

that the deaths
of Father Lorenzo,

the chairman of Tai Feng,

and Chiu Miao-fang
are all possibly related.

These are serial murders.

Because this case--

[OVERLAPPING QUESTIONS]

REPORTER:
Let the chief finish.

Because this case
has generated many rumors,

causing anxiety among
our society,

our police force wishes
to solve this crime logically.

Through the American Institute
in Taiwan,

the FBI has agreed
to send an agent

specializing in serial murder

to Taiwan to assist
in solving this case.

We hope he can use a scientific
method to move us forward.

REPORTERS:
Chief...

A question from
Miss Chow, please.

Are you giving in
to political pressure?

Also, what about Taiwan's
judicial independence?

Everyone, I am announcing that

this FBI investigator doesn't
have the right to bear arms,

arrest, nor interrogate.

The legal investigation rights
are clear.

Rumors say there are talismans
on the corpse.

Was it a cult ritual?

No such thing.

What's the name
of the agent?

His name is Kevin Richter.

What?

How do you spell that?
WOMAN: How do you spell that?

MAN: How do you spell that?

R-I-C-H-T-E-R.

Bye.

MAN:
What a nut!

That was my husband.

MAN [IN ENGLISH]:
What do you imagine
the murderer to be like?

WOMAN:
Are there any political agendas
for your trip?

Do you speak Chinese?

How will you go to investigate
without speaking Chinese?

You wouldn't happen to know
an officer Huang Huo-tu?

[LAUGHTER]

You want to listen
to some music?

And ruin this conversation?

Yeah, sure.
Fine with me.

[JAZZY MUSIC PLAYS]

[IN MANDARIN]
The same mold was
found in the brains

[TRANSLATING
INTO ENGLISH]

and nasal cavities
of the victims.

Whether it's toxic

and how it entered
the bodies of the victims

will depend on the report
from America.

There are no obvious motives
to the murders.

And they did not
know one another.

On the body
of the third victim,

a Taoist talisman painted
with the victim's blood.

We have checked
with the Taoist Society.

They've never
seen it before.

It should be
related to Taoism.

[IN ENGLISH]
Yes, okay. Now, I wanted to--

Excuse me. Could you hold on?
Just hold on.

Hey, hey, hey.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

Would you tell them I said
they shouldn't count on

a Taoist organization for help.

[IN MANDARIN]
He said we shouldn't
have done that.

[IN ENGLISH]
What we want is an expert,
a scholar

in religious studies
from a university maybe, or...

[IN MANDARIN]
He said we should
ask a scholar.

[IN ENGLISH]
That's it.

Did you explain how, how--?

Okay. All right, look,
this is, this is...

Do we know why the killer
picked these victims?

[IN MANDARIN]
Anyone know why the victims
were chosen?

[IN ENGLISH]
Because it seems to me

that's currently the top
priority of our investigation.

Everything else
is a waste of time.

HUO-TU [IN MANDARIN]:
Everything else
is a waste of time.

Didn't we just say
there's no obvious motive?

Is this material
from a textbook?

Why come all the way
to tell us this?

Who is in charge?
Who is in charge?

All right, stop it.

[LI SPEAKING MANDARIN]

[IN ENGLISH]
What are they saying?

[IN ENGLISH]
They said "Thank you,"

and they will consider
your suggestions.

Uh-huh.

Yeah. I can see that.

[IN MANDARIN]
That's all for today.

No questions, right?

[IN ENGLISH]
That's it for today.

Okay, well, then,
if someone can just take me

to the scene
of the Lorenzo murder--

[IN MANDARIN]
How tall can a person get?

[LAUGHTER]

[SPEAKING MANDARIN]

I had these blessed
for our safety.

[IN ENGLISH]
Sit down. Sit down.

HUO-TU:
Excuse me.

Excuse me.
What, what?

Sit down, please.
Sit down, please.

[IN MANDARIN]
He wants to go
to Lorenzo's murder scene.

Not necessary. We checked
everything out in detail.

And took photographs.

[IN ENGLISH]
He says it's not necessary.

RICHTER:
Bullshit.

That's bullshit.

Go ahead, translate it.

HUO-TU [IN ENGLISH]:
I don't have to.
They know that word.

Good. Well, tell them I said
it's very necessary.

It's what I do.
It's why I'm here.

[IN MANDARIN]
You take him there.

But I don't know
anything about this.

[IN ENGLISH]
He said it's okay.

Good. Okay.

Well, then, uh...

[IN MANDARIN]
Thank your mother.

Thank your mother.

We, we...

[IN ENGLISH]
It means "Thank you
very much," right?

Right.

This is Taoist, isn't it?

Can I offer advice?

You should be more respectful.
Not talk so much.

Thanks.

I'll consider your suggestion.

You are a foreigner.

I'm saying, if you don't
want to cause trouble.

I'm surprised at you, Huo-tu.

I didn't figure you
for the cautious type.

That's not your reputation.
What do you mean?

You researched my background?

I like to know my partners.

This story is why
the AIT recommended you to us.

They don't have much confidence
in your police force.

They got it all wrong.

I'm no different than any other
policeman on the force.

And I regret very much
my naive behavior.

WOMAN REPORTER [IN MANDARIN]:
What do you have to say
about your corruption trial?

[REPORTERS OVERLAPPING
IN MANDARIN]

Huang Huo-tu, you bastard!

How can you sleep at night?

What kind of cousin are you?

Officer Huang!

[FLASHBULBS
AND SHUTTERS CLICKING]

[IN ENGLISH]
Watch out!

[BRAKES SQUEALING]

[HONKING HORN]

Listen, I was assigned to this
case. I got no choice.

And you are not going to get
any special treatment from me.

Got it.

Just do me a favor
and try not to kill me, okay?

So this is where
the dead guy goes?

HUO-TU:
Yes.

What's this?

HUO-TU:
Lung Chi-ji,
air conditioner.

Yeah.

Let's just see.

[FAN TURNS ON]

[COUGHS]

Were there air conditioners
at the other crime scenes?

The whole city has them.
It's hot. Why?

Do you have any idea...

what this is?

MAN [IN MANDARIN]:
This is the pellet found
in Lorenzo's room.

This is from Chiu Miao-fang's
air conditioner.

This was found on the floor
of Chairman Liao's office.

They were from the same device.

HUO-TU [IN MANDARIN]:
What device?

Possibly a converted
air rifle.

These people are amazing.
Why do you say that?

To hollow out
and drill three holes

requires
advanced technology.

Besides...

Look.

It's the same bacteria
found in the victims.

So the killers put the mold
into the hollowed-out pellets,

then shot them into
the air-conditioning vents

for the bacteria to dissipate.
Correct.

[♪♪♪]

[IN MANDARIN]
How are you?

[IN ENGLISH]
Hello there,
how you doing?

What's the matter?

You shy, huh?

Well, I'm just wondering...

what you're doing here
all by yourself.

[IN MANDARIN]
My name is Kevin.

[IN ENGLISH]
Yours? What's your--?

CHING FANG [IN ENGLISH]:
Her name is Mei-mei.

She's my daughter.

I was just trying
to make her smile.

I apologize.
She's scared of strangers.

Not at all.
You taught her right.

Kevin Richter.
I know.

I'm the wife
of Officer Huang Huo-tu.

Oh, really?

It's a pleasure to meet you.
Me too.

Your husband. He's a...

You know, he's...

He's a very
interesting guy.

Yeah, he is.

Thank you for lying.

Anytime.

[IN MANDARIN]
Remember how I turned up
at Tai Feng

to arrest an illegal
foreign worker?

Well?

I found out
from the papers...

I checked the other two victims.

They were in the papers
and were killed thereafter.

TAI FENG DUMPS TOXIC WASTE
ILLEGAL LABORER WON'T TESTIFY

Huo-tu, I have
to tell you one thing.

Chief is concerned about that
FBI man. You must be careful.

Have you thought that
no matter what this Richter

comes up with
in the end or not,

your life will be different?

Think about it.

Let's say, because of him,
the case really does move ahead.

How do you think
the men will feel?

You will be even worse off.

He was called in
just to do a show.

Just help him
finish his show.

Besides...

I don't think the chief believes
this case can be cracked.

Just watch. He'll be looking
for a scapegoat.

It can't be cracked?
Are you an idiot?

Use your head.

This is not even a normal case.

How many years
since the academy?

Twenty? Have you seen
such a thing in 20 years?

Or heard anything like it?

Let me tell you,

it may not have been
committed by a human.

Now you've gone too far.

Today I stand in the
position of your friend,

although being your friend
sure as hell isn't easy

I still must tell you

you are facing
a hopeless chess game.

The best way is to give up,

and save your own skin.

[IN ENGLISH]
You mean

she hasn't
spoken in two years?

Not one word?

Nothing. Ever since
the incident.

You're talking
about the...

The abduction?

[DOOR CLOSES]

I'm sorry.
It's okay.

[IN MANDARIN]
What's going on?

[IN MANDARIN]
Don't lose it again.
Each copy costs $150.

I am busy. When I'm done,
I'll complete the application.

You're too busy
to sign your name?

I have to make
arrangements.

What have you done
for the past two years?

I spoke with my parents.

You won't have
to be responsible.

HUO-TU:
And our daughter?

I'll bring her to Canada.
They have specialists there.

She needs help.

She has a whole life
ahead of her.

Very well.
Thanks for taking the trouble.

Let's go, Mei-mei.

CHING FANG [IN ENGLISH]:
It was nice to meet you.

RICHTER:
Pleasure was all mine.

And good luck.
You will need it.

Thank you. Goodbye.

Bye-bye.

ACADEMIA SINICA

DR. SHENG ZU CHANG,
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

[IN MANDARIN]
Amazing. This talisman
is fairly new.

Several years ago,

a Taoist temple was unearthed
in Jiao Chi, China

called the True Sage Temple.

Inside, they discovered writing
carved into the stone.

Some religious implements
and talismanic relics.

These are the photographs.

[♪♪♪]

[TYPING AND BEEPING]

This way, please.

[♪♪♪]

TRUE SAGE TEMPLE

Do you understand?

The talisman on
the foreigner's body

is the same as those
discovered a few years ago.

HUO-TU:
What does the talisman
represent?

MAN: Gou Di.
HUO-TU: Gou Di?

MAN:
A summons
to the underworld.

A death curse
from the king of hell.

[♪♪♪]

[ALL CHANTING IN MANDARIN]

FRIGID HELL

TONGUE-REMOVAL HELL

DISEMBOWELMENT HELL

HEART-EXTRACTING HELL

[GASPING]

And the stone carvings...

MAN:
It is all in code.
We don't know what they mean.

We can't make out the text.
It's a complete puzzle.

This is a copy
of the same scriptures

in modern characters.

But they still
don't make any sense.

What about these diagrams?
MAN: They're common.

They're basic Taoist visions.

Taoism believes that
through this system,

it's possible to see
into the past and future.

It depicts
the universe of Taoism.

Mahjong and Chinese chess,

though minor examples,

have also evolved
from these diagrams.

[CHESSBOARD BEEPING]

[FLIPPING THROUGH PAPERS]

[♪♪♪]

Oh.

[IN ENGLISH]
I brought the markings.

And if you put it on top
of the scripture...

they encircle
Chinese characters.

This one, Fu,
would mean "Liao Zheng Fu."

And Miao
would mean "Chiu Miao-fang."

They happen to be
the first two victims.

And this one, Jing,

that one's more abstract.

Perhaps it has something
to do with the fact that

Lorenzo was
a Christian pastor.

And when Christianity was first
introduced to China long ago,

it was referred to
as the Jing religion.

So our guys are
using this pattern...

to search out their victims?

Or we could say he's fulfilling
a thousand-year-old prophecy.

You see this one?

[IN MANDARIN]
"The ones who don't
believe in God."

[IN ENGLISH]
Which means "the nonbeliever."

And this one is

[IN MANDARIN]
"yin and yang."

[IN ENGLISH]
All these are from
the same diagram.

Next victim
could be a Wong.

HUO-TU:
If according to this.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

RICHTER:
Phil?

Phil? Can we get on with it?

Well...

We're still not sure
how to interpret

some of this evidence
you sent us.

However, we're sure
of one thing.

The mold in the victims' brains
isn't mold after all.

It's a hybrid life form.

A bug-born fungus.

It's unlike any variety
we've ever seen before.

Look, this is a kind of mite.

And these spores
attach themselves.

So you're saying mites
carry the fungus to the brain?

Exactly. These insects

seek out the body warmth
of living organisms.

They need a host,
and they'll find one,

especially in small,
contained spaces.

That's why the killer
shot the fungus

into the air conditioning
units.

It's pretty ingenious,
actually.

The mites will enter
through the nose

find their way up to the warm
brain and embed themselves.

The victim doesn't
feel a thing.

But were you able
to establish cause of death?

Yes and no.

We did find very high
amounts of serotonin

and dopamine in all
of the victims' blood.

What's dopamine?

[IN MANDARIN]
A naturally
occurring chemical.

Same as morphine.

[IN ENGLISH]
How much is "very high"?

Are those elements toxic?
Not usually.

Just the opposite, in fact.

It's considered to be healing.

Now, the amount that we found
in all the victims' blood

is about 50,000 times
any previous recorded count.

To secrete this amount,

you'd basically have to do
about a metric ton of cocaine,

and then have an orgasm
that lasts 40 years long.

What a way to go.

So, uh,

you're saying
the dopamine

made the victims feel
like they were drowning

or being consumed by fire?

Well, it could. Just like
what drugs do to the brain.

But why should they have
different hallucinations?

Yeah, why is that?

Do you mean that the killer
can control their delusions?

To tell you the truth,
we don't know.

None of this
has ever really been studied.

WOMAN [IN MANDARIN]:
Only $100?

You can't give me two extra?
MAN: The boss says no.

When do you get off tonight?

WOMAN:
I'll tell if you buy more.

[REVS ENGINE
THEN HONKS HORN]

Then give me a Mild Seven.
Okay. Wait here.

[HONKS HORN]

Do you need
anything else?

[HORN HONKS]

MAN: What is your name?
WOMAN: I'm Xiao Ya.

[HONKS HORN]

Shit, what are you
honking about?

I'll pick you up later.

[HORN BLARING]

[♪♪♪]

Huo-tu!

HUO-TU:
Where to?

Scene of a murder.

This is from two days ago.

The victim
is Chen Liang-wang.

His parents
committed suicide.

We called his home
to check it out.

They said he went to a séance
at a Taoist temple.

He felt his parents had hid
his inheritance from him.

Do we know which temple?

I called to ask.

There are at least 1000
temples around here.

Li, long time no see!
What are you doing here?

We're here to visit you!
Stop it!

You are in
the media everywhere.

LI:
It's a pain in the ass.

They're injured.
Gangsters of this neighborhood.

Is there a Chen Liang-wang?
He's over there.

What's the situation?

DETECTIVE:
A girl saw two bald guys get
into an argument over traffic.

People came to watch,
and the van couldn't move.

No one saw
what actually happened.

LI:
The bald guys
killed the gangster?

[IN ENGLISH]
Looks like we got
our fourth victim.

WOMAN [IN MANDARIN]:
He took a gun and suddenly
there was a loud scream.

I couldn't see
what they were doing.

And things got confusing.

A lot of people came
over to watch...

Richter.

[♪♪♪]

[IN ENGLISH]
You all right
with your noodles?

I hope they're not
too hot for you.

No. No, they're spicy.

I'm from Texas.
I like spicy food.

Oh, yes? Then add more of this.
You'll like it.

Thank you.

I've been wondering.

That bag of yours in the car...

Are you religious?

It's not relevant what I am.

We are convinced

that something impure could
be lurking anywhere.

Impure?

Evil spirits, ghosts.

The altar or the red bag
are for peace and prosperity.

And most people believe in them.

You still haven't
answered the question.

Do you believe in them?

We just don't understand

why you can't see all the evil
in your country.

We see it.

And we manage to lock
it up once in a while.

That's impossible.

Look, I rely on science.

Not talismans,
not good-luck charms.

Your so-called
scientific methods

are only useful when dealing
with mortals like ourselves.

There are beings that cannot
be controlled by our laws.

What are you saying?

Are you saying that
the killer is an evil spirit?

Or some kind of...

I don't know, something from
another world, is that it?

What's wrong with you,
Mr. Richter?

All your years in the FBI,

you have never
encountered a demon before?

I'm beginning to see why
you have such a hard time

fitting in with your
fellow police officers.

You're going to profile me?

I am a suspect now?

[STARTS ENGINE]

Now, I may be a foreigner

but there are some things
that are universal.

What you are doing
to your family,

and yourself,
I've seen it before.

You gave me some advice
when I first got here.

I'm going to return the favor.
You're a brave man.

You could be
a great police officer.

You exposed major corruption.
That took courage.

Courage?
That's right. Courage.

And that's in any language.

Now you're just...

You're torturing yourself.

There's not too many men who
could have done what you did.

You let your colleagues
treat you like a joke.

You welcome it.

You hide out
in that little office,

you let your marriage
go to shit.

[ENGINE STARTS]

I've never fired a single shot
since I joined the force.

And I've never been under fire.

But my daughter did

by my own wife's cousin.

And I just did nothing.
I did nothing to stop it.

MEI-MEI [IN MANDARIN]: Daddy!
Don't come over!

Put the gun down.
Put the gun down!

HUO-TU: Yuan!
LI: Put your gun down.

Put it down!

I've been sentenced
to 15 years!

Daddy.
Mei-mei!

I gave my life to the police
force for 15 years in jail?

Yuan, don't do that.

She is your own niece!

We can appeal!

We can still appeal!

Daddy.
It's useless.

So what if I took the money?

CHI:
Think clearly about it.

Huo-tu. Are you really so clean?

You can't bear to see
someone have a better life?

Daddy!

Your daddy forced me
to do this.

No!

[♪♪♪]

HUO-TU [IN ENGLISH]:
His aim was off.
The bullet grazed her.

The doctor said
this girl was unharmed

and she's going to be fine.

But he was wrong.

Like you, he thought
only of science.

You asked what I believe in.

I believe that she saw
something evil that day.

And ever since,

she's been unable
to speak again.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[RINGS BUZZER]

WOMAN [IN MANDARIN ON INTERCOM]:
Who is it?

[IN MANDARIN]
My name is Huang.
I'm looking for Dr. Sheng.

Do you know what time it is?
Dr. Sheng has gone to bed.

I'm sorry. I am a police
officer. This is urgent.

This guy wants
to attain immortality.

Why didn't you show me
this before?

Attain immortality?

One branch of Taoism theorized
there are five kinds of hell.

There is frigid hell,

fire hell, disembowelment hell,
heart-extraction hell,

and tongue-removal hell.

After passing through
these five hells,

you attain immortality
in the sixth level.

How to pass through
the five tortures

is something people
cannot imagine.

So the murderer killed
in order to attain

immortality?

According to history,

there was a Wong Shang
during the Sung Dynasty

who is worshiped in Hong Kong's
Wong Tai Sin Temple.

Before he attained immortality,
he killed many half-humans.

These half-humans are
people who had committed sins,

and are neither human
nor ghost.

He must have used that theory
to send those man-ghosts to hell

so he could attain sainthood.

These four victims

are presumably
all morally corrupt.

It's said that Wong Shang

could write talismans
and perform rituals.

He had double pupils,
which enabled him

to see a thousand miles by day
and look at spirits by night.

Double pupils?

Yes. Double pupils means

that this person has two pupils

in one eye.

Only with two pupils
can one locate half-humans.

From looking
at his methods,

your murderer
is quite something.

He must have been
gravely ill

to be able to distill
this kind of potion.

Why must he be gravely ill?
According to Taoism,

grave illness is essential
for attaining immortality.

Only in grave illness

can a person
experience real awakening.

Dr. Shang,
I found some words.

Yin and yang.
Do you know what that means?

According to
the lunar diagram

these "Chi" represent
from May to July,

they also represent
fire, Huo, and earth, Tu.

[♪♪♪]

[CELLULAR PHONE RINGS]

Excuse me. Hello?

[IN ENGLISH]
Hello? Where are you?

RICHTER:
In a cyber cafe with a bunch of
teenagers, surfing the Web.

You know that Styrofoam we found
inside the killer's van?

It's a type of Styrofoam used
to prevent static electricity.

And the windows were covered
with a special material.

A heat-isolating layer
shuts out ultraviolet rays.

Now, in the U.S.,

both these are used
in delivery vans

for integrated-circuit units.

All our evidence
points to suspects

with a high-tech industry
background.

We're not looking
for delivery men.

These guys are highly placed.

[HANGS UP]

[IN MANDARIN]
Dr. Sheng.

Excuse me for asking.

Do you believe in this
"attaining immortality"?

If I told you yes,
you would immediately

doubt my authority.

Officer Huang,
if you ask me

whether I believe
in Taoist immortals,

or in aliens...

I would not choose aliens.

MAN:
This delivery van
belongs to Cutting Edge.

HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK
ADMINISTRATION

It no longer exists.
HUO-TU: What does that mean?

Cutting Edge was
an IC design company

owned by two guys who got
their Ph.D.'s from America.

They made a lot of money.

But they got caught up
in religion.

In the end, they sold the
company for $2 billion.

And the two went off
to become monks.

Do you have any data on them?

It's printing. These people
are really fanatical.

They spent a lot of money
to ship a temple

from mainland China.
The whole thing.

A historical relic.

They took the temple down,
piece by piece,

then put it back together.
How crazy.

Where is it?

[♪♪♪]

[KNOCKING]

Open up.

Open up! Police business!

Christ! How'd they fit
this temple in there?

[♪♪♪]

[FLY BUZZING]

Which one of you
is Lin Tao-sheng?

And Huang Yi-feng?

Lin Tao-sheng.

Huang Yi-feng.

You are the people
in charge here?

MAN:
We don't have
anyone in charge.

Bullshit! You didn't
register for a license?

[SPEAKS MANDARIN]

What are these?

Take them all away.

MAN: Bring them.
Move it.

Be cooperative.

You've violated
arms-control laws.

Hurry!
Move it!

Take them away!

What is this temple?

Did you register it?

What is inside there?

MAN:
Out of the way.

[ALL SCREAMING]

[♪♪♪]

[GUNSHOTS]

MAN [ON RADIO]:
Officer down! Help!

Send backup now!

Hurry up!

[♪♪♪]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[POUNDING]

Break the lock!

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪♪]

REPORTER 1:
This is Li Yun-chan at the scene
of the massacre

that took place inside
the Central World Building.

Nine officers and 24 members
of the True Sage cult

are listed as dead.

It has been confirmed that
Huang Yi-feng was killed.

REPORTER 3 [IN ENGLISH]:
The members of this cult are
from various social background,

among them, college
professors, doctors,

legislators, police officers
and even politicians.

Acting on new information,
police raided 50...

[OVERLAPPING QUESTIONS]

[♪♪♪]

[AIR WHISTLING]

[IN MANDARIN]
Officer Huang, the foreigner
inside wants to see you.

[IN ENGLISH]
What's happened?

I found something.

[HOLLOW ECHO]

[IN MANDARIN]
Come help.

Pull!

[IN ENGLISH]
What the hell?

[♪♪♪]

She needs an ambulance!

[IN MANDARIN]
Stretcher!

Emergency! Hurry!

Out of the way!

REPORTER 1 [IN ENGLISH]:
Agent Richter! Agent Richter!
Agent Richter!

REPORTER 2:
Can you give
your personal view

on the rather strange
aspect of murders?

My personal view is unimportant.
Get your goddamn cable off me!

There's been talk

of supernatural aspects
to these crimes.

That the killer's motive was
to attain immortality.

Well, then they
definitely failed.

REPORTER 3:
But some of the officers
handling the case

have either seen or experienced
supernatural phenomena.

Can you comment on that?

[IN MANDARIN]
Hey! How is--?

Your captain, how is he?

Got some 30 stitches.
You could even see his ribs.

I'll go see him.

He's under sedation.
The doctors want him to rest.

And the girl?

Her condition isn't critical.
She was already ill anyway.

[CELLULAR PHONE RINGS]

What do you mean
she was ill?

"Hsieh Ya-li.

"Benign brain tumor
exerts pressure

"on her pituitary gland
and optic chiasma and expands

to both sides of the forehead.
Condition deemed inoperable."

How about the injury
on her belly?

The skin on her belly
had been peeled off

and was used to cultivate--

What's it called?
A bug-born fungus.

The bureau has notified me
that Lin Tao-sheng

has confessed
to the murders.

Case closed.

[MONITOR BEEPING]

[BANDS PLAYING]

[IN ENGLISH]
Where do you want
to eat tonight?

It's my treat.
No. No, it's mine.

Those noodles of yours
almost killed me last time.

Since it's my last night here,

I thought we'd do something
more appropriate.

Got some directions here.

Uh...

Yeah. Take a left here
at this next street. Yeah.

And--?

And then, uh, you...

take a right up here at
this next light. I think.

It's the one after.

Oh.

Okay.

You take it from here.

Hey, you are late.
Hi.

Dinner is ready.
Oh, good, I'm starving.

Welcome, welcome.
Thank you.

Hi. Welcome home.

So you are not
interested in staying

one or two days more
as a tourist?

You will remember us
only for death.

Actually, the true beauty
of the island

is on the East Coast.

Like Su-ao, a little
fishing village.

Huang was born there.
Very pretty.

RICHTER:
Well, it sounds nice, but...

To be perfectly honest
with you,

I'm a little homesick.

Been a long time,
the job's done and...

Well, you know what?

I got a week's vacation coming
up at Christmas,

and maybe you two
will have me back.

Show me around.
Sure.

If it's not too cold.

Compared with the States,
we never get too cold.

Then it's a date.

Here's to Huo-tu's wife.

And to Mei-mei.

And this meal
and your gracious hospitality.

[IN MANDARIN]
And thank your mother.

[ALL LAUGH]

[IN ENGLISH]
What's so funny?

Someone tell me what's so funny.

Mei-mei.

It's my fault.

Somebody tell me
what's so funny.

No, I think it's my fault.

RICHTER [ON TV]:
...magic that broke
this case.

[IN MANDARIN]
Go to sleep.

...work has been
especially remarkable.

without his perseverance,

this case never would
have been solved.

REPORTER 1:
There's no supernatural
elements in the case?

It'd be a lot easier for us

if there were demons
and evil spirits.

Unfortunately, man is worse

than any figment
of our imagination. Excuse me.

REPORTER 2:
Agent Richter!

You're good.
I am, aren't I?

I give these things
dozens of times a year.

Now I am just tired.

I'm tired of--
Tired of pretending.

Everything is...

Everything is under control.

Until the next...

atrocity comes along.

And it will.

More and more,
I just want to...

I just want to scream.

I don't want to talk,
just scream.

You and your wife, why don't
you sleep in the same room?

No. Mei-mei always
gets nightmares.

She feels more comfortable
when her mom's around.

Don't you miss--?

Hm?

How long has it been since--?

Oh. Oh, hey. Hey.
What?

Is there any questions that is

too personal
for an American to ask?

Yes, definitely.

But not me.
So...

So tell me about your family.
Your wife.

My wife?
Yeah.

My wife is long gone.

How come you still
have your wedding ring on?

You ready for another one?

Yeah. I'll get it.
I'll get it.

No, no.
I'll get it.

Maybe not.

[♪♪♪]

[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

[TURNS OFF TV]

[SHOWER RUNNING]

[IN MANDARIN]
What?

What is it?

[♪♪♪]

HUO-TU [IN ENGLISH]:
Kevin.

Time to get up.

Kevin.

You've got a flight to catch.

Hey!

Kevin!

[YELLS]

[♪♪♪]

[MAN SPEAKING ON POLICE RADIO]

[IN MANDARIN]
What the hell
is going on?

Didn't you sleep here
last night?

[IN ENGLISH]
--not ask
so many questions.

[IN MANDARIN]
What the hell
are you mumbling about?

[IN ENGLISH]
Too much.
So many questions.

[IN MANDARIN]
There's mold
in his nasal cavity.

Like the victims before him.

It looks like he just
yanked off his own tongue.

[COUGHS]

How is it possible
that he was harmed, but not you?

[♪♪♪]

CHI:
Get the doctor, quick!

What are you saying?
[IN MANDARIN] Mei-mei...

is talking to me.

Out of the way.

What poison has he taken?

I don't know.

Why is there so much serotonin?
Two cc's haloperidol.

IV push.

Tell me, how he is doing?

What happened?
Family will wait outside!

CHING FANG:
Please tell me how he is.

DOCTOR:
He is probably flying
through space.

REPORTER [IN ENGLISH]:
In Taiwan, less than 24 hours

after being holding
a press conference

on the True Sage serial
killings,

FBI Special Agent
Kevin Richter himself

has been found murdered in a
Taipei apartment this morning.

It appears
he is the latest victim

in what just yesterday was
thought to be a solved case.

Another theory claims
that Richter was killed

to complete the fifth path
to Taoist immortality.

Richter had publicly claimed

that he did not believe
in spirits or demons.

According to Taoism, Richter
would therefore be condemned

to the tongue-extracting
hell punishment

for the unbeliever.

To understand Richter's death,
one has to go...

[IN MANDARIN]
...these "Chi" represent
from May to July,

they also represent
fire, Huo, and earth, Tu.

The murder is quite something.

He must be gravely ill
to be able

to distill a potion like this.

HUO-TU:
Why must he be gravely ill?

DR. SHENG:
According to Taoism,

grave illness is essential
for attaining immortality.

Only in grave illness

can a person
experience real awakening.

[♪♪♪]

[FLIES BUZZING]

[♪♪♪]

[SCREAMS]

Where's that girl?
Hsieh Ya-li?

I'm a police officer.

She's disappeared.
Disappeared?

Just disappeared.
Since this afternoon.

Aren't you--?
Aren't you the guy--?

EMERGENCY ROOM

[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]

HUO-TU:
Ching Fang.

Central World Building.
Are you there?

I don't know what happened.

I am unable to wake up.

The girl who is sick
is coming to see me.

She told me that
she killed everyone.

She hides in the cave
and meditates.

She found me
according to the scriptures.

She also said
all her disciples are gone now.

But she is not afraid.

She can still be immortal.

It will not be an obstacle.

Ching Fang.

Are you there?

Anyone there?

Hello?

[HANGS UP PHONE]

[DIAL TONE]

[♪♪♪]

[WHISPERING]

[♪♪♪]

Who are you?

What the hell
do you want?

Everything has already
been destined.

You came to see
me off. Come.

[GUNSHOT]

To hell with you!

I am a police officer.
You are under arrest.

On your knees.
Hands behind your back.

You seem so sad.
Do you need me to help you?

Come. Come back to
the hospital with me.

Really?
Can the hospital help you?

Would you rather
have Mei-mei here?

Mei-mei.

Maybe she can help you.

MEI-MEI:
Daddy!

Yuan! Don't shoot! Yuan!

Daddy!
Your daddy forced me to do this.

HUO-TU: Yuan!
Daddy!

[GUNSHOT]

Huo-tu! Have you ever really
cared about us?

Have you really needed us?

[SCREAMING]

[SOBBING]

Come on. Shoot me too.

Help me.

I don't believe people
can attain immortality.

I am a police officer,
Foreign Affairs division.

I am arresting you
as a suspect

of serial murders.

[GROANING]

This is not real.

I am...

Huang Huo-tu.

I neglected the lives
of my wife and daughter.

And ignored the deaths
of my colleagues.

You think I will help you?
Come on.

Come on!

Give it to me!

One shot and your heart
will stop instantly.

Your body will respond
as if you died from a gunshot.

You know when you die,
your wife and Mei-mei...

What will
their lives be like?

[SOBBING]

So pathetic!

With no one
to take care of them.

[♪♪♪]

EMERGENCY ROOM

Hey!

Hey!

Huo-tu.
Are you all right?

Where's the girl?

Inside.

Is she badly injured?

The bullet didn't enter.
It grazed her skull.

HUO-TU:
Did you check her eyes?

Is there anything
unusual about them?

Unusual?

Does she have two pupils
in one eye?

Come with me.

Seventeen years ago,
her mother gave birth here.

She gave birth to twins.

One was stillborn.
She was the other.

She was never a happy child.
No one to care for her.

They found a tumor
in her brain.

She claimed
she could see things.

You know what I mean?

She said she could
see her sister.

This is not unusual.

Brain-tumor patients
react like this.

It's like they're on drugs.
Like they're possessed.

It's difficult
to explain scientifically.

During her stay here,

she found out about her
stillborn twin and changed.

She said her sister
was not dead,

but had attained immortality.
The double pupils prove this.

[♪♪♪]

You scared me.

Are you all right?
I am now.

Where's Mei-mei?

Sleeping.
I'll wake her up for dinner.

Sleeping? Is she ill?

[♪♪♪]

DIVORCE AGREEMENT

SIGNED AND EXECUTED

[CHESSBOARD BEEPING]

CHING FANG:
Get up! Think you can
get away with this?

Can you hear me? Get up!

Ching Fang.

Like father, like daughter!
Ching Fang.

I'm telling you to get up!

Huo-tu.

I don't know
what to do with her.

Say you're sorry.
Apologize.

What are you doing?

[♪♪♪]

I must go.

You will come with me too.

[♪♪♪]

It has all been ordained.

Don't be afraid.

I'm not afraid.

Be brave.

I'm going now.

[SIGHS]

[♪♪♪]

LI:
Huo-tu!

Huo-tu!

I want to review the reports

before they go to your
superiors.

Where's Huo-tu?
Where's Huo-tu?

That's not him!

That's the girl.

He did not suffer.

We gave him CPR for a long time.
We did our best.

Wake up.

Wake up.

I know you can hear me.

Wake up. Can you hear me?

He inhaled too much
mold bacteria.

His heart
couldn't take it.

Wake up. Wake up!

Let him go!
No, I have to try!

I know he can hear me!

I will get him back.
I will get him back!

Come back!

You can't abandon me
and Mei-mei!

Come back!

Come back.

[SOBBING]

Tell your father to wake up.

[HUO-TU HUMMING]

Mommy. Mommy?

What is Daddy laughing at?

CHING FANG:
Daddy loves you,

but doesn't know
how to tell you,

so all he can do is smile.

MEI-MEI:
Daddy.

Daddy.

[♪♪♪]

LI:
Look at his eyes.

Paramedics!

Get him to the hospital!

He's crying!

[♪♪♪]

IF YOU HAVE LOVE,
YOU WILL NEVER DIE

[♪♪♪]