Cheng Li-sheung (Josie Ho) is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive – even if it means keeping her would-be neighbours dead.
There is much to leave the average viewer gasping with disbelieving shock in Ho-Cheung Pang’s Dream Home – the castration of a young man mid-coitus or the plastic-bag asphyxiation of a heavily pregnant woman, just for starters. But the director lets us in very early on as to the true nature of evil in his terrifically entertaining social satire/slasher pic – a pre-credit crawl that states the average price of a Hong Kong apartment is nearing HK$2000 per square foot.
This is particularly troubling for Cheng Li-sheung (the wide-eyed and ingratiating Josie Ho), who harbours a lifelong obsession to own an apartment in an unattainable high-rise that overlooks Victoria Harbour. Working two jobs and having already chosen to unburden herself of her ailing father (Norman Chui), she will let nothing stand between her and the opportunity to make her fantasy a real-estate reality.
To secure a place at an affordable price, she takes it upon herself to lower the property values of the building. And nothing brings market values crashing down like a frenzied murderous rampage in a neighbouring unit.
Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By: Ho-Cheung Pang
Written By: Cheung Pang
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