Netflix’s New Supernatural Revenge Thriller Features the Stars of ‘The Eye’ and ‘The Eye 2’
The first episode is emotionally brutal.
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Streaming today, October 9th, on Netflix is The Resurrected! All nine episodes of this Taiwanese Netflix original series are available to watch now.
The series follows two mothers who seek revenge on the man who tortured their daughters (one daughter was killed, and the other is in a coma). The twist is, the mothers concoct their revenge scheme after the man has already been executed for his crimes. They plan to resurrect him and make him suffer for as long as they can. Take a look at the trailer below:
The Resurrected stars Shu Qi and Angelica Lee as mothers Wang Hui-chun and Chao Ching respectively. If you’re familiar with Asian cinema, there’s a good chance you know both of the lead actresses in this series. Shu Qi is one of the most famous Taiwanese actresses of all time, and Angelica Lee burst onto the scene with her award-winning performance in The Eye in 2002.
In fact, both Shu Qi and Angelica Lee have starred in The Eye franchise. As stated above, Angelica Lee starred in The Eye (2002). She plays Wong Kar Mun, the recipient of a cornea transplant that leads to her seeing spirits. The movie has some truly chilling scenes.
Shu Qi stars in the sequel, The Eye 2 (2004). Shu Qi plays Joey Cheng, a woman who attempts to kill herself at the beginning of the movie. Her attempt fails, and she finds out during her recovery that she is pregnant. She then begins seeing spirits, and she feels that she is haunted by a ghost that wants to harm her unborn child.
As you might have gathered from those descriptions, The Eye is spooky, and The Eye 2 is fairly brutal. They’re both worth checking out if you haven’t seen them. Also worth checking out is The Resurrected!
I’ve only watched the first episode of The Resurrected, but it’s really solid so far. The opening scene with a CGI monkey had me a little nervous about what to expect, but that scene is important. And after that, once the story really gets underway, the episode is quite good. It feels mostly like a very dark crime and revenge thriller, but the supernatural element of resurrection has me intrigued.
Shu Qi and Angelica Lee are awesome (if you can’t tell, I’m a big fan of them both), and they’re intensely compelling in their roles. Shu Qi’s character is more sad and broken, while Angelica Lee’s seems to be driven by hate. They show two sides of grief, which I can tell is going to be very interesting when they decide that death is too good for the man who took their daughters from them.
You can stream every episode of The Resurrected now on Netflix.
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