{"id":91063,"date":"2026-10-07T21:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91063"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:42:01","slug":"review-the-mage-review-josie-ho-scavenges-lost-souls-in-supernatural-detective-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91063","title":{"rendered":"Review | The Mage review: Josie Ho scavenges lost souls in supernatural detective thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/05\/cd4d74ab-9913-4ab3-8d43-effceb718fa6_72b689c4.jpg?itok=r0VBit_R&amp;v=1791192902\" \/><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">A seemingly deranged rubbish collector makes for an unorthodox cinematic sleuth. Yet this is precisely the conceit of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The Mage<\/em>, a supernatural whodunnit that pairs the pungent outcast with a cynical police detective to make sense of a spate of gruesome deaths in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Beneath the grime is <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Josie Ho Chiu-yee<\/span>. The billionaire heiress has long exhibited a fascination with the wealth spectrum\u2019s lower end in the stylised horror films produced by her own studio, 852 Films, having previously starred as a struggling homebuyer in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Dream Home<\/em><\/span> and a troubled property investor in the Tokyo-set <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Onpaku<\/em><\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The Mage<\/em> plays like <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Keeper of Darkness<\/em><\/span> meets <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Limbo<\/em><\/span>, blending the former\u2019s spirit-guiding premise with the latter\u2019s rubbish-filled procedural grit. In it, Ho gleefully offends every nostril as Lan, a former fortune-teller now burdened with a crippling phobia of water after a client (Sabrina Ng Ping) jumped from a building and landed at her feet during a torrential downpour.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3369798\/mage-review-josie-ho-scavenges-lost-souls-supernatural-detective-thriller?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seemingly deranged rubbish collector makes for an unorthodox cinematic sleuth. 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