Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

Every day, the Police Force receives 185 phone calls. 180 of them are about burglaries, murders, rapes and kidnappings. The remaining 5 begin with: "There is something strange in my house, can you please send someone over to take a look?" For rookie Sergeant Lee, being a cop means running down crooks and upholding the law. Injured in a shoot-out, he finds out to his horror that he is reassigned to the dubious-sounding Miscellaneous Affairs Department (MAD). There, he is paired up with Inspector Wong, a jaded and alcoholic veteran who explains that MAD's role is to answer supernatural calls. Wong explains MAD's rule number one - there are no ghosts. For every seemingly inexplicable phenomenon, there is a corresponding scientific and rational explanation. MAD begins investigating a string of bizarre teenage suicides - impossible suicides -- unless the victims were possessed. As Lee and Wong follow the clues, they realize something sinister is heading their way.

In Hong Kong vernacular, a "sparrow" is a pickpocket. It's the perfect term for Kei (Simon Yam), a gentleman thief who can easily lift your wallet and disappear without a trace. Kei and his partners make a good living doing this. It's sweet life for Kei, who spends his free time whizzing around the city on his bicycle, snapping photos with his vintage camera. One day, an alluring woman named Chun Lei (Kelly Lin) appears in his viewfinder and utterly captivates him. In fact, the entire team falls for her. However, in time, they realize that Chun Lei is a woman on the run, and she has deliberately lured them in for one reason - to steal something precious from a very dangerous man. Have the sparrows finally met their match? --Jason Soeda