The Chosen One review: Zong Zijie-led exorcist flick works better as a romance than an action pic

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The shot-in-Penang movie also stars The Teenage Psychic’s Yao Yao and Gurmit Singh.

— who's dubbed the No. 1 Exorcist — can see ghosts and cast out demons. But due to a deeply personal reason, he curtails his powers and instead cons people who seek his help for possessed victims.

The film is dragged down by dated, cheapo-looking demon-busting CGI-ed action. And Gurmit Singh bringing his trademark schtick as the unfunny comic relief. The exorcist dude is forced to deploy his banishment powers like a magician in a lit-up kung fu show in the movie's weaker, predictable, wrap-it-up second portion when the evil Japanese ghosts strike.

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