Koma opens with an attention getting sequence that has a drunk wedding guest (Lee Sinje) stumbling into a hotel room where a woman who's kidney has just been removed for black market sale is struggling for life.

From here the film takes us on a cat 'n' mouse ride as she ends-up getting involved with her stalker (Karena Lam) who it turns out has been having an affair with her boyfriend. Then the plot does a few more flips and flops as Sinje's character continues to be stalked and there's a whole lot of talk about "taking" her kidney.

It all leads up to a finale that, despite having a fairly predictable twist, manages to be satisfying.

Director Lo Chi Leung (Inner Senses) keeps the film moving at a steady pace and gives it some stylish kinetic direction and the film benefits from the good acting of the two leads; but the problem with Koma is the fact that the script by Susan Chan is a bit shaky in realism and when you think about it, really nothing much goes on.

Still there's a few quick moments of effective bloodshed, a freaky moment involving a missing tooth, and the movie does manage to be a watchable thriller.

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Directed By: Lo Chi Leung.
Written By: Susan Chan.

Starring: Karena Lam, Lee Sinje, Andy Hui, Raymond Wong.

Picture Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen.

Picture Quality: Despite a smattering of grain throughout the movie, the transfer is pretty solid here and manages to be pretty crisp.

Extras: Tartan Asian Extreme continues bringing us quality discs and they've put some decent features here.

There's a trailer (plus trailers for Old Boy, A Tale Of Two Sisters, Whispering Corridors, and A Snake Of June), a photo gallery, an alright "making of" featurette (though the subtitling I suspect is missing some of what the people are saying), and an okay commentary with director Leung.