Released Year: 1993
Directed by 邱礼涛 Herman Chow
Casted by:
黃秋生 Anthony Wong as 王志恆/ 陳子良 Hang
李修賢 Danny Lee as 李Sir Lee
關寶慧 Emily Kwan as 小寶 Bao
劉兆銘 Liu Zhao Min as 鄭臨 Lam
成奎安 Sing Kwai An as 鄭鉢 Buu
李華月 Julie Lee as 會計小姐 Receptionist
Story:
The story opens with Wong Chi Hang fleeing the Hong Kong police, who are after him for murder. He winds up in Macau, where he takes a job as a cook at the 8 Immortals restaurant. After getting busted for cheating at a game of Mah Jong, Wong kills the owner and the family, taking over the restaurant himself. Meanwhile, the police, led by Officer Lee are called out to a local beach. It seems that a bag of decomposing body parts has washed ashore.
The police begin to suspect Wong has both something to do with the washed up body parts and the disappearance of the family. Wong continues to gleefully murder any of his employees who suspect what might be going on . . . disposing of their bodies in a most interesting way. Wong is captured near the middle of the film and placed in jail.
The cops need a confession, so they place him in a cell with a relative of one of his victims in the hopes that he can beat it out of Wong. The prison scenes are just as disturbing as the murders that have occurred earlier in the film - perhaps more so. What makes them truly unsettling is not merely the violence, but the fact that the viewer begins to sympathize with Wong. It's hard to watch him suffer at the hands of the police and the felons around him and not feel some kind of empathy, despite the fact that he's a brutal murderer . . . and therein lies the true strength of this film.
The police begin to suspect Wong has both something to do with the washed up body parts and the disappearance of the family. Wong continues to gleefully murder any of his employees who suspect what might be going on . . . disposing of their bodies in a most interesting way. Wong is captured near the middle of the film and placed in jail.
The cops need a confession, so they place him in a cell with a relative of one of his victims in the hopes that he can beat it out of Wong. The prison scenes are just as disturbing as the murders that have occurred earlier in the film - perhaps more so. What makes them truly unsettling is not merely the violence, but the fact that the viewer begins to sympathize with Wong. It's hard to watch him suffer at the hands of the police and the felons around him and not feel some kind of empathy, despite the fact that he's a brutal murderer . . . and therein lies the true strength of this film.
L² Scored: 7/10
L² Comment:
This movie is based on a true story which happen in Macau during 1985. The whole movie is very violence and bloody~ Anthony Wong definitely did a great job for bringing this psycho character out from the movie, therefore this has won him the best actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
The pace is not bad, except the part when the police try to solve the case, it looks dumb actually. And the way they torture the suspect is really over too, whether its true or not... it's indirectly warn us not to do bad things and go inside jail... lol~ They have film total of 3 movies from this... i'm so gonna search for the other 2...
The pace is not bad, except the part when the police try to solve the case, it looks dumb actually. And the way they torture the suspect is really over too, whether its true or not... it's indirectly warn us not to do bad things and go inside jail... lol~ They have film total of 3 movies from this... i'm so gonna search for the other 2...
I never finish this movie!! i want to watch!
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