An interesting analogy of three stories about a woman who disappears from the home she shares with her family and ends up in a futuristic city; a puppeteer who tries to warn dance troupe about using cursed puppets; and a policeman who gets held hostage by a psychotic man who lives with his ill wife.
Each story is produced by the countries of Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand, but it is the Hong Kong one that I remembered most. Leon Lai plays a very convincing and melodramatic crazy doctor who uses herbal medicine to keep his wife alive, while the cop (Eric Tsang) watches desperately to bring the doctor to his senses and reality. Tsang has mostly been cast playing wacky or funny characters, but this one he plays it straight - serious and solemn - a welcome departure.
The cinematography of the story captures the eeriness of the situation and the depressive feeling of the projects the doctor was living in. A riveting story, but unique and dreary at the same time.
Grade B-
Each story is produced by the countries of Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand, but it is the Hong Kong one that I remembered most. Leon Lai plays a very convincing and melodramatic crazy doctor who uses herbal medicine to keep his wife alive, while the cop (Eric Tsang) watches desperately to bring the doctor to his senses and reality. Tsang has mostly been cast playing wacky or funny characters, but this one he plays it straight - serious and solemn - a welcome departure.
The cinematography of the story captures the eeriness of the situation and the depressive feeling of the projects the doctor was living in. A riveting story, but unique and dreary at the same time.
Grade B-