RUN AND KILL is a pretty good HK action/drama with some notable scenes and performances. Basic story: All is well for "Fatty" until one day he catches his wife boning some other guy. Fatty goes to the local bar and gets all tore-up, where he meets a hooker who offers to set him up with someone who will "take-care" of Fatty's problem. Fatty unknowingly agrees ("unknowingly" because at this point he's too f'ed up to know what he's talking about...) and some guys murder Fatty's wife and her lover. Everything goes down-hill for Fatty at this point - and this is where RUN AND KILL starts to take off.
All-in-all a good film with excellent performances by Simon Yam and Kent Cheng especially. Plenty of action and a decent story to keep the film going, but not quite as violent as I had expected. Other than 1 or 2 "rough" scenes, RUN AND KILL plays out as a pretty straight-faced crime/action drama, that to me almost doesn't deserve it's "notorious" Cat III status. The one scene that some will have issue with is the murder of Fatty's daughter, but anyone familiar with this genre of HK films will no doubt have seen worse in the past (notably THE UNTOLD STORY, EBOLA SYNDROME, etc...- there seems to be a lot of child murder in these off-the-wall HK films...). A good action film that's definitely worth a look - if you're looking for a blood-bath or horror film, this isn't it. 7/10
All-in-all a good film with excellent performances by Simon Yam and Kent Cheng especially. Plenty of action and a decent story to keep the film going, but not quite as violent as I had expected. Other than 1 or 2 "rough" scenes, RUN AND KILL plays out as a pretty straight-faced crime/action drama, that to me almost doesn't deserve it's "notorious" Cat III status. The one scene that some will have issue with is the murder of Fatty's daughter, but anyone familiar with this genre of HK films will no doubt have seen worse in the past (notably THE UNTOLD STORY, EBOLA SYNDROME, etc...- there seems to be a lot of child murder in these off-the-wall HK films...). A good action film that's definitely worth a look - if you're looking for a blood-bath or horror film, this isn't it. 7/10