Brush me, daddy-o
Since sending GR45 to the printer, I've been trying to catch up on my movies. Last night I watched Dog Bite Dog, a brutal gangster flick from Hong Kong by director Soi Cheang.
Sam Lee plays an unhinged officer on the track of ruthless Cambodian hitman Edison Chen. The movie is more like Quest for Fire than The Killer, with a lot of grunts and people getting brained by rocks and stabbed to death. The grunts are good move, considering Edison's ebonics-laden blog. That thing cracks me up. Lee does a good job. It's great to see him act in a movie where he doesn't have wacky hair or play a goofball.
In the beginning Lee is shown to be violent guy with a soft side; he cares for his dad, a heroic cop in a coma. Meanwhile Chen is a killer and a loner in a strange country. With nothing to lose, he leaves a trail of bodies wherever he goes. As the dark plot unfolds, Lee's dad is revealed to have secrets that free the son from filial duties, and allow him to toss his place in society/common sense and pursue revenge to the fullest extent. Meanwhile, Chen falls in love with a sexually abused junkyard cutie, and that connection softens his don't-give-a-fuck survival instincts.
Obviously, nothing good can come from this plot, and the gruesome results are not for first dates or anyone wants a happy ending. But I liked it. The end went so far, I finally had to laugh. Ridiculous--which is perhaps the point.
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On a brighter note, the DVD has a mind-blowing trailer for Lethal Ninja, last year's Herman Yau flick with Waise Lee (aka Sidney Fung)!
Sam Lee plays an unhinged officer on the track of ruthless Cambodian hitman Edison Chen. The movie is more like Quest for Fire than The Killer, with a lot of grunts and people getting brained by rocks and stabbed to death. The grunts are good move, considering Edison's ebonics-laden blog. That thing cracks me up. Lee does a good job. It's great to see him act in a movie where he doesn't have wacky hair or play a goofball.
In the beginning Lee is shown to be violent guy with a soft side; he cares for his dad, a heroic cop in a coma. Meanwhile Chen is a killer and a loner in a strange country. With nothing to lose, he leaves a trail of bodies wherever he goes. As the dark plot unfolds, Lee's dad is revealed to have secrets that free the son from filial duties, and allow him to toss his place in society/common sense and pursue revenge to the fullest extent. Meanwhile, Chen falls in love with a sexually abused junkyard cutie, and that connection softens his don't-give-a-fuck survival instincts.
Obviously, nothing good can come from this plot, and the gruesome results are not for first dates or anyone wants a happy ending. But I liked it. The end went so far, I finally had to laugh. Ridiculous--which is perhaps the point.
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On a brighter note, the DVD has a mind-blowing trailer for Lethal Ninja, last year's Herman Yau flick with Waise Lee (aka Sidney Fung)!
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