I'll never complain about having a bad day again! Sure, work can get me down sometimes and having to do D.I.Y. on my weekend is never fun, but this is nothing compared to the dreadful time poor 'Fatty' Cheung has in Run and Kill.
Firstly, he discovers his wife is having an affair. Then, after a quite understandable drinking binge, he accidentally gets his adulterous wife murdered by gangsters. Before long, he finds himself fighting for his life after having witnessed the deaths of both his mother and his young daughter at the hands of a psychotic killer.
Director 'Bloody' Billy Tang's tale of an ordinary Joe plunged into an unfamiliar nightmarish world of violence is a typical slice of Category III nastiness: taboos are broken, the innocent die, and there is definitely no happy ending. Whilst Run and Kill isn't the most extreme example of the genre (the first half of the film is rather subdued for a Cat III film), there are still plenty of moments which should satisfy fans.
Kent Cheng gives a reasonable performance as the unfortunate 'Fatty', but it is Simon Yam who excels as Ching Fung, the loony who pushes our tubby good guy over the edge. Yam is no stranger to playing the bad guy, but in Run and Kill he gives us a truly scary villain. Ching Fung is so evil, he thinks nothing of setting fire to Fatty's daughter, and then tormenting the poor man by parading his girl's charred corpse in front of him. And then shooting the crispy remains for good measure.
Yes, Run and Kill is extremely excessive in places, but then this is what makes Cat III films so compelling. Seeing exactly how far the makers will go in the name of entertainment is all part of the fun.
Firstly, he discovers his wife is having an affair. Then, after a quite understandable drinking binge, he accidentally gets his adulterous wife murdered by gangsters. Before long, he finds himself fighting for his life after having witnessed the deaths of both his mother and his young daughter at the hands of a psychotic killer.
Director 'Bloody' Billy Tang's tale of an ordinary Joe plunged into an unfamiliar nightmarish world of violence is a typical slice of Category III nastiness: taboos are broken, the innocent die, and there is definitely no happy ending. Whilst Run and Kill isn't the most extreme example of the genre (the first half of the film is rather subdued for a Cat III film), there are still plenty of moments which should satisfy fans.
Kent Cheng gives a reasonable performance as the unfortunate 'Fatty', but it is Simon Yam who excels as Ching Fung, the loony who pushes our tubby good guy over the edge. Yam is no stranger to playing the bad guy, but in Run and Kill he gives us a truly scary villain. Ching Fung is so evil, he thinks nothing of setting fire to Fatty's daughter, and then tormenting the poor man by parading his girl's charred corpse in front of him. And then shooting the crispy remains for good measure.
Yes, Run and Kill is extremely excessive in places, but then this is what makes Cat III films so compelling. Seeing exactly how far the makers will go in the name of entertainment is all part of the fun.