A strange little Category III and one of the more notorious of its kind. Watch it and you'll soon see why. Kent Cheng is cast against type as a likeable petrol station owner and family man who discovers his wife cheating on him. Before you can say STRANGER ON A TRAIN, he's up to his neck in vengeful gang members and sadistic violence, captured unremarkably by director Billy Tang. The first hour feels cheap and cheerful, enlivened slightly by tough guy actors like Danny Lee, Melvin Wong and Johnny Wang Lung Wei, although Simon Yam deserves mention as a truly crazy character. However, in the last half an hour, this really heats up (!) with some extremely disturbing scenes and frenetic moments you'd never find in Hollywood. It makes an impact, that's for sure.
Review of Run and Kill
