Run and Kill
Wū shǔ: jīmì dàngàn
Hong Kong - 1993
Writing: Bryan Chang
Cinematography: Kin-Fai Mau
Music: Bon Wong
Produced by: Kwok Kuen Ng
Cast: Kent Cheng, Simon Yam, Danny Lee, Esther Kwan…
Distributor: Spectrum Films
Legally restricted to persons over 16
Lenght : 91 min // Ratio : 1.85 // Format : dcpLanguage : Cantonese // Subtitles : French
One night while drinking in a bar, a cuckolded husband expresses his desire to get rid of his wife to an unknown drinking companion. He unknowingly sets in motion a fatal spiral, in which each gesture of resistance pushes him a little further into darkness.
The famous Category III, a classification reserved for Hong Kong works deemed transgressive, served as an ultra-violent playground for directors who were playful, unscrupulous, curious to test the limits of the acceptable, or all three at the same time. Billy Tang gave this veritable genre its own, with the formidably grotesque Dr Lamb and the indefensible Red to Kill. In between, he penned his masterpiece, the traumatic Run and Kill. On paper, a macabre comedy about an ordinary guy's descent into hell, unable to extricate himself from the situation without making it worse. On screen, it's an ironic thriller that gradually turns into a full-blown horror film, with touches of black humor adding a layer of nihilism to an already busy picture.