3 Extremes
by Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike
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Actor: Bai Ling, Byung-hun Lee, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka FaiDirector: Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike
Brand: Lions Gate
Writer: Chan-wook Park
Producer: Ahn Soo-Hyun
Writer: Bun Saikou
Writer: Haruko Fukushima
Writer: Lilian Lee
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language); Korean (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Product features:
- DVD Details: Actors: Ling Bai, Byung-hun Lee, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai
- Directors: Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1; Number of discs: 2; Studio: Lions Gate
- DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006; Run Time: 125 minutes
Movie Reviews of 3 Extremes
Movie Review: Three Original And Frightening Tales Make This One Of The Best Horror Anthologies
Summary: 5 Stars
"Three Extremes" is a 126-minute tour-de-force of horror, intensity, and striking visual imagery, composed of three mid-length tales from Asia. Each segment hails from a different country, a theme that's becoming a bit of a trend in Asian anthologies and that I wouldn't mind seeing continue, possibly expanding in the future to offer more anthology segments originating from the more 'undiscovered' (in terms of their movies making it to an international audience) countries like The Phillipines and Malaysia.
The first tale, the Hong Kong Extreme entitled "Dumplings", is about a woman who prepares 'special' little pastries with seemingly miraculous health benefits, and the secret ingredient that gives them their potency. Included in an alternate, much longer form on the second disc in the package, the gruesome "Dumplings" creeps across some of the most disconcerting territory imaginable. The nature of the dumplings's unique ingredient is revealed early in the tale and with virtualy no buildup, and could have been even more shocking if the segment had been structured so as to bring out the revelation closer to its conclusion. As it is though, it guarantees a constant state of very unsettling discomfort throughout, and allows the piece to act as a kind of social commentary.
The Korean Extreme - "Cut" (also known as "Peach") is in more traditional horror thriller territory, but taken to more of an extreme (no pun intended) and put together with tremendous flair. It's about a movie director and his wife taken captive in their own home by a psychopath, and it excels in both psychological and visual aspects. It does more with sights and cinematography than you'd think a piece taking place almost entirely in a large apartment could. The wire trap has a strangely beautiful symmetry whose asethic effect is strikingly at odds with its purpose. Unpredictable from the start, "Cut" gets Very strange at the end, with a weirdly cryptic last few minutes.
The Japanese Extreme, "Box", is a major mystery, and for most of its length you don't know what exactly is going on, except that it deals with an emotionally troubled woman and memories of a very sinister box. To say too much of what it's about would kind of be a disservice, because it's better to let it unfold and reveal its subject matter in its own time. Perhaps the most outstandingly produced of the three segments - which is saying something - "Box" is haunting in every way. For much of the segment it's almost a silent piece, with only occasional, subtle sounds. The use of color in the outdoors winter scenes is extraordinary, giving "Box" a wonderfully ghostly feel. This tale is directed by Miike Takashi, and at times its overall style is reminiscent of his brilliant and legendary "Audition".
Taken together the combination of the three tales gives an unusually intense and rather intimidating experience. An excellent whole.
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