3 Extremes
by Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike
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Actor: Byung-hun Lee, Kyoko Hasegawa, Ling Bai, 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: Japanese (Original Language); Korean (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, 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
Movie Reviews of 3 Extremes
Movie Review: 3 masterpieces
Summary: 5 Stars
this title should be 3 masterpieces instead!!3 short films by 3 master film makers!i will particularly stand at the last film"box"by takashi miike.what you get here is film with very little dialogues,basing the most part of its narration in the sceneries the director creates..desolate scenes with minimal use of actors,that achieve thru lyrical photography,to create at some points,a phantom of abscence.a loss of what was..the key character is present in this film only by her abscence,while both halves are with thoughts of guilt,longing and salvation that originate from deam.two different minds united by fate and set as actors on the stages of their own dreaming,creating parallel stories that are bound to come across,at awakenings cold touch..salvation never comes,"when the actors stop acting,does the film become real?"
Summary of 3 Extremes
A compilation of three different short films entitled cut box & dumplings by directors from japan korea & china that all deal with the theme of human monstrosity & exploring the outer limits of the macabre. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/22/2007 Starring: Bai Ling Tony Leung Run time: 125 minutes Rating: RThe idea of unleashing three of Asia's wildest directors in the same omnibus film is a terrific one, and putting the likes of Miike Takashi and Park Chan-wook to work in the Twilight Zone-style mini-feature is mouth-watering for fans. (Just look at what happened when Miike made an installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series--it was deemed too crazy for broadcast.) Alas, the results are a letdown. First up, "Dumplings," is from Hong Kong's Fruit Chan, and it's the most cogent (and ickiest) of the bunch. Bai Ling plays a specialist in preparing dumplings that promise to restore youth and health for her customers; the weird part is she also runs a particular clinic on her premises. Ugh. The Korean offering from Park Chan-wook is "Cut," a warp on filmmaking about a self-centered director who gets trapped at his home (or is it the set of his new movie?) by a deranged former extra. The sadistic machinations here make Hannibal Lecter look reasonable, and the segment gets points for weirdness, but Park's take on revenge fantasies is much more exciting in Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Miike represents Japan with "Box," which really is in the spirit of an old Outer Limits episode, complete with a "gotcha" ending that doesn't seem worth the trouble. Sure, twins are always a good topic for horror, but this segment is a long way to travel for not much. All three segments look good--there's little hint of the grindhouse cheapie here--but overall it's a disappointment. --Robert Horton
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