director: Herman Lau
starring: Mark Cheng · Maggie Siu · Suet Lam · Wong Tak-bun
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Cops are getting
killed. The deaths all carry signs of black magic. The evidence points
to Lam Chiu. He's a nasty gangster who once took a bullet to the head
from police detective Rockman. As a result, this bad guy can no longer
feel pain. Rockman decides to personally track down Lam Chiu after his
wife becomes afflicted with sessions of excruciating pain and his new
born baby is butchered in the crib.
The Chinese
title 'Gong Tau' is identical to the Shaw
Bros shocker and sequel from 1975. With this new film, director Herman
Yau recreates "the glory of Category III" mayhem... when HK exploitation
films were gory, twisted, and enormously entertaining. Essentially, this
is a type of cinema [sex, revenge, graphic violence, black magic and even
a severed flying head with attached spinal cord!] has become nonexistent
since Beijing took over the Hong Kong studios in 1997. However Herman
Yau continues to work outside the system with remarkable films like SLEEP
CURSE with Anthony Wong, SECOND
COMING and this one. For a complete review of GONG
TAU see horror writer Edward Lee's article in Asian
Cult Cinema magazine #56.
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A
Hong Kong film; widescreen format (16:9), uncut (94 min.) version in
DVD encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC, playable on any American DVD machine;
in Chinese language with optional English or Chinese subtitles. Extras
include "making of" featurette, various theatrical trailers.
Graphic Violence/Adult Material/Nudity/
Sexual Brutality/Gore:
Recommended for Mature Audiences Only
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