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Three... Extremes

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Stories revolve around a witch doctor, a filmmaker (Lee Byung-hun) and a resentful extra, and a novelist and her twin sister.
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This anthology contains brutal, powerful horror stories by three of Asia's top directors.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Dumplings,” directed by Fruit Chan of Hong Kong, is a fairly corny vignette...the other two are well worth seeing. Jun 28, 2022 Full Review Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper You can't believe what they're doing here. Nov 7, 2005 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle An instantly memorable, at times squirm-inducing, assemblage as likely to take your breath away as it is to trigger the gag reflex. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 30, 2005 Full Review Steve Biodrowski Cinefantastique ...interesting but not essential viewing. May 8, 2010 Full Review Steve Biodrowski ESplatter All the episodes are interesting and disturbing - perhaps too much so, without any clear reason for the audience to endure the suffering. Jul 7, 2008 Full Review Sam Jordison Film4 This anthology is a mixed bag. Sep 26, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Chris M I know each of the three countries has done better than these stories. But this wanted more about shock over scares. Like dumplings that cause youth but their made from unborn chopped up fetuses. Shocking? Yes. Gross? Certainly. Scary? HELL NO! Another one was just torture porn, torture porn isn't scary. Lastly, whatever the hell that third story was, the one thing it wasn't was scary. 3 Extremes to me 3 extremely bad stories. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/22 Full Review Liam D Park Chan-wook (The Little Drummer Girl) and Takashi Miike (Rainy Dog) are the best ones but they all show some disgusting but entertaining horror stories Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/22/21 Full Review Audience Member What's with the dumplings and Aunt Mei? Fruit Chan's opener takes it's time to create its atmosphere and the revulsion when the dumplings are revealed. In Park's second, a nice-guy director and his wife are held hostage by a disgruntled extra. Bizarre black moments of ridiculousness, sudden violence and web of piano wire. Miike's third has dreams within dreams, masks and flames. Effective, brutal and creepy. A lovely, disturbing anthology. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member It is absolutely one of the best and must-watching Asian horror movie. The movie is of three short stories, therefore, this seems to be a disadvantage for me at first because I'm worried the quality of the whole movie could be worsened when viewers do not have enough breathing time to fully and trully emerge themselves into the world that three stories want to creat. However, all three stories left me an unforgettable feelings. The first story about abortion and eating human flesh is extremely disgusting and disturbing. It is just so real and accurate in reflecting the dark sides of the society. The second story was the first attempt of Park-chan Wook with this genre but what he did is amazingly impressive. The story shows the evil and abhorent aspects of humans that everyone wants to hide but also contains funny details. The third one is of Takashi Miike again. He one more time makes the most out of silence and chooses present it with images. He actually plays with one's emotions but I like the skillful way he does it. WATCH IT! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was twisted and made people surprised. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review nefasto r I would say: 1. Creepy and very disturbing. 2. Creepy and beautifully shot ( my beloved Chan-wook Park, of course). 3. Creepy and a bit of a bore. Worthy of a look, especially if you like horrors (which I don't). Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Stories revolve around a witch doctor, a filmmaker (Lee Byung-hun) and a resentful extra, and a novelist and her twin sister.
Director
Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Park Chan-wook
Producer
Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Fumio Inoue, Naoki Sato, Shun Shimizu, Ahn Suhyeon
Screenwriter
Haruko Fukushima, Lilian Lee Pik-Wah, Park Chan-wook, Bun Saikou
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Applause Pictures
Rating
R (Language|Abortion Scene|Sexuality|Strong Disturbing Violence|Torture)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 28, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$75.8K
Runtime
2h 5m
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