the untold story

so saturnight i was on a hot date and we ended up coming back here to watch a film. happily, of all my films, the guy chose 'the untold story', the weirdest, most depraved, violent film i've ever seen. it's a hong kong action film. the lead actor wears this goony big black glasses that enhance his ever-crazed eyes perfectly.

the film is based on a true story, as the dvd 'sadly' reports. it's hard for me to even write about this film, because you have to see it to believe it. i've seen it many times and it still amazes me. it's about this guy who kills a family so that he can take over the restaurant they own. only you don't know this at first. all you know is that a woman's remains have washed up on the shore and are really stinking up the joint. the remains are so old and washed out that when the female cop picks up the arm to take a finger print, the finger falls off into her hand... that's about as ungross as it gets. from there it is all downhill... blood. guts. butchery. the cool part about the film is that it's not just the restaurant guy who is evil; the police aren't so great themselves. the guy refuses to talk when they first arrest him, and so they throw him in jail, where the dead restaurant's bro happens to be. well of course the bro and his posse beat the shit out of our antihero. he still refuses to talk, tries to kill himself to get out of prison. in hospital he is abused even more. it's strange; the guy is so vile, you want to hate him, and yet when the police are beating the crap out of him, you almost feel sorry for the guy....

the film really digs deep into your marrow, making you squirm. it's not for everyone -- i've tried to show it to a few people but it just doesn't fly with them. so i was happy when my date loved the film. not bad for a first date....

sorry for the silence for so long. i'll try to write more. i just haven't seen anything worth writing about these days....