Run and Kill
Run and Kill
| 27 February 1993 (USA)
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A family man attempts to undo the deadly contract he made with a stranger during an evening of drunken depression.

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Connianatu

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

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ThedevilChoose

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Siflutter

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Ariella Broughton

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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Dave from Ottawa

A misunderstanding in a bar puts propane salesman Kent 'Fatty' Cheng smack in the middle of a gang war between Vietnamese blackmailers and Chinese mercenaries. Mercenary Simon Yam, in one of his trademark crazy-eyed psycho roles, blames Cheng for starting the events that lead to his brother's death. His revenge against Cheng's family fills the second half of the film. This film is not for the queasy. Unlike most HK thrillers with their stylized fighting, the violence here comes suddenly and with shocking brutality. The fact that most of the film takes place at night in dark labyrinthine places - warehouses, construction sites - gives the film an effective nightmarish atmosphere as Cheng tries to flee from the demonic Yam.Also present in this movie is a darkly absurdist comedic sensibility that lets the violent action and the characters go way too far and keep on going, until the effect is almost sickening and yet still entertaining.

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Viva_Chiba

Run and Kill is another movie rated Category III (CAT III) by the Hong Kong film censors, so it must contains excessive sexual content or extreme violence, the only CAT III element in Run and kill is the violence, nothing more.Run and Kill is directed by Billy Tang, director of some memorable CAT III's like: Dr.Lamb and Red To Kill.Plot: Cheng (nicknamed as Fatty) is having a good life, married, with a daughter and a job. But his life is going to get destroyed, when is returning home he finds his wife having sex with another man. Fatty get's depressed and he goes in a bar getting drunk, he "accidentaly" hires a hit-man for kill his wife. Now Fatty is in trouble, not because of his wife murder, but he also don't have the money for pay the hit-man ! Now Fatty is going to start a violent trip in hell......The first time i saw Run and Kill i thought that it was just "okay", but then, i watched the Austrian DVD by Illusions UNLTD films i liked it more. The DVD from Illusions UNLTD films contains a far better transfer and according to some reviews this version contains far more violence, that was previously trimmed, but i can't really make a quick comparsion, i don't remember of major differences.The highlights of the cast goes to: Simon Yam (playing a sadistic war veteran) and Danny Lee (playing a police inspector).Run and Kill is a good CAT III, maybe not with many CAT III elements, but it's still recommended

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lastliberal

Fatty (Kent Cheng) catches his wife (Lily Li) with another man; on their anniversary, no less. He gets drunk and hires a hit man to take care of her; only there is a slight miscommunication over what he wants.Now, the gang leader (Lung Wei Wang) wants $800,000 for the job they did. Lots of chop socky and blood is spilled in the attempt to collect. Rival gangs get involved and the blood flows freely.When Ching Fung's (Simon Yam) brother Wah (Sui Wah Fok) dies, he vows revenge on Fatty and his family. Fung tortures Fatty in the worst possible way and even kills his own partners as he goes psychotic after Fatty escapes.He and fatty have a fight to the death. It was magnificent.

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fertilecelluloid

This Billy Tang vehicle is relentlessly grim and relentlessly entertaining. I love that.Fatty (Kent Chang) accidentally orders a hit on his wife and creates a huge debt for himself that must be repaid. Since Fatty can not repay it, others repay it instead -- with their lives.Watching a fat guy stress and sweat and fall in a blubbering heap is a highly entertaining experience that must be seen to be believed. The torching of a little girl by super-villain Simon Yam (in a superbly over-the-top performance) pushes the boundaries of on-screen depictions and the gloriously violent finale, where Fatty becomes an unstoppable monster, really delivers the chills.Danny Lee makes an appearance as -- what else? -- a cop, but he's as useful as pockets on a singlet and never manages to put so much as a dent in the gory proceedings.Director Tang was on a roll with this, RED TO KILL and DR. LAMB.This is mostly an action pic, but it also falls into the horror category simply because it doesn't know when to quit being grotesque. Love that, too.

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