What are
you going to do? You get into a fight with your sister-in-law because she
is always giving you grief. You give her a slight push. She falls back and
hits her head on the edge of a table. And dies. Oh hell. You didn't mean
it. You feel terrible. You can either call the cops and tell the truth. Or
lie a bit and say she slipped on the rug. Or try and get away with it. He
goes for option 3. Your brother is out of town, so you have time. And of
course every Hong Kong home has a chainsaw for just such an occasion. Smoke
some weed. Then some more. Work up your courage and steady your hand. Three
sections should do the trick. The bathroom is soaked with blood like a Grand
Guignol theatrical show. Clean it. Every speck. Then dispose of the body
parts. That is always the tough part. Maybe the bay wasn't the best idea.
Dead bodies tend to float up. Even in pieces.
A pretty horrific beginning to the film,
but what can you expect with Lily Chung in it. Lily had an adorable pooky
face. One that made filmmakers want to do terrible things to her. In a number
of films, Lily was badly abused; most famously in Red to Kill in which she
plays a mentally handicapped woman with a rapist after her. He was played
by Ben Ng. Guess who gets to kill her this time? Yes. Ben again. I hope they
were friends off screen. Ng is a normal looking guy; not handsome, not ugly
but for some reason he became one of the go to actors to play slimy psychos.
Maybe because he does it so well.
The film settles down after that first scene
but for Lily Chung fans don't worry - she returns in a few flashbacks and
then as a ghost. Yes, a ghost. Maybe. But for the most part it turns into
a family drama combined with a police procedural. But with a few solid rough
fights in there choreographed by Danny Chow. Ben flees to the Mainland where
his parents (Kwan Hoi-san and Teresa Ha-ping) own a restaurant. The brother
comes home and finds his wife missing and eventually notifies the cops (Bobby
Au-yeung). It is kind of a tragedy because Ben isn't a bad guy really. Ok,
sawing your brother's wife into a trifecta may be points against you, but
he meets a lovely woman (Strawberry Yeung) and is getting his life in order.
Then there is the ghost. This has the feel of a True Crime film which were
very popular at the time in Hong Kong, but no idea if it is.
