| God knows this pessimistic drama has opportunities and confidence but it's also largely wasted dedication thanks to director Lee Wing-Cheung's (The Cheeky Chap) muddled direction. Kudos goes to Rape And Die for going against audience expectations by not focusing primarily on the duffle bag mix up at the beginning of the film but dark literally becomes the verdict of the storytelling as there's no way to make out any distinction, character- or storywise. It becomes clearer by the half way point that we're dealing with ill-fated characters unwillingly mixed up with the baddest of the bad but even this consciously downbeat filmmaking resonates very little. Director Lee speaks of a cycle by the time he reaches the end but symbolic gestures such as this rings more true of pretentiousness instead. Ray Lui and in one of his most evil roles, Ng Man-Tat among others appear. |
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