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Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Fui-On Shing, Vincent Wan, Marianne Chan, Bobby Yip ... see more see more... , Edward Corbett , Lori Shannon , Meng Lo , Michael Tam , Miu-Ying Chan , Peter Ngor , Vincent Wang , Wong Tsui-ling

Even more gruesome and excessive than his notorious 1993 horror film The Untold Story, this bloody Category III sleazefest from Hong Kong director Herman Yau has earned its considerable reputation amo... read more read more...ng gorehounds and Asian horror cultists as among the most cringe-inducing films of its kind. Anthony Wong, who had starred in Yau's previous film, gives one of his most unnerving performances as Kai, who has been a fugitive in South Africa for a decade after committing a trio of brutal murders in 1986. In the present, he is seen working at his illegal low-wage job as a cook at a Chinese restaurant. During an excursion to purchase pigs from a local African tribe, Kai is overcome with lust and rapes a native woman who, unbeknownst to him, is infected with the deadly Ebola virus. Before too long, Kai is an Ebola carrier, setting the stage for some truly revolting sequences. After decapitating his employer, Kai rapes and murders the dead man's wife and uses the couple's corpses to make "African Buns" which pass the virus to anyone unfortunate enough to eat one. Growing more insane by the minute, Kai returns to Hong Kong and goes on a bloodthirsty killing spree, terrorizing the public and allowing Wong to further demonstrate that Florian Koerner von Gustorf (Schramm) isn't the only actor willing to break every conceivable onscreen taboo to shock an audience. Belaboring the point, Wong returned two years later for The Untold Story II. With its virtually identical structure and plot line, this film may be considered an unofficial entry in that series as well. Vincent Wan co-stars with Marianne Chan, Shing Fui-On, and Bobby Yip. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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Directed by: Herman Yau

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DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005

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  • animegirlaya
    October 24, 2011
    animegirlaya
    I have MUCH STRONGER opinions for this (and Dr. Lamb) than i did maybe 15 years ago. But i can't lie it's sick, twisted, wrong, but all out One can't say they didn't enjoy it.
    And it makes the perfect Halloween film...

    Ah Kai is a wanted convict from China who escapes to Sout... read moreh Africa after killing his former boss. He works at a Chinese restaurant and one day travels with his boss to a South African tribe that is infected with the Ebola virus. Kai sees a dying infected tribe member and rapes her, contracting the virus. Kai, however, is immune to the infection.

    It's a Funny film with none stop violence and pretty much an Asian remake of Outbreak... Mostly the scene's in Hong Kong mimic the film.

    Overall very well acted but directed and it is a must see for horror fans.
  • matertenebraum
    June 11, 2009
    matertenebraum
    Review coming soon
  • DragonEyeMorrison
    December 24, 2008
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Insane, twisted, sick, gross, outrageous, perverted, racist, vile, mysoginist, vulgar, offensive, low, demented, crude, evil in it's purest form.






    And yet.......i loved every minute of it. I guess i'm going to hell for this.
  • patrickdol
    May 13, 2008
    patrickdol
    Really a rather horrible experience for the most part with little value, other than to show the character in deplorable acts and to push the envelope. An envelope filled with terrible actions, and little redeeming value.
    Is this a good thing or a bad thing? It's up to you?
    I'm ... read morea huge horror fan, and a fan of any film that tries to break through borders, and I have definitely seen films that have show worse things, yet this film seemed to have nothing behind it, only situations created to further disgust the viewer, which done right can be great, yet this film was missing something.
    Even with all this is manages to get pretty dull, but picks up at the end to deliver an amazing final 20 or so minutes that make this film worth watching. Unfortunately, the amazing finally does not raise the rest of the film to decency.
    I would say this should only be watched as a CAT III curio, and nothing more. If you don't know what CAT III is, you probably won't be interested in this ordeal.
  • cacutshaw
    November 3, 2007
    cacutshaw
    Finally, a Cat III film for the whole family. While watching this (the great Discotek DVD release) I remembered that I thought of this as more of a real bad taste comedy than a terrifying, offensive horror film. Wong is outrageous as the utter scumbag Kai and Herman Yau does a ... read moregreat job on keeping the sleaziness on screen. For example, nothing's happened for a while? Have the cab Anthony Wong is in run over a mouse. There, all better.
    Amazing, and one of the best Cat III shockers. I AM EBOLA!
  • RicC
    August 29, 2009
    RicC
    I remember searching for sick and controversial movies and this one popped up. I thought I would never be able to see it what with the cheap and tacky cover, but when I finally obtained it, I LOOOOOVED it.

    Twisted movie, with relentless insanity. Anthony Wong goes bananas and hi... read mores character I want to marry. Great premise, opening and ending.
  • kingmob6
    June 10, 2009
    kingmob6
    An interesting experience as we see the entire film through the eyes of Anthony Wong's Kai character, who is a completely reprehensible asshole, a murderer and a rapist who at first doesn't even know that he's infected and spreading this disease, then seems to revel in it.

    Gooey... read more, splattery effects go for the gross out most of the time, but overall it's just a grimy feeling that you get watching this unpleasant guy go about his life.

    Worth a rental for fans of the more extreme side of things.
  • TurkishStain
    March 10, 2009
    TurkishStain
    Anthony Wong is underrated as hell, he can play straight and he can play one of the sleaziest characters in film history. You can basically smell him through the television. His character running through the streets screaming EBOLA EBOLA is absolutely hilarious like the rest of t... read morehe movie.

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Pablo Villaca
September 26, 2005
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

Como trash assumido, tem seus bons momentos de sangue e humor - este último vindo principalmente das péssimas atuações.

Emanuel Levy
August 16, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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July 19, 2001
Kurt Dahlke, Apollo Guide

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