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Knight Chills, a review by Jimmy

Title : Knight Chills (2003)

Overview
It is the ultimate adventure as his rival strive to not only come to grips with what they thought could not be possible, but now must also fight to stay alive.

My Impression
My expectations for this film were not really high, since it's based on the Dungeon & Dragons game and playing that is boring as hell (sorry for the fans of those game). But I was pleasantly surprise since the movie is almost good. A lot of time is spend on the game playing club to develop the characters and it's a good thing since most of the time in those kind of film the development is really absent. The killer looks good (of course without the budget limitation he would have been much better). The story isn't complicated and the end is interesting, but the kid side story wasn't necessary (unless they had tried to let the end open for a sequel). The acting is correct for this genre of film with the usual mix of good, wooden and annoying (or really annoying) actors. Of course this film had some weakness... The story is a little bit too by the book and it didn't take long to know who will be the killer. The film had very few blood in it (it's evident that it isn't an R rated film). The police officer and the school officials are too caricatural.

Not a bad film, but don't expect something really original.

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Sorry for the stupid comment on the trailer it's the only one I've found for this film. BTW the "comic" uploader is an idiot since DJ Perry had acted in 44 films (6 before this one)

(From Jimmy's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 14th, 2009)

Ebola Syndrome, a review by Jimmy

Title: Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Original Title: Yi boh laai beng duk

Genre: (Don't happen often, but I have no idea for it)
Director: Herman Yau (The Untold Story)         
Rating: Unrated (but it is a Hong Kong:III)
Length: 1h38
Video: Widescreen
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Anthony Wong (Infernal Affairs)
Yeung Ming Wan (Isabella)
Fui-On Shing (The Killer)
Meng Lo (Hard-Boiled)
Miu-Ying Chan (The Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai)   

Plot:
Kai San is a sleazy and despicable bastard of the most epic proportions! After being caught screwing the wife of his boss, he goes on a killing spree and flees Hong Kong.

10 years later, Kai finds himself working as a restaurant chef in South Africa. Overworked, underpaid, berated, berated, and extorted by the restaurant owners who know of his fugitive status, Kai is a ticking timebomb...

While visiting an Ebola infected tribe to purchase some discount meat for the restaurant, Kai takes time out of his busy schedule to rape a sick native woman on his way back to work. Fortunately for our anti-hero, he's a one in a million kind of guy - the kind that recovers from Ebola, yet continues to carry and spread the disease. Now he's mad as hell, and he's not gonna take it anymore! Kai embarks on an over the top killing/raping/Ebola-spreading rampage unlike anything you have ever seen! The Ebola burgers are hot on the grill, and the bodily fluids are flowing freely! Directed by Herman Yau ('The Untold Story'), and starring Anthony Wong ('Infernal Affairs', 'Storm Riders', 'Hard Boiled') in a truly brilliant performance, Ebola Syndrome offers up plenty of gore and sex, tempered with a wicked sense of humor.

In one of my previous message I was speaking of a web site who kind of made interested in genre movie. This place speaks highly of the Hong Kong:III movie rating and yes many of those sound weird to me. This movie is my first experience with this genre and I've great expectations after all I've read about those movies in the past.

The first thing that you've probably notice is that I can't name a generic genre. A lot of them can describe it : Crime, Horror, Comedy, Gore Movie, ... But not a single one can really describe this movie.

If you are only in the 8 minutes mark and you have already seen sex (fake), 3 persons killed in over the top fashion and a child almost killed, you know that you are in for a good ride (it depends of what you like).

The film is not like the beginning for all is running time and this is not a bad thing since it would have been tiresome to watch. Anthony Wong is a great cast choice, he sure looks and acts like a pathetic looser (just look how everyone bully him). The idea of a killer who doesn't know that he is a carrier of a deadly contagious disease is great : he doesn't have to use a weapon to kill you, he just need to touch you. You fell sad for the man a long time even if he is a killer (he's only kill peoples that have bullying him, they have ask for it in a way), but at the last act all sympathy is lost (at least from me). The infection effects are well done. I'm not sure if the real virus is that contagious, but I certainly don't want to visit isolate African tribe soon...

This movie meets my expectations : almost no stop action, good acting, over the top violence, beautifull girls and a sickening feeling in general (it's not a bad thing for me).

I certainly recommand it, but it's not for everyone taste. My first and certainly not my last movie in this category.

One last thing : this movie give me the proof that I was right to never complaint about my food in a restaurant.   

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Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gxhd6z7a0Y


(From The little known movie review depot on March 6th, 2008)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

13. Why We Fight
Original Air Date: 2/11/2004
A World War II sailor - who Angel turned into a vampire in order to save the crew of a German submarine - returns to make Angel pay for all his years of pain.

Guest Stars:
Eyal Podell
Lindsey Ginter
Scott Klace
Roy Werner

My Thoughts:
I enjoyed this one. It is of course another flashback episode. Has an interesting storyline.... though the action is limited.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 24th, 2010)