3 Extremes |  | Directors: Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike
Actors: Bai Ling, Byung-hun Lee, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai
Studio: Lions Gate
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), Korean (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LGED17800D
UPC: 031398178002
EAN: 0031398178002
Release Date: February 28, 2006
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| • | DVD Details: Actors: Ling Bai, Byung-hun Lee, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai | | • | Directors: Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike | | • | Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only) | | • | Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1; Number of discs: 2; Studio: Lions Gate | | • | DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006; Run Time: 125 minutes |
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Product Description
A trio of disturbing short films from three top Asian directors makes up this terrifying anthology. A middle-aged actress seeking to regain her youth and fame finds the key lies in the special ingredient of a cook's "Dumplings," from Hong Kong's Fruit Chan; Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park presents a man who finds himself and his pianist wife captives for a madman's games in "Cut"; and a woman haunted by the death of her twin sister when they were children is drawn to the shattering truth inside the "Box," by Japan's Takashi Miike. 125 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary by Miike. Includes the bonus feature "Dumplings" (2004). Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.
The idea of unleashing three of Asia's wildest directors in the same omnibus film is a terrific one, and putting the likes of Miike Takashi and Park Chan-wook to work in the Twilight Zone-style mini-feature is mouth-watering for fans. (Just look at what happened when Miike made an installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series--it was deemed too crazy for broadcast.) Alas, the results are a letdown. First up, "Dumplings," is from Hong Kong's Fruit Chan, and it's the most cogent (and ickiest) of the bunch. Bai Ling plays a specialist in preparing dumplings that promise to restore youth and health for her customers; the weird part is she also runs a particular clinic on her premises. Ugh. The Korean offering from Park Chan-wook is "Cut," a warp on filmmaking about a self-centered director who gets trapped at his home (or is it the set of his new movie?) by a deranged former extra. The sadistic machinations here make Hannibal Lecter look reasonable, and the segment gets points for weirdness, but Park's take on revenge fantasies is much more exciting in Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Miike represents Japan with "Box," which really is in the spirit of an old Outer Limits episode, complete with a "gotcha" ending that doesn't seem worth the trouble. Sure, twins are always a good topic for horror, but this segment is a long way to travel for not much. All three segments look good--there's little hint of the grindhouse cheapie here--but overall it's a disappointment. --Robert Horton
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