Gou yeung yi sang (1992)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Directors:

Danny Lee
Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang

Writer:

Law Kam Fai (writer)

Release Date:

22 October 1992 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

An abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result...

Plot Keywords:

Dismembered Body | Taxi Driver | Threatened With Knife | Woman In Peril | Corrupt Doctor

Cast

Danny Lee	...	Inspector Lee
Simon Yam	...	Lam Gor-Yu
Kent Cheng	...	Fat Bing
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pik Yu Chung
Si Man Hui
Eric Kei	...	Eric
Emily Kwan	...	Bo
Hoi-Shan Lai
Siu-Ming Lau	...	Lam's Father
Julie Lee
Parkman Wong	...	Buffalo Hung
Siu Ling Wong
Usang Yeong Fang	...	Whore

Also Known As:

Dr. Lamb (Hong Kong: English title)
Gao yang yi sheng (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:(Banned) | Hong Kong:III

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Grand River Film Ltd.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The videotape of the final murder contains moving shots which would be impossible without someone to operate the camera.

Movie Connections:

References Taxi Driver (1976)

Dark and depressing, nice and gory!

Dr Lamb is only my second Cat III flick, and while it's not as good as the first (the generally well regarded The Untold Story), it's still a decent example of Asian sickness. Directors Danny Lee and Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang do an excellent job of presenting a bleak and depressing atmosphere, which bodes excellently with the style and content of the film. Dr Lamb certainly isn't for the feint hearted, as we get treated to scenes of mutilation and necrophilia, along with various other atrocities. The plot is paper thin, and simply follows a manhunt which results in the arrest of a taxi driver. After his capture, he reveals his crimes and the rest of the film is made up of flashbacks where we get to see what he has done. There's plenty of blood and guts on display (which, let's face it, is the reason we're watching), and the film doesn't hold back at any point - which is pretty much what you'd expect from this sort of film. Simon Yam does well in the lead role as the psychopathic taxi driver, and receives good support from Danny Lee and Kent Chang; a fat actor whom I recognised instantly from a Jet Li film called 'The Bodyguard', which I saw on TV late one night; while drunk. Overall, I can't comment on how this film stands up to other genre entries; but it's not bad in its own right, and comes recommended to my fellow sickos.