Wu syu (1993)

To absolve a debt to a gang for accidentally putting a hit on his wife, a man goes and kills the gang's leader, leaving the leader's brother to seek violent retribution.

Director:

Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang

Writer:

Bryan Chang (screenplay)

Stars:

Kent Cheng, Simon Yam, Danny Lee

Cast

Credited cast:
Kent Cheng	...	Cheng 'Fatty' Kau Ng
Simon Yam	...	Ching Fung
Danny Lee	...	Inspector Man
Esther Kwan	...	Fanny (as Esther Wing Ho Kwan)
Melvin Wong	...	'Panther' Ho Man Tong
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seng-Kwong Chang
Chuen Chiang
Shui-Wah Fok
Sui Wah Fok	...	Wah
Chi Man Ho
Dave Lam Jing
Foo-wai Lam
Ka-hung Lee
Lily Lee	...	Fatty's Wife
Siu-Ming Lui

Storyline

A man (Fatty) returns home to find his wife with another man. He goes to a bar and begins to drink, waking up the next day to find that he owes a mafioso money for killing his wife. Not wanting to pay the money, he enlists a malitia organization only to find the leader a psychopath who seeks revenge on his brother, who the mafioso tortured. The psycho blames Fatty, and kills his mother and young daughter. Fatty must kill the psycho to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | murder | infanticide | bloody body of child | shot in the head | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

27 February 1993 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Run and Kill

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Come On Film Co.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Ching Fung: Daddy I'm all dark, can you recognized me?

User Reviews

Excellent little shocker

This Billy Tang vehicle is relentlessly grim and relentlessly entertaining. I love that.

Fatty (Kent Chang) accidentally orders a hit on his wife and creates a huge debt for himself that must be repaid. Since Fatty can not repay it, others repay it instead -- with their lives.

Watching a fat guy stress and sweat and fall in a blubbering heap is a highly entertaining experience that must be seen to be believed. The torching of a little girl by super-villain Simon Yam (in a superbly over-the-top performance) pushes the boundaries of on-screen depictions and the gloriously violent finale, where Fatty becomes an unstoppable monster, really delivers the chills.

Danny Lee makes an appearance as -- what else? -- a cop, but he's as useful as pockets on a singlet and never manages to put so much as a dent in the gory proceedings.

Director Tang was on a roll with this, RED TO KILL and DR. LAMB.

This is mostly an action pic, but it also falls into the horror category simply because it doesn't know when to quit being grotesque. Love that, too.