Yi boh lai beng duk (1996)

Director:

Herman Yau

Writer:

Ting Chau (writer)

Release Date:

15 June 1996 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Meat | South Africa | Virus | Africa

Cast

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Kai San
Yeung Ming Wan	...	Yeung
Fui-On Shing	...	Annoyed Husband
Wong Tsui-ling
Miu-Ying Chan	...	Har
Meng Lo	...	The Boss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward Corbett
Lori Shannon
Michael Tam
Bobby Yip	...	Short Ugly Triad

Also Known As:

Ebola Syndrome (Hong Kong: English title)
Yibola bing du (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | France:-16 (DVD) | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:(Banned) | South Korea:18 | Hong Kong:III | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Jing's Production

Trivia:

During the DVD commentary, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang made it clear that it was not his him killing the frog in the first kitchen scene. He said that not only does it take a special skill to prepare a frog like that, but he also found it to be cruel.

Quotes:

Yeung: [addressing to Kai, who has a child hostage] Your virus has killed lots of people. Let the child go.
Kai San: How dare you blame me for it? l didn't invent the Ebola virus. God created Ebola, not me. And his virus will kill all you bastards.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Outbreak (1995)

Anthony Wong does it again! 9/10

Well hot on the heels of my pimping mini-review of The Untold Story comes.. The Ebola Syndrome.

Well I'll start by saying that TUS and TES are very similar - both directed by Herman Yau, both starring Anthony Wong and really both have a similar premise. What sets this apart is Anthony Wongs self-destructive (or maybe...other-people destructive ) rampage certainly has a lot more dark humor.

Where the more awkward comedy from TUS comes from the cops, Anthony Wong himself is the chief buffoon. However, along with the comedy elements, he is certainly more creepy and disgusting than in TUS (where he is simply more psychotic).

The basis of the story is that Wong's character is on the run, gets a job an African restaurant, and contracts the flesh eating virus through nefarious means. Do not fret yet for Mr Wong, he is the one in a however-million people that spreads the disease without being affected by it. Being more than slightly deranged he causes havoc throughout the movie, murdering, raping and spreading the virus.

I would rate this only slightly below The Untold Story, but both are essential viewing. Not for the squeamish or easily offended though.

TTKK's Bottomline - Here is a section from the memorable quotes page on here - Kai San: With a butcher's knife in his hand he runs through the streets of Hong Kong in the brightest daylight and screams: Ebola! Ebooola! Ebooooooollllllaaa! If that doesn't want to make you see it, go back to watching The Fog remake...