666 Mo gwai fuk wut (1996)

Director:

Lun Ah

Release Date:

17 May 1996 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Plot:

Women born on the 6th June are being killed around Hong Kong. There is a lunatic on the loose. Ching...

Plot Keywords:

Diabolical | Devil | Number In Title

Cast

Spencer Lam	...	The Reverend
Francis Ng	...	Judas
Chi Wah Wong	...	Ka-Ming
Chingmy Yau	...	Shou-Ching Chan (Ching)
Donnie Yen	...	Mo Ti Nam
King-Tan Yuen	...	Rose

Also Known As:

666: Mo gui fu huo (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Devil 666 (Hong Kong: English title)
Satan Returns (Hong Kong: English title)
Satan's Return (Hong Kong: English title) (alternative spelling)
Shaolin vs. The Evil Dead (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

UK:100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18

Company:

Upland Films Corporation Limited

Movie Connections:

References Se7en (1995)

"This murderer must be a breasts-worshiping fiend"

Now Hong Kong action movies are my one true cinematic blind spot, so I approached 'Satan Returns' with trepidation. I thought I would give it a look as it seemed it might be a slightly offbeat mix of Woo/Lam style cops'n'chops with a supernatural thriller theme. While I ended up hating this movie a lot less than I expected I still found it to be silly in the extreme, and pretty tiresome overall. The plot is incoherent nonsense about a religious nut called Judas attempting to find the Devil's daughter, and makes no real sense whatsoever. The only thing that kept me watching this to the very end was the the lovely Chingmy Yau of 'Naked Killer' fame, and some of the unintentionally funny sub-titles. Apart from that there isn't all that much to recommend this movie, and beware, the 'Se7en' comparisons are way off base, and extremely misleading.