When I stumbled upon the 1992 Hong Kong crime horror "Goh Yeung Yee Sang" (aka "Dr. Lamb") here in 2024, which was by blind luck, there was no doubt about me sitting down to watch it, given my love and admiration of the Hong Kong cinema. Sure, I had never even heard about the movie prior to now, so I didn't know what I was in for.
And of course seeing that the movie was starring Simon Yam, well that just sweetened the deal. So of course I had to watch directors Danny Lee and Billy Hin-Shing Tang's movie.
The storyline and script in the movie, as written by Kam-Fai Law was not really anything overly outstanding. It was a somewhat confusing storyline, and the fact that it was somewhat slow paced just didn't help make it more watchable. And there was just too much repetition of things, despite it being with different victims, and that just felt like lazy writing.
The acting performances in the movie were good, and there were a couple of familiar faces on the cast list as well, which just helped to make the movie all the more enjoyable. There were the likes of Simon Yam, Kent Cheng, Danny Lee and Parkman Wong on the cast list.
For a murder crime thriller then "Goh Yeung Yee Sang" was a bit too boring, bland and lacking thrilling elements, and actually lacking an interesting and compelling storyline. And the acting performances could only do so much to alleviate for the shortcomings. And the movie was listed as a crime horror, but was in fact was it was a crime thriller, just made it a bit more disappointing.
"Goh Yeung Yee Sang" is not a movie that will find its way back to my screen a second time. It was a struggle enough to sit through the first time.
My rating of directors Danny Lee and Billy Hin-Shing Tang's 1992 movie lands on a disappointing four out of ten stars.
And of course seeing that the movie was starring Simon Yam, well that just sweetened the deal. So of course I had to watch directors Danny Lee and Billy Hin-Shing Tang's movie.
The storyline and script in the movie, as written by Kam-Fai Law was not really anything overly outstanding. It was a somewhat confusing storyline, and the fact that it was somewhat slow paced just didn't help make it more watchable. And there was just too much repetition of things, despite it being with different victims, and that just felt like lazy writing.
The acting performances in the movie were good, and there were a couple of familiar faces on the cast list as well, which just helped to make the movie all the more enjoyable. There were the likes of Simon Yam, Kent Cheng, Danny Lee and Parkman Wong on the cast list.
For a murder crime thriller then "Goh Yeung Yee Sang" was a bit too boring, bland and lacking thrilling elements, and actually lacking an interesting and compelling storyline. And the acting performances could only do so much to alleviate for the shortcomings. And the movie was listed as a crime horror, but was in fact was it was a crime thriller, just made it a bit more disappointing.
"Goh Yeung Yee Sang" is not a movie that will find its way back to my screen a second time. It was a struggle enough to sit through the first time.
My rating of directors Danny Lee and Billy Hin-Shing Tang's 1992 movie lands on a disappointing four out of ten stars.