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The Sadness

Original title: Ku bei
  • 20212021
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
5.3K
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Ku bei (2021)
After a year of combating a pandemic with relatively benign symptoms, a frustrated nation finally lets its guard down. This is when the virus spontaneously mutates, giving rise to a mind-altering plague. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things they can think of. Murder, torture, rape and mutilation are only the beginning. A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they try to reunite amid the chaos. The age of civility and order is no more. There is only "The Sadness".
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A young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.A young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.A young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.

IMDb RATING
6.5/10
5.3K
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POPULARITY
71
13
  • Director
    • Rob Jabbaz
  • Writer
    • Rob Jabbaz
  • Stars
    • Berant Zhu
    • Regina Lei
    • Ying-Ru Chen
Top credits
  • Director
    • Rob Jabbaz
  • Writer
    • Rob Jabbaz
  • Stars
    • Berant Zhu
    • Regina Lei
    • Ying-Ru Chen
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    • 88User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations

    Videos2

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    Photos22

    Berant Zhu in Ku bei (2021)
    Berant Zhu in Ku bei (2021)
    Tzu-Chiang Wang in Ku bei (2021)
    Berant Zhu and Ralf Chiu in Ku bei (2021)
    Ku bei (2021)
    Berant Zhu and Chi-Min Chou in Ku bei (2021)
    Ying-Ru Chen in Ku bei (2021)
    Berant Zhu and Regina Lei in Ku bei (2021)
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    Berant Zhu
    Berant Zhu
    • Jimas Jim
    Regina Lei
    • Katas Kat
    Ying-Ru Chen
    • Mollyas Molly
    Tzu-Chiang Wang
    Tzu-Chiang Wang
    • Businessmanas Businessman
    Emerson Tsai
    Emerson Tsai
    • Warren Liuas Warren Liu
    Wei-Hua Lan
    Wei-Hua Lan
    • Dr. Alan Wongas Dr. Alan Wong
    Ralf Chiu
    Ralf Chiu
    • Mr. Linas Mr. Lin
    • (as Ralf Yen-Hsiang Chiu)
    Chi-Min Chou
    • Old Womanas Old Woman
    Lue-Keng Huang
    • Kevinas Kevin…
    • Director
      • Rob Jabbaz
    • Writer
      • Rob Jabbaz
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    After a year of combating a pandemic with relatively benign symptoms, a frustrated nation finally lets its guard down. This is when the virus spontaneously mutates, giving rise to a mind-altering plague. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things they can think of. Murder, torture, rape and mutilation are only the beginning. A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they try to reunite amid the chaos. The age of civility and order is no more. There is only "The Sadness".
    • plague
    • pandemic
    • virus
    • mutating virus
    • attack
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    • Genre
      • Horror
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    • Trivia
      The film is funded with a mixture of cryptocurrency and revenue from a producer's cam girl business.
    • Connections
      References A Serbian Film (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Tis Freedom
      by Tzechar

    User reviews88

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    As extreme and disturbing as everyone said it was going to be
    There are few movies that push the envelope so much that you wonder how they were even able to be released. Movies like Martyrs, Irreversible, Inside ect. Are all films that make you wonder "How did anyone come up with such a twisted film and how did it ever get released?". This is one of those movies. In fact, this movie takes it one step further; it actually shows you everything that can go wrong if your basic violent instinct were left unchecked. It's a raw, gritty, over the top spectacle that that never lets you forget that this is just a movie and things like this can't really happen, right? RIGHT?!?!

    Things kick off almost as soon as the movie begins, and they really don't let up throughout. You have every single extreme horror trope thrown in here, everything you could possibly see in your average horror movie can be found here; dismemberment, blood, carnage, evisceration, a bloody orgy. I mean, the only thing it doesn't show is the more extreme stuff that no one wants to see anyway and that never warrants a mention, but for true gore hounds and fans of movie such as those from the French Extremity, this is right up your alley.

    The acting is great, the effects are realistic and comically well done and excessive, and the movie is just a truly entertaining watch from beginning to end. You know it's going to end in a messed up way but you watch anyway, simply because everyone put their true heart and soul into this film. The SFX crew in particular should be commended at creating some of the best facial deformities I have ever seen. During some scenes, I literally said, "How the hell did they do THAT?!?".

    Many people have been comparing this film to the comic book series "CROSSED" and I can see where the similarities can be found. But let's be real, folks; half the stuff in Crossed could NEVER be used in a movie, and this film is tame compared to some of the truly twisted and sick things that happened in that comic book.

    I loved every minute of this film, and although it's nasty and extreme and vulgar, it never lets you forget that despite all that, it's just a movie. Most people won't like it, and deservedly so. But for those of us who do enjoy this type of film, it's one of the rare ones that truly lives up to the hype.

    I was thoroughly impressed in every possible way with this movie, but I deducted 2 stars simply because I felt it could have gone further. Perhaps an uncut version will be released down the line and make me eat my words. Fingers CROSSED!!!! (Get it?!?!)
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    • Apr 11, 2022

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    • Release date
      • May 12, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Taiwan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • 哭悲
    • Filming locations
      • Taipei, Taiwan
    • Production company
      • Machi Xcelsior Studios
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $264,927
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.00 : 1

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