SummaryA bracing triptych of horror stories uniting three of East Asia's most compelling directors -- Japanese cult figure Takashi Miike, Hong Kong's Fruit Chan and Korea's award winning Park Chan-Wook. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By:Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike
Written By:Pik-Wah Lee, Park Chan-wook, Bun Saikou, Haruko Fukushima
Three... Extremes
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66
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7.8
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90
So here it is, an arena rock type film event for lovers of Asian cinema. Good news is that you won’t have that annoying ringing in your ears the day after. Better news is that you’ll have food for thought way after witnessing these spectacles.
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A black-blooded hoot.
75
Blood, grotesquerie and humor mix equally in the first two, but the full combo makes a savory witches' brew for Asian-cinema cultists (or Halloween lovers in need of a gore fix).
70
Connoisseurs of horror are bound to play favorites here (this amateur votes for Box), but there's one more thing that connects these three films--the brilliant cinematography of Christopher Doyle.
63
Gore fans will want to bump the two-and-a-half-star rating up a star, whereas those who can't handle on-screen violence will want to stay the hell away.
50
"Cut" is the most interesting of the three shorts because Park uses the opportunity to take stock of his career and the excruciating cruelty of his movies.
40
All three look great and the filmmakers deliver a certain artiness, but their overall triviality and the unpleasantness of the first two make for an extremely distasteful experience.
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May 23, 2019
6
While not being a bad anthology, Three... Extremes lack scares, good development and logic. If you're looking for scary or "extreme" stories, you will probably leave disappointed, but if you're looking for a fun time and don't expect much out of it, you might end up enjoying it.
Jul 28, 2015
6
Definitely one of the better anthology horror films, not like that's saying a lot. We have very talented director's, competent cast, pretty cinematography but the stories seem to fall flat for the most part. Nothing bad, just underwhelming. My DVD of this has two discs, one for 3 Extremes, and one for a feature length version of the first story in the film Dumplings. Maybe the feature length will allow the story to be developed better than it was in 3 Extremes.
Production Company:
- Applause Pictures
- CJ Entertainment
- Kadokawa Pictures
- B.O.M. Film Productions Co.
Release Date:Oct 28, 2005
Duration:2 h 5 m
Rating:R
Tagline:From the Nightmares of 3 Horror Masters
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Awards
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
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