Reviews: 3 Extremes II (2002) Movie Review
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3 Extremes II (2002) is a two h, 20-min Hong Kong / South Korea / Thailand mystery horror movie with three omnibus segments directed by three Asian directors. The languages in this video are Cantonese, English, Korean, Thai, and Mandarin. Three Extremes II was an okay Asian horror watch that is not something that I would recommend or watch again, except for the segment, Going Home. Below is a summary of each segment and a little information about how I feel about the segments.
Memories
South Korean director Kim Jee-Woon (I Saw the Devil (2010), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008))
Dialogue in Korean
Memories is about a gentleman trying to remember what happened when his wife disappeared from his life and decided to go to a psychiatrist for help. His wife wakes up on a deserted road and does not remember how she got there and tries her best to find her way home while her husband drives home. The husband and wife slowly began remembering what had happened.
Memories run on familiar territory with an archetypical female ghost wearing a white garment with flowing black long hair. She appeared scary at first, but then we learn that she only wants to have the manner of her death remembered. I felt pain for the wife as we followed her journey while she sought help about how to return home from everyone, and they ignore her.
The Wheel
Thailand director Nonzee Nimibutr (Timeline (2014), Distortion (2012))
Dialogue in Thai
The Wheel revolves around a puppet master dy**g in his bed while screaming with pain that rains terror as he is surrounded by ghosts waiting for him to die. The puppet master was dy**g because of a curse on him resulting from his ownership of ancient Thai puppets that belonged to their proper master. Whoever claims/owns the puppets will suffer a horrible death, which is what is happening to him. He stole the puppets and is now paying the ultimate price with a painful death.
Going Home
Hong Kong director Peter Chan (Dragon (2011), The Warlords (2007), Perhaps Love (2005))
Dialogue in Cantonese and Mandarin
Wai is overweight and unhealthy police officer searching for his missing son and is suspiciously detained by his neighbor Yu, a Chinese physician. Yu is a strange guy that has been taking care of his wife’s dead body for over three years, believing that she is still alive and will wake up soon. This segment is the best and strongest segment set with an unwanted past on a housing estate in Hong Kong. Going Home was a beautiful work with a sound that flowed well.
The Wheel was the least successful of the segments that deal with traditional belief systems about ghosts and supernatural things. The theatrical performances of puppetry add a sense of culture and interest to the supernatural proceedings. One of the biggest problems with this segment is that there is no protagonist with a story that we can identify with. The segment switched from character to character, distracting and disjointed.
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- 3 Extremes II Rating Scores
- Our Score: 5/10
- Overall Score: 6.50/10
- IMDB: 6.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.5/10
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