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You go into cat 3 films with certain expectations. You shouldn't really expect a decent storyline or any great characterisation. Basically, if you've taken the time to find one of these films, you want gore and cheesy fun! In short bursts, run and kill delivers this. Though it try's to hard to be a real film and really just ends up embarrassing itself. The story is just about Fatty (Kent Cheng) Getting drunk and accidentally recruiting somebody to have his wife killed. (she gets caught having sex with another man). As you can imagine, things go to plan. Cue lots of running around and pointless, boring scenes of woodenly acted mush of Fatty trying to hide from the mean gangsters that killed his family. The film really isn't gory enough like the untold story. I don't know about you, but I go into a cat 3 movies hoping to be grossed out and shocked. This failed miserably. Their isn't any humour either. Such as any Anthony Wong flick. It can't even be passed off as a straight up exercise in nihilism. As the actor who plays Fatty just isn't a good enough actor and isn't really able to convey strong emotions. To conclude I have to say that cat 3 films simply shouldn't try and do story and character as this just isn't what they are know for. If you want fun, gore and a generally entertaining movie just go and see Ebola Syndrome or even Dr Lamb.

Run and Kill is an excellent example of what the Chinese do so well - a violent revenge thriller, in the vein of MAN WANTED and RETURN ENGAGEMENT (both also starring SIMON YAM). Kent Cheung plays a mild-mannered man who accidentally involves himself in the murder of his wife when drunk at a nightclub one evening. When he sobers up and realizes what has happened, he goes to the police, headed by DANNY LEE, who find his tale somewhat hard to believe! He soon goes home to find the gang leader who wants his payment for the murder of his wife, and when he can't pay, gets beaten up for his troubles. The plot thickens from here on, but I wouldn't want to spoil it for you. Suffice to say there are a few nasty moments involving a lead pipe, and a burning child....you find yourself really rooting for the hero (?) of the piece as he comes up against the lunatic Simon Yam. This film is based on a true story, which makes it all the more gripping if you can stand the gore and violence on display. Unfortunately, this movie isn't available in the UK, but if you get the chance, it comes highly recommended.

Just after directing Dr. Lamb, Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang, made this action flick. I didn't like Dr. lamb but what I did like was the performance of Simon Yam who played Dr. Lamb. Here he is again as Ching Fung.

Again for a CAT III flick it is low on everything. Okay, they do fight and slash and blood is sputtering around but again, scriptwise it sucked a lot for me. Again some situations looked ridiculous just like Dr. lamb. The most disturbing scene must be the one were a kid is being burned alive while the father is watching, but he ran away with the burned corpse and loses it's head, again, it looks ridiculous.

I had so many expectations for a CAT III flick, sadly they weren't fulfilled.

Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

A strange little Category III and one of the more notorious of its kind. Watch it and you'll soon see why. Kent Cheng is cast against type as a likeable petrol station owner and family man who discovers his wife cheating on him. Before you can say STRANGER ON A TRAIN, he's up to his neck in vengeful gang members and sadistic violence, captured unremarkably by director Billy Tang. The first hour feels cheap and cheerful, enlivened slightly by tough guy actors like Danny Lee, Melvin Wong and Johnny Wang Lung Wei, although Simon Yam deserves mention as a truly crazy character. However, in the last half an hour, this really heats up (!) with some extremely disturbing scenes and frenetic moments you'd never find in Hollywood. It makes an impact, that's for sure.

Fatty (Kent Cheng) catches his wife (Lily Li) with another man; on their anniversary, no less. He gets drunk and hires a hit man to take care of her; only there is a slight miscommunication over what he wants.

Now, the gang leader (Lung Wei Wang) wants $800,000 for the job they did. Lots of chop socky and blood is spilled in the attempt to collect. Rival gangs get involved and the blood flows freely.

When Ching Fung's (Simon Yam) brother Wah (Sui Wah Fok) dies, he vows revenge on Fatty and his family. Fung tortures Fatty in the worst possible way and even kills his own partners as he goes psychotic after Fatty escapes.

He and fatty have a fight to the death. It was magnificent.