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Movie review: The Sadness
This slickly-produced gorefest, which finds a virus turning people into bloodthirsty maniacs, is entertaining and relevant, but lacks a plot
By Han Cheung / Staff reporter
If you’re squeamish about intentionally campy, senselessly gory zombie-style bloodfests, stay away from this film.
This reviewer is no fan of the genre, but somehow, between the smooth production, excellent death metal-meets Taiwanese temple music soundtrack, fast paced action and not-so-subtle digs at the government and humanity, The Sadness (哭悲) proved to be mildly entertaining.
The social parody is not as relentless and biting as last August’s Get The Hell Out (逃出立法院), where the nation’s entire legislative body transforms into zombies, but that one was somewhat bogged down by very specific Taiwanese cultural references that could only be appreciated by a familiarity with the nation’s pop culture and sociopolitical events. You don’t need to know that muc
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TAIPEI After a nine-year hiatus, Taiwanese actor Vic Chou is returning to Taiwan showbiz with the thriller drama Danger Zone produced by iQIYI.
He attended a press conference on Wednesday (Jan 13) to announce the new cast members of the show, which include Sandrine Pinna, Christopher Lee, Berant Chu, Tseng Chin-hua, Teresa Daley, and Wu Hsing-Kuo.
The drama is co-directed by David Chuang and Kuan-Chung Chen, and both are the directors of Netflix’s drama The Victims’ Game.
In the new series, Vic plays three identities: a lawyer, a crime analysis expert, and a prisoner.