THE UNTOLD STORY is perhaps one of the most infamous of all the Category III thrillers made in Hong Kong, and certainly one of the films that helped to kick start a whole wave of sleaze and depravity in 1990s Hong Kong cinema. It's based on a true story that happened in Macau in 1985, in which a restaurant worker ended up butchering his colleagues. Two unconnected sequels were to follow, while star Anthony Wong find himself typecast in similar roles for the rest of the decade.
Given that this is an outrageous Hong Kong movie, everything plays out in an over the top fashion. There's one of the nastiest and most explicit rape sequences you'll ever seen, alongside some truly horrendous murder scenes which don't skimp on the visceral mayhem. A late-stage flashback depicting the murder of an entire family is particularly gruelling. Anthony Wong transforms himself into a crazed and frightening figure as the villain of the piece, while Danny Lee holds it together with his typical cop performance. I didn't like it quite as much as THE EBOLA SYNDROME, but it's certainly one of those films that gets in your head.
Given that this is an outrageous Hong Kong movie, everything plays out in an over the top fashion. There's one of the nastiest and most explicit rape sequences you'll ever seen, alongside some truly horrendous murder scenes which don't skimp on the visceral mayhem. A late-stage flashback depicting the murder of an entire family is particularly gruelling. Anthony Wong transforms himself into a crazed and frightening figure as the villain of the piece, while Danny Lee holds it together with his typical cop performance. I didn't like it quite as much as THE EBOLA SYNDROME, but it's certainly one of those films that gets in your head.