Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

lee_hkfan RUN AND KILL (1993) - When returning home from work one day, Cheung (Kent Cheng) finds his wife having sex with the local grocer. In a state of shock, Cheung walks out and ends up at a sleazy bar to drown his sorrows. Having one too many, he unintentionally hires a local gangster to kill his wife. When he comes home the following day, men attack and kill his wife and her lover, leaving him in the frame for the murders. Cheung doesn't remember hiring the men but is soon reminded when they come calling for the rest of the money.Fleeing his apartment, Cheung hides out at the old family home in china, only to find his old neighbour and a group of professional killers held up there. The neighbour agrees to help Cheung with his trouble back home but proves to be a fatal mistake, leading to events that are far worse than he could imagine.Run and Kill is a bleak and gloomy CAT III classic from the 90's starring Kent Cheng as the extremely unlucky fatty Cheung who inadvertently runs into Simon Yam's psychopathic ex war veteran character, played here with his usual great charm. I did find Kent Cheng kind of annoying at first, and Danny Lee barely even has a role in the movie but still, Run and Kill deserves it's place as one of the CAT 3 classics from this period in HK cinema. Not wanting to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it but ending is worth watching the film for that scene alone, even if the dummy corpse looks more like a statue of a monkey!

Dave from Ottawa A misunderstanding in a bar puts propane salesman Kent 'Fatty' Cheng smack in the middle of a gang war between Vietnamese blackmailers and Chinese mercenaries. Mercenary Simon Yam, in one of his trademark crazy-eyed psycho roles, blames Cheng for starting the events that lead to his brother's death. His revenge against Cheng's family fills the second half of the film. This film is not for the queasy. Unlike most HK thrillers with their stylized fighting, the violence here comes suddenly and with shocking brutality. The fact that most of the film takes place at night in dark labyrinthine places - warehouses, construction sites - gives the film an effective nightmarish atmosphere as Cheng tries to flee from the demonic Yam.Also present in this movie is a darkly absurdist comedic sensibility that lets the violent action and the characters go way too far and keep on going, until the effect is almost sickening and yet still entertaining.

Viva_Chiba Run and Kill is another movie rated Category III (CAT III) by the Hong Kong film censors, so it must contains excessive sexual content or extreme violence, the only CAT III element in Run and kill is the violence, nothing more.Run and Kill is directed by Billy Tang, director of some memorable CAT III's like: Dr.Lamb and Red To Kill.Plot: Cheng (nicknamed as Fatty) is having a good life, married, with a daughter and a job. But his life is going to get destroyed, when is returning home he finds his wife having sex with another man. Fatty get's depressed and he goes in a bar getting drunk, he "accidentaly" hires a hit-man for kill his wife. Now Fatty is in trouble, not because of his wife murder, but he also don't have the money for pay the hit-man ! Now Fatty is going to start a violent trip in hell......The first time i saw Run and Kill i thought that it was just "okay", but then, i watched the Austrian DVD by Illusions UNLTD films i liked it more. The DVD from Illusions UNLTD films contains a far better transfer and according to some reviews this version contains far more violence, that was previously trimmed, but i can't really make a quick comparsion, i don't remember of major differences.The highlights of the cast goes to: Simon Yam (playing a sadistic war veteran) and Danny Lee (playing a police inspector).Run and Kill is a good CAT III, maybe not with many CAT III elements, but it's still recommended

HumanoidOfFlesh Propane gas shop owner Cheung(Kent Cheng)lives a happy life until the day he finds his wife(Lily Lee)having sex with one of his workers.He simply walks away and goes out to get drunk at a city bar.In his drunken state he accidentally enlists a Vietnamese gang to murder his wife,an event that is just the beginning of a downward spiral into hell.Without enough money to pay for the fulfilled task,he takes refuge to the Mainland where he hopes a gang will help him solve the conflict between him and the Vietnamese.Amongst that Mainland gang is Ching Fung(Simon Yam from "Dr.Lamb")who is about to make Cheung's life an even bigger living hell..."Run and Kill" is one hell of a dark and violent film.The execution of a small daughter of Fatty,which involves lots of rope and gasoline is among the most sadistic child murders I have ever seen on screen.Simon Yam is simply amazing as a merciless psychopath as is Kent Cheng.Overall,"Run and Kill" is a classic of HK Cat.III cinema.You can't go wrong with this brutal and evil film.8 out of 10.