Hong Kong X-File (1998)
Reviewed by: ryan on 1999-11-21
Summary: Hong Kong X-File (1998)
What do you expect when you get the name 'Hong Kong X File'? Another Hong Kong Version of 'X Files'? Sorry, I'm sure you'll be totally disappointed if you take this as your expectation on the movie. It's in fact a movie about supernatural and ghost.

SIAO in the movie act as a girl who was beaten up and raped by a group of triad in having venues for sex. She is unconscious in the hospital while she has the instinct to take her soul everything for vegenance. She do the vegenance by killing men for sex by pulling off their dick! LAM and CHIN are cops investigating the case while CHENG is the girl working there. SIAO finally hooked up with them against the triad.

When considering the cast SIAO Yuk-yin, you instinctly feel that the movie has been filmed filmed for a long time as SIAO cast in Jet LI's 'Last Hero in Chia' in 1993. In fact, the movie looks like the styles in 80s which keen on making the mix of comeday and thriller. Unlike happy ghost, they put more audlt element in the movie.

If you've seen the movie and you are asked to classify the movie, I consider most of us will consider this as a pron for the first half as there're lots of love scenes and naked bodies filling the time. Though they try to introduce CHIN and LAM as cops for investigation, but most of the scenes are optional and failed to putting the investigation as a real case. I don't mind their decision but I consider it would be much better if they can put more efforts in putting the service as fun and interesting. Now it looks like lots of scenes making love.

The later half of the movie turns to the thriller. They want to make it as a Vampire type or Ghost type movie. Unfortunately, they failed as they can't set up the climate at the first part. The change does not impressive. Since SIAO is in a role with lots of unhappiness, I expect the movie can be a bit more impressive at this point and they haven't done that.

On the whole, 'Hong Kong X File' looks like a Cat. III porn rather than a Cat. II B mix of comedy and thriller. If this is the case, I consider 'Severly Rape' may be a better choice.