EBOLA SYNDROME: Well, in the "Underground Cinema", you'll
certainly meet all kinds of strange, disgusting, repulsive, and
unredeemable people (it's the nature of the beast, I guess) but I
have to admit that good old fat-faced Chinese scumbag, ANTHONY WONG
takes the cake for the the MOST repugnant, appalling man in
existance. I mean, the guy displays just about everything that's
loathsome in the human male psyche. And from what I hear, this is a
very similar character to his other Category 3 splatter-rama, THE
UNTOLD STORY (aka HUMAN MEAT PIES) so I guess director HERMAN YAU
must have needed that extra helping of Mr. Wong to satisfy his
cravings for sheer nausea. And as close minded as this may sound
(I'm usually NOT like this), no matter what this actor has done in
the past (co-starred in such hits as THE MISSION, the YOUNG AND
DANGEROUS series, and A MAN CALLED HERO) or what he plans to do in
the future, he'll always be that same sorry, nasty piece of shit
"meat fucker" that we got to see here. And don't ask about the
"meat fucking" either, you'll just have to watch that sickening
scene for yourself. But, ya know, if you really think about it, my
statement only flatters Mr. Wong in his acting ability because if
he's able to provoke that kind of reaction from a viewer,
especially one as jaded as I am, it means he's really got that
"magic touch", I suppose. Anyway, this movie has a pretty simple
premise for a story though, supra-degenerate Wong plays a derranged
serial killer who flees Hong Kong after commiting multiple murders
and ends up contracting the Ebola Virus during his brief hideout in
Africa. How did he get the virus, you ask? Well, what better way
than to rape a poor native girl who's been infected and has passed
out in the wilderness. He spots her and quickly takes sexual
liberties with the lass before she can wake up. He then gets the
disease when she goes into convulsions and spits vomit into his
face. She tenses up (with the grip of the death nerve) so he's
forced to bash her head in with a large rock while screaming,
"Gimme back my dick!". Yup, as I said before, this man is totally
without any sort of morals or scupples. So after comitting several
new murders in Africa, he returns to Hong Kong with some stolen
cash to start all over again. Now, he's spreading the deadly virus
(which, by the way, doesn't kill him, he's the new host) by serving
food to the public, through the joys of prostitution, murdering
anyone that bothers him, and however else he can get away with it.
The sky's the limit when it comes to the depths of onscreen outrage
that's thrown at us in this flick. But, unfortunately, this same
appaling insanity that I had hoped to witness, actually kinda
ruined the movie for me. I wasn't offended at what was happening. I
simply found myself laughing, trying to guess what the next
nastiest thing he could do would be. And that, in my opinion, is
the ultimate downfall for this despicable Chinese Category 3
shocker. I quickly forgot that the film should be disturbing in
it's presentation of absolute human wickedness and saw it as
somewhat of a slapstick and downright silly waste of a potentially
fantastic idea which is really a shame because I had such high
hopes for this lowdown, sucker-punching sleazer. Now, don't get me
wrong, there's enough "unspeakable acts of exaggerated revulsion"
to go around and you'll see things that no should ever have to see
(whether it's fictitious or not) but I felt this entire experience
was lost in the extremely over-the-top, almost comedic antics of
the films's "bad guy". Oh well...
-Steve