Three (2002 film)
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79% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Horror, Mystery Film series Three series Country South KoreaThailandHong Kong | 6.3/10 IMDb Initial DVD release February 2, 2005 (Italy) Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language KoreanThaiCantoneseMandarin Director Kim Jee-woonNonzee NimibutrPeter Ho-Sun Chan Release date July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12) Writer Teddy Chan (story), Matt Chow (screenplay), Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay), Ek Iemchuen (story), Jee-woon Kim (screenplay), Nonzee Nimibutr (story), Nitas Singhamat (screenplay), Chao-Bin Su (story), Bobby White (subtitles) Cast (Song-min's Wife), (Song-min), (Gaan), Leon Lai Ming (Yu Fai), (Chan Kwok-Wai), (Photographer)Similar movies Crimson Peak , The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , The Conjuring , Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , Insidious: Chapter 2 , The Man with the Golden Gun Tagline When two just ain't enough! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Three (Hangul: 쓰리; RR: Sseuli, Thai: อารมณ์ อาถรรพณ์ อาฆาต, Chinese: 三更; pinyin: Sāngēng) is a 2002 horror film collaboration consisting of three omnibus segments by directors from three Asian countries. The segments are, in the following order:
Contents
- Three extremes ii memories bloody finger 2002
- Three going home ending 2002
- Memories
- The Wheel
- Going Home
- Distribution
- Awards
- References
The project has a sequel, Three... Extremes (2004) following the same concept but with directors Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike and Park Chan-wook.
Three going home ending 2002
Memories
A man goes to a psychiatrist to try to remember what happened the day his wife disappeared from his life. Meanwhile, his wife wakes up and finds herself lying on a deserted road, having no idea how she got there in the first place. Slowly, she recollects the memories of her previous life and takes a lead towards her and her husband's residence, a flat located in an empty housing estate called "New Town". Strange things befall on the couple: the husband experiences nightmares of his ghastly wife mutilating herself, while the wife feels as if others do not acknowledge her existence. When she finally arrives at her residence, she discovers the full truth.
The man had murdered his wife after an argument and cut her into pieces. Her remains are then stored in a black bag seen at certain points in the movie. The man experiences trauma after the incident, while the reason why others ignore the wife is because no one can see her. The man is then seen driving away from New Town with his wife's remains.
Cast and roles include
The Wheel
Directed by Nonzee NimibutrStory by: Ek Iemchuen and Nonzee NimibutrScreenplay by Nitas SinghamatCinematography by Nattawut KittikhunA puppet master (known as Hun lakhon lek) named Master Tao lies dying in his bed after he has drowned his wife and son. Tao fears of a curse coming from his puppets, which will exact their improper owners misery should they take hold of them. He is later burned alive inside his house with the spirits of his wife and son becoming witnesses. His rival, Master Tong, a tutor for traditional Thai dance connected to Hun lakhon lek (known as Khon) attempts to steal the puppets to raise his prestige. However, this causes deaths of many people in the troupe. Tong eventually meets the same fate as Tao when the house he is in catches flames and burns down.
Cast and roles include
Going Home
Directed by Peter ChanStory by Teddy Chan and Su Chao-BinScreenplay by Matt Chow and Jo Jo Hui Yuet-chunCinematography by Christopher DoyleFilming location: Former Police Married Quarters on Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong KongA widowed cop, Chan Kwok-wai moves to a dying apartment with his son, Cheung. He is informed about Yu, a neighbor across the complex, who lives with his paralyzed wife, Hai'er, and daughter. Yu's daughter creeps Cheung, but the two become friends and later play at a photo studio. However, Chan mistakenly believes that Yu has kidnapped Cheung and attempts to break into his apartment, only to get caught and rendered unconscious. Yu takes Chan hostage and reveals that his wife has died, yet he continues to talk to her as if she is alive. He promises to release him in three days, the time when his wife would "wake up" through the help of Chinese medicine, after which the two would go back to their Changsha home in the mainland. He also reveals that he never has a daughter, for she was aborted when his wife succumbed to liver cancer three years before.
On the third day, Chan's fellow cops manage to arrest Yu. However, before he is taken away, he escapes and attempts to reach Hai'er, only to get killed when a car hits him. The doctor who treated Yu and Hai'er tell Chan the full truth about her patients as well as the fact that though Hai'er has died, she does indeed shows signs of life. The film ends with Cheung leaving the photo studio, which is shown to be closed from the outside but thriving in the inside, implying that it is otherworldly. Yu, Hai'er, and their daughter enter the studio to get their photos taken.
Cast and roles include
Distribution
This film was released in the U.S. under the title Three Extremes II, as the sequel was released first in U.S. territories, followed by this film.
Awards
The third segment of the film, Going Home, has won:
References
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