Show topic: Ray ranks the 5 best short films in the 3 Extremes anthology series.
3 Extremes: An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
Directors: Fruit Chan (segment Dumplings), Park Chan-wook (segment Cut), Takashi Miike (segment Box)
Writers: Park Chan-wook (segment Cut), Haruko Fukushima (segment Box), Pik-Wah Lee (segment Dumplings)
Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa
3 Extremes 2: Three constitutes an omnibus package of three short horror films made by Asian directors. "Memories," made by Kim Ji-Woon, is about a woman (Kim Hye-Soo) who disappears from the home she shares with her husband (Jung Bo-Seog) and children, and ends up in a futuristic city filled with many disturbing hindrances to her finding her way back home. Nonzee Nimibutr's "The Wheel" contains a puppeteer who is unsuccessful in warning a dance troupe about using cursed puppets. Peter Ho-Sun Chan's "Coming Home" stars Eric Tsang as a policeman who becomes involved with his neighbors, a married couple who are involved in with some mysterious herbal medications.
Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan (segment Going Home), Jee-woon Kim (segment Memories), Nonzee Nimibutr (segment The Wheel)
Writers: Teddy Chan (story), Matt Chow (screenplay), Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay)
Stars: Leon Lai, Kim Hye-su, Bo-seok Jeong
