Case of the Floating Body (1995) starring Money Lo
3864DVD
Beautiful
'Money Lo' in Notorious Category III Thriller
Original
Chinese Title: XI HUAN FU SHI
also known as: THE O.C.T.B CASE: THE FLOATING BODY
director: Lam Yee-Hung
starring: Man Yee Lo (as Money Lo) · Ben Ng · Hian Cheung Ng · Kwok
Leung Cheung
While
staying at his brother's house, an ex-con gets into an argument with
his sister-in-law over him smoking marijuana. When the fight turns physical,
she accidentally bumps her head, passing out. He thinks she's dead and
- perhaps due to his altered mental state - he decides to dismember
her. (After a particularly horrific segment,) Ben throws body parts
into Hong Kong harbor but they soon begin to float to the surface and
the police start their investigation.
Lam
Yee-Hung was a major independent Hong Kong director, helming 30+ movies
in two decades (1977-1999). The goodly share of those films were Cat
III genre projects including ROMANCE
OF THE WEST CHAMBER, SEVERELY
RAPEDand THE
DEVIL STRIKES. He started his career in the '70s as a script
planner. One of his early projects was the Taiwanese cock-eyed fantasy
MOTHER
GODDESS AND THE SEA DRAGON; he was also the scriptwriter behind
SEEDING
OF A GHOST. Mr Lam is still active in the entertainment field
today; however he is no longer directing films. In 2003, he joined the
Crystal Boys television series as an actor playing the
role of Lin Mao-Hsiung.
Beautiful
actress Money Lo starred in numerous legendary Category III films including
DAUGHTER
OF DARKNESS and two by Billy Tang, BROTHER
OF DARKNESS and RED
TO KILL. She retired from show business in 1997 after marrying
Hong Kong businessman Suen Ging-On.
A Hong Kong
film with English and Chinese subtitles; widescreen format, fully uncut
(90 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include selected
trailers.
Graphic
Violence/Nudity/Drugs/Sexual
Brutality
Recommended for Mature Audiences
