Three... Extremes

Three... Extremes (Chinese: 三更2 Saam gaang yi) is a 2004 international East Asian horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by three directors from three countries. It is a sequel to, and follows the concept of Three (2002), this time with more established directors.

Films

Dumplings

A Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan, Dumplings deals with an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties. However, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. In 2004, Fruit Chan released a feature-length version of this short.

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A South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook which tells the story of a successful film director and his wife who are kidnapped by an extra from his own films, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife's fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes.

Box

A Japanese film by Takashi Miike about a softly spoken young woman who has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected.

Cast

Dumplings

• Miriam Yeung as Mrs Li
• Bai Ling as Mei
• Pauline Lau as Li's maid
• Tony Leung Ka-fai as Li
• Meme Tian as Connie

Cut

• Lee Byung-hun as Director
• Im Won-hee as Stranger
• Kang Hye-jung as Director's wife
• Yum Jung-ah as actress in vampire role

Box

• Kyoko Hasegawa as Kyoko
• Atsuro Watabe as Yoshii/Higata
• Mai Suzuki as Young Kyoko
• Yuu Suzuki as Young Shoko

Dumplings theatrical

Dumplings was extended and turned into a full length theatrical film that was released into British cinemas by Tartan Films in the spring of 2006.

Reception

Three...Extremes received mixed reviews, and holds a score of 66 out of 100 at review aggregator Metacritic. Roger Ebert awarded it three and a half out of four stars and called it "deeply, profoundly creepy."

Box office

The film was released on November seventeenth, 2005 in nineteen North American theatres. It grossed $36,414 ($1,916 per screen) in its opening week-end, and its final gross stands at a modest $77,532.

External links

• Three... Extremes at AllMovie
• Three... Extremes at IMDb