Ming Ming, a mentally challenged young woman has recently been admitted to an assisted living facility. In the nearby community, a series of rapes has occured, and keeps continuing, while it spreads fear among those who lives there. Chan, who's the head doctor at the facility where Ming Ming's at seems like a nice guy at first, but when Ming Ming one day wears a dress that is coloured red, Chan goes berserk and rapes her.
Red to Kill is one of those HK Cat III movies that really deserves the Cat III rating, as it is brutal and might as well be way too much for some to sit through. Personally, while it's a horrible film that has some really nasty scenes, I'm still a big fan of this movie. One could call it a sick-flick that has a lot of gore, violence, full frontal nudity over and over again, rapes and even necrophilia in it. Sounds like too much? Well, it might be, but at the same time, everything is not quite as horrible and brutal as it may sound.
When Ming Ming's father dies, Lok, a social worker, helps move Ming Ming who's mentally challenged into an assisted living facility. There are a lot of mentally challenged, retards, living in the facility, and Ming Ming soon makes many friends. Meanwhile, a series of rapes has plagued the community, and the people who lives there blame the assisted facility, thinking that some of the retards may be responsible. The head doctor, Chan, helps Ming Ming get adjusted to her new enviroment, but one day when she wears a red dress, he suddenly snaps and rapes her. The case ends up in court, but since Chan has a really good lawyer, and Ming Ming's statement is far from great, Chan walks, and plan to pay Ming Ming a visit once again.
 Red to Kill starts off showing its true face right away, when one get to see some psycho killing a girl, to rape her after she's dead. Don't get me wrong here, but it's a great opening, and of course it's horrible and bad, but it's still a great opening. Take notice that if you have problems with rape scenes and gory disgusting scenes, it's recommended to stay away from this flick as it has a few of those type of scenes to offer.
If you're looking for shock value, Red to Kill has some to offer, and even if you kinda know what to expect when watching this type of flick, it's hard to be fully prepared for what's coming. Now, I've probably made this sound like a really frightening experience, and while at one point it is, but on the other hand, it really isn't after all. Talking about the rape scenes, you get to see the softcore version of things, that means, naked flesh and you know what's going on but no visible penetration. Still, watching rape scenes, which ever way they may be filmed in, is a truly horrible thing. But it's far from as bad as Irreversible, because that scene was truly sickening. On the other hand, raping a mentally challenged girl adds to the whole thing, and just knowing what's going on is quite enough.
The worst scene though, which may be really hard to stomach, (I know I had problems with it) is actually after Ming Ming has been raped and she feels unclean in the shower. I don't wanna spoil it for any potential viewers, but it's a bit much. The acting is very good, and if some of the retarded people weren't retared for real, they do an excellent playing retards. But Ben Ng truly stands out as the rapist and psychopath, and delivers an over-the-top psychotic performance that is a hundred percent belivable. Just wait till you see it, it can't be explained but has to be seen as it really stands out. The ending and the finale is truly awesome as well.
What we're dealing with here is a flick with a horrible theme, that is nasty and that has some really nasty scenes. If you watch it and is not at all affected by any of it, it's recommended to see a shrink. It has shock value, a good pace, and an awesome psychopath that you'll love to hate. It's a horrible, but yet, at the same time, a great movie.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Yeuk saat
MOVIE YEAR: 1994
DIRECTOR: Billy Tang
WRITING CREDITS: Billy Tang
GENRE: Horror, Cat III
CAST: Lily Chung, Ben Ng, Money Lo
COUNTRY: Hong Kong
RUNTIME: 96 min
RATING: 9/10
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