We come and will eat you
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | We come and will eat you |
| Original title | 地獄 無門 |
| Country of production | Hong Kong |
| original language | Cantonese |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK indexed |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tsui Hark |
| script |
Szeto Cheuk-hon Tsui Hark |
| production |
Cheung Kuen Ng See-Yuen |
| music | Frankie Chan |
| camera |
Lau Hung-chuen Law Wan-shing |
| cut | Poon Hung |
| occupation | |
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We come and will eat you , also Kung Fu cannibals ( Chinese 地獄 無門 , Pinyin Dì yù wú mén , international title We're Going to Eat You ) is an action and martial arts Eastern with slapstick produced in Hong Kong in 1980 - and splatters from 1980. Directed by Tsui Hark , who also wrote the script with Szeto Cheuk-hon . The production is Hark's second directorial work.
action
There is a food shortage on a small, isolated Chinese island. The shortage drives the local villagers into cannibalism , which is mostly fatal to strangers and travelers. Under the leadership of a uniformed village head, masked gangs hunt down all the newcomers, who they then kill, eviscerate and portion. Then the human flesh is distributed in the presence of the tyrannical ruler. The majority of the booty, however, falls to the murderous beasts, which arouses certain desires among the partly malformed villagers. A priest present tries to calm down the hungry population.
The unsuspecting and constantly smoking bounty hunter "Falke" ends up on the isolated island in search of the notorious murderer Chin-Lung. After his arrival, the battle-hardened man is first robbed by a cunning thief before he encounters a masked eccentric who is hostile to his life. When he successfully asserts himself against the attacker, even killing him, he finally goes to the center of the village to ask for help from the local police officer, the nasty village chief. Here the falcon is attacked again by angry thugs, harassed and slightly injured. While on the run, he suddenly loses consciousness - when he wakes up again he is nursed back to health by the attractive young Ah Lin, who like the rest of the locals seems to be hiding something.
The bold and suspicious hawk did not give up, however, and finally found out the strange conditions in the village with the help of the sought-after Chin-Lung. However, the hunter does not believe the alleged murderer's statements and therefore continues to regard the despot's rebellious confidante as suspicious, although the accused vehemently denies any involvement and is increasingly distancing himself from the village head. The investigator is not convinced of the serious intentions of the man who wants to end the cannibal life. Chin-Lung flees. A little later, the wanted man frees the thieving wanderer to ask his assistance in the impending murder of the village bully. However, his plan fails and the rebellious Chin-Ling is killed.
After the bounty hunter made sure of Chin-Ling's death, he rescues the attractive Ah Lin with a youth and the nomadic thief in a final show of strength. The village chief had a fatal accident in the midst of violent fighting. At the end of the film, Falke reaches a rescue raft with his beloved, the nameless thief and a boy . During their crossing, the quartet is suddenly attacked by another cannibal, who is brutally killed by the bounty hunter. Ah Lin with presence of mind cuts out the heart of the bloodied corpse to give it as a gift to her lover, the shocked hawk.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “mixture of cannibal film and kung fu adventure that indulged in bloodlessness and tastelessness” . Tsui Hark's second film is also "a repulsive genre fare."
Christian Keßler wrote in the film magazine Splatting Image that apart from the "annoying bunch of shit" the film was an "extremely fascinating and entertaining curiosity that mixes American standards [...] with Asian martial arts and wild capers" .
Web links
- We will come and eat you in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- We come and will eat you in the online film database
- hkmdb.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ We come and will eat you in the lexicon of international films
- ↑ cf. Christian Keßler in Cannibals around the world from Splatting Image, September 2006, page 10/11