I just watched a pervertedly artsy film, by Singaporean director Tzang Merwyn Tong.
UM.
I was supposed to be doing a DVD Review, and since Khai offered me this intriguing little DVD, I decided to give it a try.
On it's cover, it had opinions from Montreal Mirror, reading 'A hallucinatory atmospheric film drenched in lust and dread'
Did I mention it's NC-16?
Okay, it's very lusty, filled with gore,blood, sex scenes and makes the viewers curl up and shrivel. At least I was shrivelling.
The film has a dark, spooky feel to it, and its dialogue was all done it subtitles in the earlier part of the film. I actually like it, but I felt it certain scenes were unnecessary, ie, there was a 'sneak preview' of the male lead's uhm, male anatomy. But if you blinked, you'd miss it.
A Wicked Tale is one twisted remake of the innocent fairytale, The Red Riding Hood. As Tzang's interview mentioned, the film explores an innocent girl's sexual awakening.
How should I rate it?
3/5 Popcorns
Legend: 1 popcorn- watch only you have lotsa moolah & no where to spend 2 popcorn- ho-hum, it's ok lah 3 popcorn- Entertaining 4 popcorn- Wowee! I like! 5 popcorn- Buy its DVD and watch it 3 times
Oh Editor Maxine banned me from doing its review for our Print mag, I'm against it too. I can't possibly do that for a school mag!
