| Cross |
  | Starring: Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Kenny Wong, Liu Kai Chi Directed: Daniel Chan, Steve Woo Release Date: June 23, 2015 Run Time: 86 Minutes Format: DVD Distributor: Well Go USA | |
| Film Synopsis |
Leung (Simon Yam) is doing God’s Work. He’s an Angel of Mercy. He’s saving souls, delivering everlasting peace to the tormented.
He’s also a Serial Killer.
Police psychologist Cheung (Kenny Wong) is assigned to the case, and discovers Leung’s hunting ground: an online web forum for people planning to kill themselves. Suicide is a sin, says Leung, so it’s not murder – he’s saving their eternal souls. And he’s not done yet. – Well Go USA
| Audio/Video |
Audio Audio Language: Cantonese The Sound Quality is crisp for DVD but I had to turn the volume up a tad compared to viewing Blu-Ray. No Distortions and dialogue is clear. Rating: |
Picture Quality Disc Format: DVD The Picture Quality Is good for DVD sharp on close-ups but distant shots get softer. Colors are not vibrant like The Blu but Black Levels seemed to be good. Rating: |
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| Theatrical release Date: 2012 (China) |
| Blu-Ray Disc release Date: June 23, 2015 (USA) |
| Extras |
- Trailer
| My Thoughts |
Cross (Smile for Me) is a film about a guy going around doing Gods work so Simon Yam’s Character is telling the police. What that means is he is killing people, Is it bad Folk? People that don’t deserve to die? No It’s those who want to die. Yam Plays A sympathetic serial killer taking out those who want to die by suicide for the reason he is doing this is because suicide is a sin and he is just helping them die while still being able to get into heaven.
The movie starts off with Yam turning himself in for the murders and not just because of that but because he failed one of his murders. The film has good gore like some one getting stabbed in the neck with a pen and or a drill bit to the back of the head. He finds his victims though a website (Forum) for those who want to learn how to Commit suicide. The story takes off from there as the police read his story victim after victim. We get a twist and turn in the plot but overall the film runs slow with the movie going down hill the farther it gets through its time line.
Overall I would say this was just an OK viewing as it feel incomplete. I liked the whole Idea of the film but I feel it wasn’t done in the potential it could have had. Perhaps South Korea could have flipped this and created a great film.
With that said I give the film a 2 out of 5 as I did like the premises and the gore / Kills but it was slow with an incomplete feeling to it and maybe it’s because it took 3 years to make with 4 different directors to Complete.
| Rating – 5 Star System |
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| DVD $24.98 |
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