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I have never, in all of my obscure-movie watching years, seen a film
as powerfully harrowing and stomach-churning as "The Untold Story."
But that isn't to say that it's not recommended. A 1992 Hong
Kong flick that kickstarted a huge wave of "true crime" films
over there, "The Untold Story" has been marketed and distributed
for the growing gweilo (that's "white folks") market for Hong
Kong films. Tai Seng, the country's largest distributor of HK
movies, has released "The Untold Story" in its complete and
uncut version on both tape and laserdisc. An extra added bonus is
the addition of re-vamped, large, readable subtitles . . .
Anthony Wong (best known as the bad guy in John Woo's "Hard-Boiled")
is a compulsive Mah-Jong gambler with a penchant for cheating. When
he is caught at this deception, he is compelled to murder his
accusers in increasingly violent and disgusting fashions. After
fleeing Hong Kong to avoid capture, Wong ends up in Macau and
quickly resumes his killing spree. The Macau cops, spurred by
the discovery of a sack of rotten body parts, begins to
investigate Wong, who has assumed ownership of the "8
Immortals" roasted bun restaurant due to the mysterious
disappearance of its original owners. Wong begins to kill any of
his workers that he suspects of talking to the cops and finally ends
up getting caught. But this is just beginning of the story .
Although the cops have enough evidence to arrest Wong, they need
his confession in order to charge him with several other murders
that they suspect he has committed. So the brutal cops, after
saving Wong from a truly repulsive suicide attempt, finally coerce
a confession through torture and abuse. They need a confession
because there's no physical evidence. Why is there no evidence?
Let's just say this: One of the alternate titles of "The Untold
Story" is "Human Meat Buns."
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