This hyped-up Asian horror "event" certainly lives up to its name: nothing is off limits, not fetus cannibalism, not incest, not dismemberment! The film is uneven: out of the three stories, "Dumplings" is simply repulsive and "The Box" is frightfully pretentious, but "The Cut" is a stunning, uncomfortable masterpiece of sickness and blacker-than-black humor. I really couldn't believe what I was seeing, but I couldn't look away for a second. That's why I think the original Asian-release order of the three episodes is preferable to the American order: it saves the best for last, giving you something to look forward to. My ratings (out of 4) would be ** for "Dumblings", *1/2 for "The Box", and ***1/2 for "Cut".
Review of Three... Extremes
