In Hong Kong in 1988 it was decided that they would have to have the Cat III category where the films were just too much with sex, horror or gore and had to stop children going in. The film began with Men Behind the Sun (1988) which is truly appalling and it might have been that the government must have not banned the film but maybe because the atrocities were committed by the Japanese they were happy to show it. Because there was a large audience and so came more films and the first big one was The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story (1993) starring Anthony Chau-Sang Wong and directed by Tun-Fei Mou and which was a sensation. Later came Ebola Syndrome (1996) which also has much sex, horror and gore and also with humour. I find this rather difficult when the awful scenes are so terrible that we are supposed to laugh at rape and the mention of young children as well although we have to say that it is rather well made. I think that if we look at this as just a joke okay but unfortunately the amusement fades away and the terrible nasty scenes are still there.
Review of Ebola Syndrome
