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Takes itself way too seriously

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Oh man, this is a treat. As soon as you start this flick you're treated with a few fantastic scenes of...yup, Chinese torture. With such a great start to a movie, you always wonder if movies can keep up the pace. Most of the time they do not, but not with Chinese Torture Chamber Story. This movie is fun all the way to the end.Story is about a man and a woman being accused of adultery and possibly a couple other things in front of a Jerk of a Judge. Well, as you learn the man and woman are completely innocent and evil scheming is prevalent. What you're watching is the woman's retelling (to the judge) of her history with this man she is being tortured with. There are side stories of cheating wives, invisible rape, gigantic weiners, a woman who wants larger breasts, a Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon duo of sorts that you'll never ever forget. The movie seriously has it all.Chinese Torture Chamber Story is easily one of my favorite CATIII films, like I said it has tons of entertaining moments, and I didn't even mention the torture or the hot babes. The story is involving, the comedy silly, the women are horny, the torture is sadistic. Seriously if you don't find this flick a blast and you call yourself a fan of CATTIII cinema, you better check yourself partner. And I've heard from good sources the sequel is just as good! 9 outta 10.

Watching this film it really did seem like Russ Meyer hopped in a time machine and traveled to the future to 1995 Japan and forced a young Takashi Miike to travel to Hong Kong to make one of the most bizarre and more importantly schizophrenic films I've seen since I watched Eternal Evil of Asia for the first time, which also happened to have been released that same year. Man 1995 was a great year for screwed up " Drama / Horror / Adventure / Fantasy / Comedic...all in one films", that the Chinese audience are so fond of. The Chinese audience really does want to get their moneys worth when they go to see a movie and want to experience as many genres of film in one trip to the cinema as they can. So let it be known, Chinese Torture Chamber Story switches from a horror film, to Love Story, to martial arts mayhem, to raunchy sexual antics, to slapstick comedy, back to toe cringing horror all in a flick of an eye so be prepared. The title of the film suggests plenty of Torture and trust me you do get that but mainly only at the beginning and end of the film. In between you should be prepared to expect a lot of drama, which can be quite boring when you want to watch a gore film but at least all the love story soap opera zaniness that goes on between Yvonne Yung Hung (Little Cabbage), Lawrence Ng (Scholar),Ching Mai (his wife) and Julie Lee always leads up to some soft-core sex. Which is lustful at times;Scholar and his sexual apparatus enjoying wife or flat out laugh out loud gut busting hilarity; famous Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sex scene anyone? That's what probably makes this movie so good. The hilarious, freaky sex always going on.For a good idea of what I'm talking about, think about the scene in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon where they're running along the tops of tree branches fighting as they defy gravity, only the two characters in Chinese Torture Chamber Story *beep* each other as they fight on top of the tree branches. Very pee your pants funny moment. Maybe not as funny as when it happened in Eternal Evil of Asia. That's why I mentioned that film earlier.If you're looking for another hilarious martial arts sex movie, pick up Eternal Evil of Asia (1995), directed by Man Kei Chin. Even cooler, the same martial arts sex master from Chinese Torture Chamber Story, Elvis Tsui, is also the same martial arts sex master in Eternal Evil. The movie also stars Julie Lee who also happens to be in CTCS. So be sure to pick that DVD up if you liked this one.So while the main story is basically a love story between Little Cabbage and The Scholar, it eventually leads to the murder of Little Cabbage's husband whose cause of death was, "death by penile explosion." Little Cabbage and the Scholar are then accused of adultery and murder of Little Cabbage's husband and put on trial. They are then tortured by the court as a way to gain a confession, while the entire time, the two love birds claim innocence, screaming "I am framed". So the film begins with Little Cabbage being tortured and through flash backs the main story is told. Then as a framing device for the movie, snippets of Little Cabbage's torture and court hearing is thrown in.In the end, i really liked Chinese Torture Chamber Story. Although I now come to think of this movie as more of a sleazy sex comedy then a gore movie. I was definitely laughing more of the time then I was disgusted. The gore is very few and far between, with the best of it occurring during the first five minutes. For the most part as well, the gore and violence was very tame and held back compared to something like Oxen Split Torturing or Miike's Imprint. That's why I mention him before. After watching Chinese Torture Chamber Story, it becomes fairly obvious where Miike got his inspiration for the "to hardcore for TV" Master's of Horror episode Imprint, although I think in terms of violence, Miike's film is far more effective. So if you liked Imprint, Eternal Evil of Asia, Russ Meyer or Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu's work, I highly recommend this movie. I'd score this movie higher if the gore was more satisfying so if that's what you're looking for I'd rate the gore and violence in this movie a 6/10. It's not that bad. Just not enough and held back to much at times. The exploding member is definitely a gore classic moment though on par with dare I say the bloody end of Nekromantik.The sexual craziness and plain sheer bizarreness of this movie is enough for me to give it the score of 8/10.Find this movie at all costs, you won't be disappointed.

When I got this movie I assumed by the title that it would be ALL about torture. This is not the case. Within all the comedic scenes with the kung-fu sexaholics and the invisible guy, I did find satisfaction in knowing that the two main characters did seem to love each other. As I was sitting there watching, I thought, "Oh, what a horrible movie." I am a huge fan of the actress Gong Li (who does not appear in this movie) but a new interest has sparked within me for the young Yvonne Yung. I will be looking up some more of her movies. As far as a recommendation for you, I would say, it's twisted, funny & weird with lots of titties. If you can stomach that kind of stuff, then you should be able to get through this. Yvonne Yung makes it worth the watch. Beware: It's subtitled, so pay attention!

I've seen so many Hong Kong movies now that when I eventually came to watch this notorious Category III melodrama I took it all in my stride, but thinking back on it now, it has to be one of the most startling viewing experiences available to any viewer unfamiliar with HK cinema. Its part of a string of CAt III movies seeking respectability through use of historical settings (Sex and Zen, Sex and the Emperor, Lover of the Last Empress etc.), and for all its horrors, its not as sickening as Escape from Brothel or Eternal Evil of Asia. Yvonne Yung-Hung has perfected a set of wounded facial expressions that render her a perfect victim/fantasy figure, and feminist critics will find much to deplore in films like this, finding as they do eroticism in sadistic beatings of defenceless women - when one couple is executed, we only hear about the man's horrible death, but we see a graphic depiction of the woman's killing by wooden horse/dildo contraption. This movie is packed with ideas of how to find sexual grotesquerie in contortions of the human body, and the motif of escalating levels of torture is perfectly apt for Wong Jing's style of producing imaginative variations on his favourite preoccupations of sex and violence. He's only the producer, but his presence is tangible - I guess his closest Western equivalent might be Roger Corman. Fans of historical Cat III films will be pleased to see that the great Elvis Tsui once more steals the show with some spectacular sexual wirework.