Movie Review for Three...Extremes

Summary: A compilation of three different short films entitled "Cut", "Box", and "Dumplings" by directors from Japan, Korea and China that all deal with the theme of human monstrosity.

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Josh Ralske of All Movie Guide (7/0)
            Park is the one director represented here with both a great "extreme" tale and the means at his d...

By Bob Longino of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/0)
            Asian horror like the new Three ... Extremes beats an American film like Saw II at its own game.

By Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
            ...all three of these stories share is the quality found in Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and S...

By Michael Wilmington of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
            ...a bloody strange movie--and a surprise.

By Michael Wilmington of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
            A bloody strange movie -- and a surprise.

By Harvey S. Karten of Compuserve (7/0)
            A trio of horror pics, one, Dumpling, being the best, the other two just fine.

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Gregory Kirschling of E! Online (7/0)
            ...too stylized and preassembled to be truly unnerving...

By Matthew Smith of Film Journal International (7/0)
            Cross-cultural Asian horror triptych is a bloody good time.

By Eric Campos of Film Threat (7/0)
            An arena rock type film event for lovers of Asian cinema.

By Todd Gilchrist of IGN Movies (7/0)
            A satisfying trio of twisted tales.

By Kevin Crust of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
            All three look great and the filmmakers deliver a certain artiness, but their overall triviality ...

By Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com (7/0)
            if you're familiar with any of those three directors, you might expect that THREE...EXTREMES live...

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Frank Swietek of One Guy's Opinion (7/0)
            Not a dish for the faint of heart, perhaps, but for those with a taste for cruelty with a side or...

By Dana Stevens of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            ...serves as a fine introduction to the genre for those who are curious but squeamish.

By Dana Stevens of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            This trilogy provides a sampler of three short horror films from high-profile Asian directors.

By Staci Layne Wilson of About.com (3/4) No reference
            A perfect sampler platter of the best of A-horror.

By Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle (3/4) No reference
            An instantly memorable, at times squirm-inducing, assemblage as likely to take your breath away a...

By Ty Burr of Boston Globe (3/4) No reference
            ...don't go in on a full stomach.

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Francesca Dinglasan of Boxoffice Magazine (3/4) No reference
            Although quite different in their respective plotlines, pacing and moods, the trio of segments in...

By Edward Douglas of ComingSoon.net (3/4) No reference
            Miike fans may want to pretend he had nothing to do with his segment

By Les Wright of culturevulture.net (3/4) No reference
            The tension, of balancing visceral horror with psychological sadomasochism, requires a discipline...

By Chris Vognar of Dallas Morning News (3/4) No reference
            Miike, known as Japanese cinema's bad-boy shock master, delivers the most textured, delicate and ...

By Robert Denerstein of Denver Rocky Mountain News (3/4) No reference
            You can't watch these three mini-movies without wondering what you possibly can take from them, b...

By Terry Lawson of Detroit Free Press (3/4) No reference
            Three . . . Extremes will be a must-see only for fans of Asian horror, but it may also send some ...

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Richard Roeper of Ebert & Roeper (3/4) No reference
            You can’t believe what they’re doing here.

By Eric D. Snider of EricDSnider.com (3/4) No reference
            So you'd like to see work from a few Asian horror directors, but don't have time to watch three s...

By Jeremy Knox of Film Threat (3/4) No reference
            These three directors were allowed to do anything they wanted as long as it was, as the title say...

By Nicholas Schager of filmcritic.com (3/4) No reference
            ...a welcome surprise...

By Nick Schager of filmcritic.com (3/4) No reference
            Unevenness is the strongest facet of Three… Extremes, a diverse and successfully chilling horror ...

By Richard James Havis of Hollywood Reporter (3/4) No reference
            The result falls somewhere between psychodrama and horror.

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Bruce Westbrook of Houston Chronicle (3/4) No reference
            It has three stories, and each is extreme. Yet even literalism can be an understatement.

By Ben Kenigsberg of L.A. Weekly (3/4) No reference
            Title notwithstanding, Three . . . Extremes really offers only two. The first is one of nausea.

By Andy Klein of Los Angeles CityBeat (3/4) No reference
            Ninety percent...is fun, but that fun is compromised by the 10 percent that isn't %u2013 i.e., th...

By Bob Strauss of Los Angeles Daily News (3/4) No reference
            More than lives up to its name.

By Colin Covert of Minneapolis Star Tribune (3/4) No reference
            Three of Asia's best-regarded young filmmakers contribute to this terror trilogy, each giving his...

By Marty Mapes of Movie Habit (3/4) No reference
            Takes the tension to an extreme by deliberately trying to shock the audience's sensibility

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By V.A. Musetto of New York Post (3/4) No reference
            ...the result is, well, extreme.

By Stephen Whitty of Newark Star-Ledger (3/4) No reference
            Evokes a queasy fascination.

By M.E. Russell of Oregonian (3/4) No reference
            All three offer provocative, distinct and gorgeous twists on horror and splatter conventions.

By James Emanuel Shapiro of Reel.com (3/4) No reference
            What's significant about this is that three of Asia's most creative forces have come together in ...

By G. Allen Johnson of San Francisco Chronicle (3/4) No reference
            One is haunting and wonderful, one is very good, and one spoils the fun.

By Sean Axmaker of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (3/4) No reference
            ...not so much extreme as twisted.

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Jeff Shannon of Seattle Times (3/4) No reference
            It's just three gifted filmmakers with vision to spare, daring you to go to their extremes.

By Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine (3/4) No reference
            This high profile anthology of shorts by Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, and Takashi Miike is related...

By Paul Salfen of Supercala.com (3/4) No reference
            The general population may not get this one, but Asian cult cinema fanatics and some horror buffs...

By Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone of TheMovieChicks.com (3/4) No reference
            The Dumplings short may be hard to watch (not to mention stomach), but it's even harder to listen...

By Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide's Movie Guide (3/4) No reference
            While most anthology films have one standout and one weak link, all three tales are short, sharp ...

By Michael Atkinson of Village Voice (3/4) No reference
            A black-blooded hoot.

                         Reviews of Three...Extremes
By Stephen Hunter of Washington Post (3/4) No reference
            The first is the best, the second most riveting, the third most disturbing, but all will stay wit...

By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/4) Not Reachable
            Three Extremes would be better if it were Two Extremes.

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Applause Pictures
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