(1996)
3
Donald Guarisco
This film needs a warning label: "only connoisseurs of bad taste need apply." It's not necessarily the content of Ebola Syndrome that will get to the viewer -- there are plenty of films that go much further in terms of sex and violence. It's the misanthropic, anything-for-a-thrill approach of writer/director Herman Yau that is likely to make even the toughest viewer squirm: cannibalism, rape, masturbation, and the titular disease are among the grisly elements that are played for cheap thrills and even cheaper laughs in this trash-fest. If you can stick with a film built on such an aesthetic approach, Ebola Syndrome is pretty well-paced and boasts an impressive, go-for-broke performance from veteran HK actor Anthony Wong as the killer who inadvertently starts his own personal plague. That said, viewers better be ready to wade through a lot of sleaze if they decide to take this film on. In short, Ebola Syndrome is a perfect example of Hong Kong exploitation filmmaking at its tackiest.
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Ebola Syndrome (1996)
