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DR. LAMB (1992) |
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True story about a taxi driver who, on April 8, 1983, was sentenced to 4 charges of first degree murder, and to life imprisonment in prison. Simon Yam plays Lam Got Yue, the psychotic, mentally unstable man who went on to murder 4 women over a 12 month period. Lam had been brought up by his father and stepmother, who hated him, and Lam often had to endure endless beatings and mental torture. Not much is mentioned about his teenage life, and the film quickly cuts to his adult life, where he has a job driving a taxi at night. The film is not in a linear form, so we only get to see how he murdered the women when Lam decides to tell the police after a brutal interrogation. Apart from the gruesome murders, not much is said about Lam's mental illness, only that he seems to go crazy every time it rains. Lucky he doesn't live in Manchester, then. Being a Cat 3 film, I thought there were less gore here than in other Cat 3 films, and a lot of the scenes were implied instead of being gratuitous. For example, when Lam have sex with the naked corpse of a young girl, you sort of see it happening, but it is not filmed graphically. In a sense, Dr. Lamb has been shot more realistically than graphic films such as The Untold Story or The Ebola Syndrome. Whereas the latter two is a shock to your perception, Dr. Lamb is a shock to your senses. One of the most harrowing sequences in the film is the way in which Lam was subjected to a horrific beating when he was being interrogated by the police. A lot have been said in the media about how the police handle interrogations, and that sometimes the police are no better than the criminals themselves when it comes to torturing suspects. When you watch this film, you'd likely agree with that statement. Even Lam himself, a psychotic mental nutter, declares "If I am guilty, I should be punished by the court of law; cops should not beat me !" Simon Yam puts in a convincing performance as Lam Got Yue, and he adds to his already impressive CV of portraying mental nutters. Those of you who have grew up watching Simon Yam in good roles will be shocked to see him playing a bad character. The moral of the film: if you're a young woman
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RATING 8 / 10 |