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Rating:

6.5


AKA: Deception

Year of release: 1989

Genre: suspense

Director: David Chung

Producer: Tsui Hark

Writer: Lui Dut

Stars: Brigitte Lin, Joey Wong, Elizabeth Lee, Pauline Wong, Waise Lee

Rated I; contains mild violence


DVD Information

Company: Deltamac/Fortune Star

Format: widescreen

Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin

Subtitles: English, Chinese

Extras: trailer

Notes: The picture and sound quality isn't the hottest, and there's barely any extras, but this isn't too bad of a HK DVD overall.


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Web of Deception

Web of Deception

In Web of Deception, Brigitte Lin plays a lawyer who is being blackmailed for a million dollars. After she sells her holdings in the stock market and brings the cash to her house, she becomes increasingly paranoid and begins to distrust even her assistant and best friend. Over a stormy night, loyalties are put to the test and people meet their end via the business end of an axe as the real identity of the blackmailer is revealed.

Web of Deception

To be honest, these types of movies aren't usually my cup of tea -- I tend to prefer more sex and/or violence in my film viewing. However, even though there is almost a total lack of "naughty bits", the smart script and solid acting (especially from Joey Wang, who manages to pull off the dreaded "one actor playing twins" bit with panache) kept my interest during the running time. However, Web of Deception does still tend to drag a bit; things don't really pick up until the last half-hour or so. Also, the film just has kind of a cheap feel to it -- it just wasn't that visually interesting.

Web of Deception

Even with these problems, it doesn't mean that Web of Deception a bad movie. Even though this is one of the lesser-known movies bearing Tsui Hark's name, that shouldn't make you think that Web of Deception is a stinker that's been swept under the rug. In fact, compared to Tsui's more recent fare like Legend of Zu, it's pretty damn good. Web of Deception is nothing that you're going to mistake as a classic in the genre, but if you like Hitchcock-style suspense, it's definitely worth a viewing.

Web of Deception