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Desirous Express (2000)

Desirous Express poster
Original title
慾望號列車
Directed by
Lee Yuk-Chun
Genre
thriller, drama
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged renovation boss marries a woman named Yun in mainland China and abuses her. His half-sister Hong dresses up Yun for an outing, where Hong's boyfriend Lang becomes attracted to Yun. Yun and Lang start an affair and plot to kill the husband, but he discovers them and murders both. Hong then tries to poison the husband, but he kills her as the poison takes effect.

darktensebleakdisturbingsuspensefulviolentgrimnoir-ish

What happens

是一部2000年上映的香港驚悚电影,由李玉珍執導、廖少如監製、莎朗編劇,縱使此電影有大量tvb演員參演,票房還是不好。 沈志強是中年裝修公司老闆,在内地和名叫雲的女人結了婚,但強經常虐打其。 有一次,沈志強要求其同父異母的妹妹沈紅替雲打扮,並給紅帶雲出外,但是,他們剛好遇到紅的男友阿朗,朗一見到雲的打扮就被吸引,雲有時侯會去卡拉ok裏散心,有一次她遇到阿朗,兩人喝醉時搭上大家,同時,他們也開始對付沈志強。 他們計划要用刀殺死沈志強,但卻被強發現,他先后殺死阿朗及阿雲,最后被沈紅下老鼠藥毒死,但卻在毒死的時侯被強殺害... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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