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The Lunatics

1986, Movie, NR, 95 mins

The Lunatics: Review

THE LUNATICS is a film from Hong Kong that is neither a kung fu extravaganza nor a drippy love story. In fact it is a well-made, consciousness-raising film whose theme is frequently overlooked in the movies: mental illness. Fung Shui Fan plays a social worker whose job it is to check on outpatients across the city. As the film opens, one such patient has walked into a small market, creating mass hysteria by wandering about with a meat cleaver. Fung arrives on the scene, gent... read more leave a comment