Subtextually a repudiation of modern culture and the normalization of misogyny, cruelty, and punitive justice, Herman Yau's The Untold Story is a HK Cat III film with thematic bite which through its obscene and grandiose constructions of violence forces a sense of reflexivity onto the viewer. Employing grindhouse sensibilities tactically to confront the viewer about their and society-at-large's relationship with the aesthetics of violence, the depravity of the text itself pushes the viewer to the precipice of brutality, wielding heightened characterizations which amplify the film's pointed thematic intentions. The objectification of the feminine form is presented as commonplace and homogenized in the day-to-day, while the police themselves resort almost entirely to punitive measures such as torture and brutality as they attempt to unearth the man responsible for these grisly acts. These interactions are portrayed in a way that inviting, more coming from a playful lens early on, yet as the film progresses it becomes subverts this expectation and it becomes apparent that Yau is focused on displaying the systemic issues which plague culture and society itself while confronting the viewer themselves about their personal contributions. A brutal piece of filmmaking that employs its grindhouse sensibilities to say something relatively astute about the state of society.
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