Vengeance Is Mine (1988)

Year: 1988

Duration: 01:28:43

Directed by: Chi-Ngai Lee, Hin Sing ‘Billy’ Tang

Actors: Pat Ha, Hing Ying Kam and Rosamund Kwan

Language: Cantonese | Mandarin

Country: Hong Kong

Also known as: Xue yi tian shi

Description: It is quite amazing how many films share the title of VENGEANCE IS MINE: Vengeance Is Mine (1997) or Sunday in the Country. For the record: The International Movie DataBase lists thirteen.  It hardly is giving anything away to also point out that the theme and storyline of this D&B effort is as unoriginal as its title: Boiled down to an essence, it concerns a badly wronged woman who ultimately pays back those who harmed her.

This is not to say though that we get a straightforward, single-stranded sequence of events unfolding in this movie.  This is because the main heroine (played by Rosamund Kwan) has a good friend (portrayed by Patricia Ha) who, along with a Good Samaritan (played by Derek Yee), gets deeply involved in the picture.  Thus, we do not see just one injustice committed and act of revenge wrought.  Instead, we are “treated” to multiple rape scenes and a “tit for tat” as well as escalating series of violence that is less “fight” and more physical assault of one by others.  As such, at different points in the film, the words “VENGEANCE IS MINE” could validly be uttered by different characters.

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Vengeance Is Mine 1988