REVANCHIST (新報仇)
Dir. Chuang Yan-chien, 1994
Hong Kong. 90 min.
In Cantonese with English subtitles.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 – 10 PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 – 5 PM
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19 – MIDNIGHT

Two brothers, Fay & Fong, emigrate to Shanghai in the 1930s in search of a better life, where they soon end up mixed up in gang activity. Fong winds up in prison while Fay rises through the ranks of his criminal organization. But when Fay is killed by a rival gang, the newly-freed Fong must once again delve deep into Shanghai’s criminal underworld to seek vengeance for his brother.

Filmed at the same time as Chuang’s 21 RED LIST and involving much of the same creative team (including a few recycled sets), REVANCHIST leans hard into its CAT-III rating with its blend of period gangster drama, sleazy exploitation, and brutal violence, all of which culminates in a wild wire-fu & weapons-filled finale that’s guaranteed to blow away even the most seasoned action movie diehards.