Dog Bite Dog
Gau ngao gau
Hong Kong
2006
109 Min
Color
1.85:1
English, Khmer, Thai, Cantonese
Synopsis
A Cambodian assassin finds himself on the run from Hong Kong police after completing his assignment. —IMDb
Director
Cheang Pou-Soi
Soi Cheang has been working with Digital Video before making his first 35-mm feature with Diamond Hill, a film about incest and with some horror elements as he describes. Like Chow, he was also used to production sets since he’s been assistant directors for Ringo Lam, Andrew Lau and Wilson Yip. His second 35-mm film Horror Hotline… Big Head Monster, supposedly a real scary movie, is far away from any HK comedy-plus-horror package films. For this second experience as director he cast not less than the current biggest names in HK, e.g. Francis Ng, Josie Ho, Sam Lee, directors Wilson Yip & Alan Mak and scriptwriter Roy Szeto. —hkcinemagic.com
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Zach Closs
18Aug12
Rich in unexpected pathos, enhanced by its grimy, raw cinematography and bolstered by volcanic emoting from the entire cast. Pou-Soi understands that true tragedies are human tragedies, and though commonly recognized as one of the more nihilistic films of recent times, "Dog Bite Dog" is deeply sympathetic, eventually optimistic and meaningful at its core.
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Hong Kong Wasteland: An Interview with Soi Cheang
By The Ferroni Brigade on December 19, 2011
A retrospective in Vienna gives us to the chance to talk to the last (so far) addition to Hong Kong cinema’s key genre auteurs.
Viennale 2011. Survival Method
By Daniel Kasman on October 28, 2011
Vienna honors the in-progress career of Hong Kong genre filmmaker and poet of desperation, Soi Cheang.
Review for Pou-Soi Cheang's 'Dog Bite Dog' (aka 'Gau Ngao Gau'), 2006.
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
If Pou-Soi Cheang has any say in the matter, bleak is the new black………
Dog Bite Dog Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Dog Bite Dog grabs you by the back of the neck and body slams you into the mud. Before you can catch your breath, your face is scraped along a broken concrete highway, leaving a long, bloody trail. All……
Fantasia Report: Dog Bite Dog Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[Fantasia info page here] Dog Bite Dog — available on DVD here — grabs you by the back of the neck and body slams you into the mud. Before you can catch your breath, your face is scraped along……
Dog Bite Dog Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Dog Bite Dog grabs you by the back of the neck and body slams you into the mud. Before you can catch your breath, your face is scraped along a broken concrete highway, leaving a long, bloody trail. All…
Review for Pou-Soi Cheang's 'Dog Bite Dog' (aka 'Gau Ngao Gau'), 2006.
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
If Pou-Soi Cheang has any say in the matter, bleak is the new black……
Fantasia Report: Dog Bite Dog Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
[Fantasia info page here] Dog Bite Dog — available on DVD here — grabs you by the back of the neck and body slams you into the mud. Before you can catch your breath, your face is scraped along…
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