The nineties was a period of explosion in the number of Hong Kong genre films, in pursuit of novelty, visual stimulation, sensory stimulation and even challenge the public perception of the birth of many large-scale films. There is no lack of high box office and high reputation masterpieces, of course, to the strict censorship of the film today, most of these works have been banned, becoming the history of Hong Kong films.

Based on a true story, The Case of the Dissolved Corpse

The film, directed by Cha Chuan-yi and starring Wu Chun-yu, Yip Tong, Leung Sze-mun, and Wong Chiu-sang, was released in 1993, and was based on the 1989 case of the dissolved corpse of a stewardess; coincidentally, in the very same year, Hong Kong's The Heart of a Man was also about the same story. Both films are considered masterpieces of the year, with The Case of the Dissolved Corpse nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, and Long Hearts Like Iron's lead actress, Ng Ka-li, was nominated for the Academy Award's Best Actress award, and won the Golden Horse Award's Best Actress award that year.

Shirley in the movie is frustrated by love and finds Wang, who is in the same boat, completely overwhelmed by love, ignoring all the objective factors that exist, and just subjectively believing in her own judgment, even kneeling down and crying in the courtroom to prove her husband's innocence. And the devil, no matter how good and innocent he pretends to be, is still the devil after all.

Wu Zhenyu's acting in this movie is movie-star level, on the same level as Ni Yongxiao in "Infernal Affairs 2," whether it's the cool, somber eyes or the emotions he puts in and out of his mind, it's breathtaking to watch. In the end, Wong's role as Sir explains what he thinks happened in the crime, and the director shows a sideways glance at David Wong's doubts; even, after watching the movie, David Wong thinks the film insinuates that he's guilty, and wants the film stopped from being publicized.

The Devil in the Rain

Prior to this film, the "Hong Kong Strange Case" series The Butcher in the Rain had already been released, and this film The Devil in the Rain can be considered a sequel to The Butcher in the Rain. The movie is directed by Siu Wing, with Paul Cheng as assistant director. Familiar with Paul Cheng's film style, his penchant for film noir is not limited to The Sleuth and Dog Bites Dog.

And when The Devil in the Rain was released, he was still a newcomer. The movie starred Francis Ng and Cynthia Yau; a powerhouse movie star plus a high-value flower girl, the standard for Hong Kong movies. The Devil in the Rain, a product of the Hong Kong movie assembly line, borrowed its script from a number of European and American crime films, with multiple bridge sequences jumbled together, but that was a big part of what made Hong Kong movies of that era so special.

Of course, in the era of the "double weekly success", the movie did not do well at the box office, drowning in the sea of work. Nowadays it's impossible to watch the whole movie, only bits and pieces. Unsurprisingly, it was banned along with the rest of the "Stranger Things" series.

The Shinjuku Incident is the story of the rise of a northeastern Chinese man in the Shinjuku area of Japan after he is smuggled into the country. Both has a good script and excellent action scenes (after all, Uncle Lung is in it). The film received 4 nominations at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Best Picture", "Best Director", "Best Cinematography" and "Best Action Design". Best Director", "Best Cinematography" and "Best Action Design" at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 2009, The film was also banned from the mainland, which was a great pity.

The Accident

The film tells the story of a group of assassins, because of a failure of an operation and suspicion, the head of the organization suspected that there are internal "traitors", so began to liquidate the internal members of the story. The end of the movie, the unexpected ending, also became the whole movie of a stroke of genius.

In terms of camera scale, this Accident is fine, but the film's grimy, depressing plot design and negative story themes have prevented it from being released in mainland theaters, which is a shame.

"Rules of the Road?

The cinematography and editing of this movie is indeed sensational, and the plot is cheesy but Hong Kong-style fast food, so you never get tired of watching it as long as it's done well. Kwan Sau Mei, the only female face in the movie, is made to look ugly, and the quality of the movie starts to fall off the rails after she gets her lunch box, to the point where it becomes a bit laughable.

Sonny Lui started off cool and I thought he would shine, but I didn't realize he was actually a loser. The character of Au Kam Tong is actually quite charming, but it's not even explored in depth and is generally dispensable.