{"id":50246,"date":"2025-10-21T23:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=50246"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:29:48","slug":"three-three-extremes-2002-2004-arrow-video-limited-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/21\/three-three-extremes-2002-2004-arrow-video-limited-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Three & Three… Extremes (2002\/2004) [Arrow Video Limited Edition]\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This new release of these anthologies comes on two Blu-ray discs loaded with extras.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first disc features the anthology Three from 2002 which includes three short films: Memories from filmmaker Kim Jee-woon,\u00a0Wheel from filmmaker Nonzee\u00a0Nimibutr, and Going Home from filmmaker Peter Ho-Sun Chan. The first, Memories, is about a woman wandering the streets and her husband who wonders about here while apparitions and\u00a0possible ghosts\u00a0start showing up. This\u00a0short\u00a0has a strong start, hauntingly so, giving the anthology\u00a0something\u00a0truly strong\u00a0to start on. It unfortunately does\u00a0not sustain the ambiance and the creepy factor, leading to losing the attention of the viewer before the first short film is even over. The second short, Wheel,\u00a0showcases\u00a0puppets and deaths,\u00a0pain\u00a0and suffering, and is interesting enough to bring the viewer back in with a few stunning scenes here and there. The third short, Going Home,\u00a0shows what a police officer finds when he knocks on the wrong door while looking for his missing son. The films here are decently entertaining but not exactly scary. Of course, mileage will vary, so go in with a desire to be entertained and\u00a0maybe spooked\u00a0a little bit. The\u00a0quality of the films here is\u00a0high\u00a0but the story may have needed a bit more fear.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The second disc is the one for Three… Extremes which includes three shorts again:\u00a0The first short is Dumplings by filmmaker Fruit\u00a0Chan\u00a0and it is one strong start.\u00a0(Side note: Possibly Bai Ling\u2019s best performance in her career.)\u00a0This short has received the feature-length\u00a0treatment\u00a0and it is worth it in both formats. The story is creepy in a very particular\u00a0way and hard to discuss without spoiling it too much. The second short film is Cut by Chan Park-wook\u00a0and it is excellent, even better than\u00a0Dumplings\u00a0which is saying something. The madness, the blood, the decor, the performances by\u00a0familiar faces,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0all top notch here.\u00a0The third and last short is Box by none other than filmmaker Takashi\u00a0Miike\u00a0and it is properly disturbing and really well done. Not going to spoil this one either, just watch it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The set here is solid with a high quality 2K restoration that looks and sounds\u00a0great\u00a0and the extras here are plentiful. The top interesting extras are the Cross-Pollination Horror interview with producer\/director Peter Ho-Sun Chan that is split into parts 1 and 2\u00a0with one on each disc. On disc one, the new interviews\u00a0with Kim Jee-woon\u00a0and Hong\u00a0Kyoumg-pyo\u00a0are\u00a0good and the reheated leftover interviews with\u00a0Peter Ho-Sun Chan and Eugenia Yuan from the mid-2000s are decent. On disc two, the audio commentary with Takashi Miike on Box is\u00a0great\u00a0and his\u00a0brand new\u00a0interview is a highlight of the set. Also interesting are the older interviews with Fruit Chan and Bai Ling. The making-of featurette for each of the segments are also quite\u00a0interestin\u00a0to watch.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a decent set and one of the rare cases where the sequel is better than the first with the short films are better in the second anthology. There is a lot in this set and of course, each person watching should be able to\u00a0find one segment that works best for them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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