- Forest of Death (film)
Infobox Film
name = Forest of Death
caption = The Hong Kong theatrical poster.
director =Danny Pang
producer =The Pang Brothers
writer = Cub ChinDanny Pang
narrator =
starring =Shu Qi Ekin Cheng
music = Payont Permsith
cinematography = Choochart Nantitanyatada
editing = Curran Pang
distributor =Universe Films
released =Hong Kong :March 22 ,2007
runtime = 85 min.
country = Hong Kong/Thailand
language = Cantonese
budget =
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imdb_id = 0969706:"Not to be confused with the US movie Forest of the Dead.""Forest of Death" (also known as "Sum yuen") is a 2007 Hong Kong crime-horror-thriller film directed and co-written byDanny Pang .Plot
Police detective Ha Chun-Chi (
Shu Qi ) is investigating a rape and murder that took place in a mysterious forest that has also the scene of many suicides. The main suspect in the murder case is Patrick Wong (Lawrence Chou ), but he denies committing the crime.Ha's investigation leads to botanist Shum Shu-Hoi (
Ekin Cheng ), who has been experimenting with plants from the forest. Shum's girlfriend, May (Rain Li ), is feigns interest in the forest to gain information for a tabloid television show she works for.Shum's experiments reveal that the plants can act as witnesses in the murder case, and sets up a re-enactment of the crime in the forest, where the plants will act as lie detectors.
Cast
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Shu Qi as Detective Ha Chun-Chi
*Ekin Cheng as Shum Shu-hoi
*Rain Li as May
*Lau Siu-Ming as Mr. Tin, the forest ranger
*Lam Suet as Commissioner Wong
*Tommy Yuen as Shu-hoi's assistant
*Lawrence Chou as Patrick Wong
*Cub Chin as ProducerRelease
"Forest of Death" was released on Region 3 DVD in Hong Kong by Universe Laser on May 10, 2007. It also screened out of competition at the
2007 Bangkok International Film Festival .External links
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*" [http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?Forest+of+Death Forest of Death] " at theMovie Review Query Engine
* " [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/forest_of_death.htm Forest of Death] " at Love HK Film
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