Herman Yau's A Mob Story Hits DVD June 15th

Based from what I heard, "A Mob Story" is terrible. Avoid it.

Just watched "Gong Tau" in theatres a couple of days ago. I can add that, in my opinion, it was pretty awful. Laughable CGI, total lack of story, and Maggie Siu is so obnoxiously whiny that you just hope she dies after 15 minutes of the film. Per Cat III, it's a complete gross-out gorefest, and there's some full frontal female nudity, but it doesn't go anywhere.

Prolific, yes, but quality, not so much. I still haven't seen "Whispers and Moans" yet, and that seems much more promising.

"Gong Tau" got mixed review in Hong Kong (which is expected for this kind of movies) Under the shadow of Spider-man 3 and Pirates, "Gong Tau" grossed HK $2 million, which isn't too bad for a Cat III movie. (At least, it has higher HK total gross than "Dog Bite Dog")

"Whispers and Moans" got more generally positive review in Hong Kong. However, I don't think people in other countries will like "Whispers and Moans". In fact, it gor totally negative review in Variety.

http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1125

Well, there's movies that Herman Yau probably only does for the money, and then there's movies he does for passion - see Shark Busters, From the Queen to the Chief Executive, and perhaps to a lesser extent, On The Edge.

I think he's pretty comparable to Miike in that way. I'll buy Gong Tau, since there hasn't been a good CAT III shocker for a while. But I don't think that Mob Story is worth buying in any way.