Saam gaang (2002)

Directors:

Peter Chan
Ji-woon Kim

Writers:

Teddy Chan (story) (segment "Going Home")
Matt Chow (screenplay) (segment "Going Home")

Release Date:

1 May 2002 (Canada)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

When two just ain't enough!

Plot:

Memories: A woman wakes up on a street without memory. A husband cannot remember why his wife left him...

Plot Keywords:

Memory | Going Home | Directed By Several Directors | Asian Horror | Anthology

Awards:

6 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Hye-su Kim	...	Wife (segment "Memories")
Bo-seok Jeong	...	Husband (segment "Memories")
Suwinit Panjamawat	...	Gaan (segment "The Wheel")
Leon Lai	...	Yu (segment "Going Home")
Eric Tsang	...	Wai (segment "Going Home")
Eugenia Yuan	...	Hai'er (segment "Going Home")
Ting-Fung Li	...	Cheung (segment "Going Home")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kanyavae Chatiawaipreacha	...	Nuan (segment "The Wheel")
Jeong-won Choi	...	Doctor (segment "Memories") (as Jung Woo Choi)
Pornchai Chuvanon	...	Plew (segment "The Wheel")
Anusak Intasorn	...	Im (segment "The Wheel")
Pattama Jangjarut	...	Nan (segment "The Wheel")
Jung-Won Jang	...	Eun-Ji (segment "Memories")
Sung-Keun Jee	...	Taxi Driver (segment "Memories")
Savika Kanchanamas	...	Sa-Ing (segment "The Wheel")
Tsz-Wing Lau	...	Yu's Daughter (segment "Going Home")
Manop Meejamarat	...	Cht (segment "The Wheel")
Jung-Hee Moon	...	Hyun-Joo (segment "Memories")
Hee-soon Park	...	Hyun Joo's Husband (segment "Memories")
Tinnapob Seeweesriruth	...	Dang (segment "The Wheel")
John Sham	...	Photographer (segment "Going Home")
Camy Ting	...	Pathologist (segment "Going Home")
Tak-Ming Ting	...	Janitor (segment "Going Home")
Vinn Vasinanon	...	Bua (segment "The Wheel")
Pongsanart Vinsiri	...	Master Tong (segment "The Wheel")
Heng Wong	...	Doctor (segment "Going Home")
Komgrich Yuttiyong	...	Master Tao (segment "The Wheel")

Also Known As:

3 Extremes II (USA)
San geng (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Three (International: English title)
Three Extremes 2 (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images, brief sexuality and some nudity.

Runtime:

140 min | Hong Kong:120 min | Japan:120 min | South Korea:137 min | 129 min (DVD)

Country:

Hong Kong | South Korea | Thailand

Language:

Korean | English | Mandarin | Thai | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | USA:R | Australia:MA (2007) | Singapore:PG (theatrical rating) (cut) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) (DVD rating) | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:R-15 | Philippines:R-13 | Italy:VM14

Company:

Applause Pictures

Trivia:

Released in America as "3...Extremes II" to capitalize on the success of Sam gang yi (2004).

Movie Connections:

Followed by Sam gang yi (2004)

Extreme...ly boring

I'm nearly 100% sure that these were submissions for the first film that didn't make the cut. 'Memories' by acclaimed director Jee-Woon is oddly both totally predictable and yet full of interesting ideas that never come to fruition. This however is by far the most palatable of the bunch with some nice artistic touches here and there. The second feature 'The Wheel' is truly an exercise in tedium. Made on the cheap and a non-existent hackneyed plot, the word "unbearable" springs to mind. The last feature 'Going Home' starts out with promise but quickly fizzles out. What little story there is is ridiculous and paper thin. Above all, there is absolutely nothing extreme about these movies aside from a minute or two of totally out-of-place gore that seems to have been edited into 'Memories' though the scene serves no purpose, and the chills are virtually non-existent. It would be an enormous challenge to find much to recommend here.