How Tsui Hark made two of Hong Kong cinema’s most nihilistic films in 1980’s

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A Chinese spy stumbles on a cannibal den in We Are Going to Eat You. Farce ensues. Tsui Hark set out to make a kung fu movie, but it ended up a political satire.

Dangerous Encounter of the First Kind is a vitriolic attack on society, full of violence against animals and people. Hong Kong critics praised its audacity.

Source: How Tsui Hark made two of Hong Kong cinema’s most nihilistic films in 1980’s New Wave entries We Are Going to Eat You and Dangerous Encounter of the First Kind | South China Morning Post