This is one of thee choicest finds in the DR catalog. Thanks to Ocean Shores laserdisc and archive.org Insanity is here but is it worth all the fuss? Let’s all find out together shall we?
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| fresher than a can of tuna |
The film stars Dr. Lamb hisself Simon Yam.Yam is Tang Sau, a blazer wearing cop with a super needy wife who complains that he works too much. Yam's character seems to have a screw loose and keeps saying "How can I accompany you?" on the phone repeatedly. This dude despises his wife from the get-go and it's all foreshadowing for his toxic male behavior. Things get worse after Tang's partner is murdered in an alley.
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| STOP YAMMER TIME |
Next we cut to the Wongs, a nice couple fighting over their anniversary where a present of a ceramic dog is gifted. They are played by Kathy Chow Hoi-Mei and Raymond Wong Pak Ming. 6 months later the same couple now have a white poodle named Bo Bo and they pull up in a fancy car. They also have a stun-gun for their new suburb-urban apartment, which is located near an asylum.
The wife’s mom brings in an odd looking statue that I recall seeing Simon Yam have in the beginning. Something evil is afoot me thinks. The statue bonks the husband on the head and he tosses it in the trash. Just like the cat from that song who keeps coming back the very next day, the statue returns!
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| I'll be baackkk |
The wife lounges in the pool but that fucking statue deflates her raft. The mom in law keeps trying to say its good luck but this is one ceramic nightmare that manifests into hallucinations at the Dr.’s office. We see green glowing eyes. Nothing really has merited the title “Insanity” yet however.
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| My Tropical drink is Insane, isn't that enough? |
This movie has lots of fortune telling con artists. I’m wondering if Simon Yam is coming back at all! There’s a whole blood donation wacky hi jinx scene that really sucked. Next Mr. Wong is freaked out by a masked dance routine. He is paired up with a “hot girl” provided by his employer? Where the fuck does this guy work!?
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| 2 Sex workers for every dude? |
The mask sort of resembles the spooky statue.A killer dressed in white shows up to make things more irritating.Be warned sensitive viewers because there is a totally mean spirited scene involving Bo Bo the poodle.This movie is just hitting all the wrong notes for this reviewer!
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| Bobo didn't deserve this kind of treatment |
Simon Yam comes back wearing a grey blazer this time. Let’s just say his mental illness is related to the film’s title.
He offers to look for Mrs. Wong’s partner (who is definitely not alive). Oh and now the cop who claims to help is having an apple carving spasm over the wife he (still) hates. Oh yeah and the white cloaked killer is still at large. They sort of try and establish that Yam’s character is schizophrenic but the screenwriter is out of thier element with this delicate subject matter. Man I hate how they showed Bo bo the murdered poodle to get a cheap gross out moment because it caused the trapped Mrs. wong to barf! They establish how unstable Yam’s character was in a dark blue flashback. The news report broadcasts how he’s on the lam. This movie was too convoluted and wanted to be two separate things which is annoying. Had Insanity been all about a mentally deranged cop and not gone with say; the haunted statue plot line then it could’ve worked. The film wants to be too many things yet is incapable of executing one solid thread or decent subplot. INSANITY IS ALL OVER THE MAP. Worth seeing if you’re a fan of Dr. Lamb because that movie is very mediocre in my opinion!
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