vp5665900 Today I'd like to share my review for the Blu-Ray release of the 2013 Hong Kong film Rigor Mortis. Rigor Mortis received a Blu-Ray release by Well GO USA on July 8th, 2014. Blu-ray content wise, the disc was pretty much bare boned. It contained a hand full of film previews along with the film's trailer, but other than that, hosted no other special features or extra content. The film's native language is Cantonese but the disc did have English subtitles and a English dubbed track. As for as the Dubbed track, witch I always prefer over subtitles, it was one of the best dub jobs I've seen (or heard) in some time. For the most part, the mouth movement and audio were close enough in sync not to irritate me during the movie, unlike past horribly off English dubs that bad kung-fu movies are famous for. For film quality picture and sound wise, the film was beautifully shot. The cinematography was done spot on and although the CG(Computer Graphics) wasn't among the greatest special effects Hollywood has to offer, they where executed quite nicely. I also found myself impressed with the dubbed audio track quality. A large majority of the time when you watch a film on a alternative audio track, you have to cope with a lesser audio quality. Most times, they're not offered in any type of Dolby or surround sound compatible format. This wasn't the case for Rigor Mortis, the English track sounded beautiful on my surround sound system and panned around the room, just as I would expect any Blu-Ray release to. Movie and plot wise, Rigor Mortis was hard to follow at times and seemed to drag on for the first half of the film at a slow chug. By the time the movie passed the halfway point it all started to gain momentum and build my interest, but I couldn't help but feel that the first half of the film was mostly irrelevant and could have been trimmed down quite a bit to help the flow of the film. To me, even though it took a while to get there, the movie proved to be a fresh breath of air from the typical foreign horror films we've been getting like "The Grudge" for example. Rigor Mortis did an amazing job at blending fast paced, extremely exaggerated fighting, Horror movie elements, and insanely enough a romantic love story to build a film that was definitely a unique watch.All and all, even though it was hard to follow at times, with a twisting and turning plot line and story including the token let-down of an end, Rigor Mortis was and enjoyable watch. If I were asked, I would recommend the film for viewing even though I feel like it might not be for everyone. Rigor Mortis was far from painful to sit through, although it will most likely stay on my Blu-ray shelf and get little to no future viewing time. One thing that is easy to admit about this Blu-Ray is that, the film both looks and sounds beautiful.Though I enjoyed the film, some extra features on the disc would have been nice. With the obvious work they put into making the film, a little extra love on the Blu-Ray release would have went a long way. Due to all of the above I would personally rate this Blu-Ray release a solid 3 out of 5. Keep in mind that these are my own personal views. As always, if you enjoy horror films, make sure to track down a copy of Rigor Mortis and build your own opinions. Happy Haunting.

sweeneytw This is a movie shows the nostalgia for Chinese zombies movie in old time, Chinese 5 elements, Chinese taoist priest and Chinese zombie. The zombie movie in old time is funny but this zombie movie is not funny at all, it's serious and heavy. The actors are all popular once and sou-ho Chen is the actor of zombie movie that time. What he act is similar to himself but no that miserable, once popular but fell into his slump in his life. He choose to commit suicide in the movie but he was saved by Yau and zombie and evil appear in the building but at last we know that these things is just a illusion before the death of Chen, he just died silently. He don't want to die this way because he spend his whole life on zombie movie, he wished that he can died in a superb way with zombie and priest and magic. It's miserable and wretched. The actors are awesome. Those old actors show their professional skills of acting. The little young kid is also lovely although I often don't like kids in movie but I really like him, he is really lovely and cute. This is really a awesome movie. The best horrible movie in those year.

cyongbin It's not a stereotype Hong Kong horror movie for the start. So if you are looking for those genre of movie, this is definitely not for you.It's been long since there's a representative movie for the Hong Kong movie industry. Rigor Mortis falls in that category, one which possibly can turn the tide of the industry, if the other Directors picks up the finer points of the movie and understand the new consumer pattern of the current generation of movie-goers, and stop mass producing those hilariously distasteful slap-stick movies.Watch it with an open mind, and the plot will suck you in before you knows it. There's a certain amount of gore and violence, not excessive though. Nicely shot scenes and generally tight plot.My only issue is the ending, but that said aside, it is much because I was expecting something more at the end. Otherwise, a great movie which I'll recommend for all Mr Vampire series fans.

helmutty Rigor Mortis is not a horror movie that is eager to scare the pants out of people. As what the trailer suggests, it is a moody atmospheric horror movie that is borderline art-house. What may surprise audience is that it actually takes its time to develop the story.The story: It is quite straight-forward. A man moves into a spooky apartment in a 'washed- out' building. It is expected as spirits inhabit the apartment and things happen. Hold on before you think this will turn into a thrilling and scary ride. In fact, this favours slow-burning thrills and pace. It doesn't move in a break-neck pace but strangely the slow-burning pace will urge you to find out more. It builds up to a visually stunning climax where a fight with the vampire ensues. The stylish effects including the slo-mo and a few brief fight scenes enhance the movie, adding a flavour to it. The moody atmosphere of the movie is commendable.Overall: It is commendable that this breaks away from the other horror movies. Instead it is a bleak but stylish horror movie with a slower pace. Watch this movie without thinking too much and let the story reveal its truth in its own style. http://moreviewsed.blogspot.sg