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One of the worst films that I saw in TIFF08 was Dangkou (2008, written by Fernando Bonassi, Fendou Liu [screenplay]; directed by Nelson Yu Lik-wai). It was bizarre and I do not mean that to be a compliment.

Really, I have no idea what this movie was about. There was the Taiwanese mob, and an orphan, some really weird fighting and a tiger, I think?… Somebody lost an arm and there was a woman with weird tattoos. It was shot in Brazil and some of it was in a jungle. This film was all over the place and at one point turned into a skateboarding video. There was some amazing photography and colour grading going on, but then it’s like, wow they are fighting on this big… concrete structure thing in the middle of a field, and I didn’t even know why they were fighting.

I remember that there was an actual reason why I selected this film, but I can’t remember what it was. I do remember that it was really long and I was sleepy. I can say, though, that I do recall many images from it, so it’s got that going for it, at least.