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Visa to Hell (1991)
Directed by Dick Wei
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Cop & robber story with a twist. A cop is trying to nail a bad guy (played by Dick Wei). This pisses the bad guy enough that he goes to the cop’s house and kills both his wife and his daughter. When the cop gets there, he catches Dick Wei on his way out and ends up cornering him. Dick, who doesn’t want to give the cop the satisfaction, jumps to his death. But the cop follows him into hell to make him pay.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Dick Wei | Kara Hui | Lam Wai | Emily Chu | Chin Siu Ho | Shum Wai | Lung Tien-Hsiang | Sing Chen | Cheung Kwok-Leung | Kwai Chung | Ben Ko Chu | Chan Man-Wa | Yeung Hung | Cheng-lin Huang | Chang Chung-Kui
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/14/2025 | Computer | Other | Owned | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
HONG KONG!!
I’ve already logged a HK movie for 31 days of horror but still worth noting.
one of Dick Wei’s only directorial credits (3 total listed on HKMDB). Not surprised but glad he got a taste and probably realized it wasn’t for him. Super amusing that he still typecast himself as the villain in his own movie. Guess he really enjoyed being the bad guy.
The premise (and title) is pretty darn good. The Big Bad (Wei) kills a detective’s family (brutal child violence once again) so the detective goes to a monk to send him to hell to get revenge. In hell the detective encounters all types of characters including Kara Hui (She only has a small part but makes an impact) to ultimately fight Wei in hell.
Overall the movie is middling and all over the place in trying to do too much on a limited budget. A lot of it feels cheap, esp. during most of the hell sequences. For example when the detective arrives he brings cigarettes and whisky to bribe his way in since he didn’t really die but was sent there by a monk. But it’s literally just an office waiting area, which is amusing on its own but most of the film has that level of low budget quality.
This would be a good one to be included in a set but not sold on its own. Not one I’d want to drop $20+ for BD but would like to see a nice restored version, esp. for Kara Hui.
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