This is a 3 part anthology horror movie. Dumplings, Cut and Box.They turned Dumplings into a feature film after releasing this but i saw that first and it was very good so this one felt kinda incomplete cause it was just a very short version of that. (I highly recommend it). Its about a woman who makes dumplings from unborn baby fetuses and sells them to aging women that wants to stop their aging. Cut was pretty captivating. A movie director and his wife are held hostage by an extra. He is pissed off about how unfair life is. Box was probably my favourite out of the three. A tragic story about a magician and his two young gymnast assistants.

THREE...EXTREMES is a horror anthology featuring produce from Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan. I was pretty exciting about watching this, as I'd seen THREE EXTREMES 2 previously (although that 'sequel' was actually made first) and enjoyed it. Plus, Takashi Miike and Park Chan-wook contribute two of the instalments, so how could this be bad? Well, it's not, but it is a little disappointing because it's not brilliant. It's just average. As the title would suggest, the emphasis is on icky stuff rather than genuine bone-chilling horror, and what plays out is rather predictable and has more than a few problems.The first segment of the film is DUMPLINGS, in which Bai Ling's back street abortionist serves up special ingredients in her food, food which has the power to restore youth to those who eat it. This segment was also released as a full length film which I've already seen, and the full version is much better, fleshing out the characters and plot quite considerably. If you like this, I'd recommend getting the real thing as this is merely a taster.The second story is Park Chan-wook's CUT and is the one I found particularly disappointing. It's a single location thriller in which Lee Byung-hun (A BITTERSWEET LIFE) and his wife are trapped in a room by a maniac with murder and torture in mind. Chan-wook creates a visually arresting story but the script is pretty silly and feels way too artificial with little connection to real life. You can almost feel him trying to work out how to include more and more bizarre and surreal visual stuff into his tale but it's at the expense of a proper story.The last story is the Japanese BOX and my favourite of all. Too much is made of a rather familiar twist ending, but the central tale is a ghostly one with a great back story. Two sisters are circus performers and contortionists, fitting their slender bodies into tiny little boxes, until one fateful night when tragedy hits. There are some very spooky scenes here, like with the box lid opening, and as a whole this is a great addition to the J-horror genre.

The movie is actually 3 unique stories released as one film. Each story represents a different "idea" so to speak. Without going into detail per story, each is crafted extremely well in all aspects of true film. Granted, this is a foreign movie, so it is subtitled (the version I saw) but this does not distract to the acting in the slightest. The acting in "Cut" stood out most to me as the crazy slowly fell apart throughout his hostage taking ordeal. "Box" was a cinematography 101 class of how to show style, scenery, and environment to hold the attention to an otherwise fairly bland plot. The startling subject matter of "Dumplings" not only may revolt some viewers, but is also the best of the three to draw you into the story and round it out with quality acting that is very subtle. I suggest you go in blind to this one, as I did, the payoff is quite good. Enjoy. 6.3/10 (original title Saam Gaang Yi)

"Saam gaang yi", a.k.a. "3 Extremes", is composed of three segments(1) "Dumplings", by Fruit Chan, is the best segment. I saw the complete film ("Jiao Zi") on 25 August 2007 on DVD released in Brazil with the title "Escravas da Vaidade" ("Slaves of the Vanity"). The gruesome tale tells the story of an aging actress that seeks out a mysterious woman that cooks dumplings with a special ingredient that rejuvenates those who eat them. My review is available in http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472458/reviews-21(2) "Cut", by Chan-wook Park, is a tale of cruelty and insanity. An insane stranger breaks in the house of a film director and ties him up with his wife and a boy in the room. The strange tries to force the director to kill the boy, otherwise he will cut the fingers of his wife that is a pianist.This segment is very cruel and insane, and has a surprising conclusion.(3) "Box", by Takashi Miike, is a confused tale. The twenty-five-year- old writer Kyoko has nightmares with a box and also with her sister Shoko. One day, she receives an invitation to visit the place where she saw her sister for the last time.This segment is messy and predictable, with a disappointing conclusion. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): Not Available