Terrorizers

Dec 19, 1986

1h 49m

★ 7.4

Overview

An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge of adultery.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Central Motion Picture Corporation

Terrorizers Trailers

Cast

Zhou Yufang

Cora Miao

Li Lizhong

Lee Lichun

Chen Weibin

King Shih-Chieh

Police Chief

Ku Pao-Ming

Shu An's Mother

Liu Ming

Shu An

Wang An

Little Qiang

Shao-Chun Ma

Da Shun

Yu An-Shun

Little Qiang's Girlfriend

Chia-ching Huang

Shanqun Hong

Little Jin

Chonghua Ni

Ming-Yang Shih

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

7.2

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4.4

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Jun 5, 1975

An armored van is attacked and the gangsters hide the loot in a graveyard.

10.0

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5.5

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5.3

The Woman of Wrath

Sep 8, 1984

A woman, married off to an abusive butcher, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and tradition in Taiwan during circa 1920 to 1945.

6.3

The Hot Spot

Oct 12, 1990

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

6.2

Try Seventeen

Sep 10, 2002

Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to work on his writing skills. Soon, Jones finds himself dividing his time between two women: a young actress named Lisa and a photographer named Jane. After Jane's ex-boyfriend arrives to help her recover from a car accident, Jones begins to understand just how much he cares for her.

6.7

Proof

Aug 15, 1991

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8.3

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A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

7.0

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Apr 9, 1999

A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.

6.8

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Sep 6, 1997

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4.2

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The wife of a international spy arrives in Berlin for a holiday. While her husband is away, she falls in love with a British photographer.

7.0

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The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

7.6

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6.8

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Jan 14, 2005

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3.6

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Monique is so anxious to become a movie star that she gets naked for a producer, watches other naked girls in the producer’s other naked movies, and finally ends up starring in a naked skinflick where she’s tied up by a fetish freak. All of which is dutifully chronicled by her obsessed roommate Rita.