Bury Me High
1991
Director: Tsui Siu Ming
Stars: Moon Lee, Chin Kar-Lok, Sibelle Hu, Tsui Siu Ming, Yuen Wah, Corey Yuen, Kenneth Tsang
Bury Me High has a fairly unique plot -- an evil general is trying to use feng shui (the art of placing things in the proper place in order to obtain power) to take over a small country, and it's up to a small team of rebels to stop him. While this kind of stuff might be a bit confusing, the movie moves along at a quick clip, so things don't become too muddled. More emphasis is placed on set design/lighting and action, rather than geomancy -- which is really not a bad thing. Bury Me High looks great, almost like a comic book at times, and the action (especially the bits done by Chin Kar-Lok, one of the more under-rated actors in HK action movies) is pretty damn exciting. Of course, when you have Moon Lee and Yuen Wah (once again proving why he is one of the best villain actors in HK) duking it out, you really can't go wrong.
Some plot quibbles, low budgets, and bad gweilo actors (Moon's English is better than the white guys in here) aside, Bury Me High is overall a well-made action movie.
RATING: 7
A review of the DVD for this movie can be found here
This DVD is available for purchase at www.hkflix.com
