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WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU (Diyu wu men) is the second movie, shot in 1980, by the Hong Kong director Tsui Hark.

Agent 999 is searching for the bandit Rolex who's disappeared inside of a small island on the other side of the river. Agent 999 meets the chief of police of the island who tells him he will help him find the bandit. But soon 999 is attacked by the inhabitants of the village who are in fact cannibals eating anybody daring to cross their island. As the chief of police and his men are also maneaters, 999 will have to prove to everybody that he's a master in Kung Fu if he wants to stay alive for a while in the village.


Plot & Themes
Time/Era of Movie:
Wilderness adventure Yes
Plotlets: - hunted by inbred rednecks
Combat acrobatics/martial arts? Yes
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes - mentally ill
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?

Setting
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - China
Forest? Yes
Water? Yes
Water: - river
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - church/synagogue

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Kind of violence: - karate chop - hand to hand - knives - swords
Unusual forms of death - eaten - drowned - decapitated - perforation--swords/knives
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