Forest of Death
The Hong Kong theatrical poster.
Directed by	Danny Pang
Produced by	The Pang Brothers
Written by	Cub Chin Danny Pang
Starring	Shu Qi Ekin Cheng
Music by	Payont Permsith
Cinematography	Choochart Nantitanyatada
Editing by	Curran Pang
Distributed by	Universe Films
Release date(s)	Hong Kong: March 22, 2007
Running time	85 min.
Country	Hong Kong/Thailand
Language	Cantonese
IMDb profile

Forest of Death (also known as Sum yuen) is a 2007 Hong Kong crime-horror-thriller film directed and co-written by Danny Pang. Danny Pang, born in 1965 in Hong Kong, is a film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. ... The Pang Brothers are Danny and Oxide Pang, twin-brother filmmakers born in 1965 in Hong Kong. ... Danny Pang, born in 1965 in Hong Kong, is a film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. ... // Shu Qi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shū Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Chi) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi (Wade-Giles) or Shu Kei (Cantonese). ... Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin (鄭伊健, pinyin: Zhèng Yījiàn) (born October 4, 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This article is about all of the Cantonese (Yue) dialects. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises from that year, which again appear this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Oceans Thirteen, Resident Evil: Extinction... Horror Movie redirects here. ... Thriller films are movies that primarily use action and suspense to engage the audience. ... Danny Pang, born in 1965 in Hong Kong, is a film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. ...

Plot

Police detective Ha Chun-Chi (Shu Qi) is investigating a rape and murder that took place in a mysterious forest that has also the scene of many suicides. The main suspect in the murder case is Patrick Wong (Lawrence Chou), but he denies the committing the crime. // Shu Qi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shū Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Chi) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi (Wade-Giles) or Shu Kei (Cantonese). ... Lawrence Chou is a Canadian singer and actor. ...

Ha's investigation leads to botanist Shum Shu-Hoi (Ekin Cheng), who has been experimenting with plants from the forest. Shum's girlfriend, May (Rain Li), is feigns interest in the forest to gain information for a tabloid television show she works for. Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin (鄭伊健, pinyin: Zhèng Yījiàn) (born October 4, 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. ...

Shum's experiments reveal that the plants can act as witnesses in the murder case, and sets up a re-enactment of the crime in the forest, where the plants will act as lie detectors.

Cast

• Shu Qi as Detective Ha Chun-Chi
• Ekin Cheng as Shum Shu-hoi
• Rain Li as May
• Lau Siu-Ming as Mr. Tin, the forest ranger
• Lam Suet as Commissioner Wong
• Tommy Yuen as Shu-hoi's assistant
• Lawrence Chou as Patrick Wong
• Cub Chin as Producer

// Shu Qi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shū Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Chi) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi (Wade-Giles) or Shu Kei (Cantonese). ... Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin (鄭伊健, pinyin: Zhèng Yījiàn) (born October 4, 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. ... Lam Suet (Chinese: ) is a Hong Kong film actor and famous for various comedic roles in Johnnie Tos films, notably the bummbling taxi-driver Tip in the award winning Breaking News. ... Lawrence Chou is a Canadian singer and actor. ...

Release

Forest of Death was released on Region 3 DVD in Hong Kong by Universe Laser on May 10, 2007. It also screened out of competition at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival. The following is an excerpt of the article entitled DVD. For the sake of convenience, the terms Region 0, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 8 redirect to this page. ... The 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival was held from July 19 to July 29, 2007, at SF Groups SF World Cinema at CentralWorld. ...

External links

• Forest of Death at the Internet Movie Database
• Forest of Death at the Movie Review Query Engine
• Forest of Death at Love HK Film

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... Movie Review Query Engine (acronym: MRQE) is one of the largest indices of movie reviews available online. ...