Blu-ray Review – Men from the Gutter

1983’s “Men from the Gutter” is a lot of things. Director Ngai Choi Lam is in charge of keeping an easily distracted screenplay in order, overseeing the development of many subplots and a community of characters, with everyone assigned their own special motivation. The picture is not an epic crime story or even a rousing supercop thriller, often stuck attempting to juggle so much when it comes to characters and their missions of justice and crime. It’s not the most engaging feature around, but the production makes a wise choice to try and add excitement whenever possible, keeping the pace up as chases are periodic and brutality is common, generating some momentum to help the offering when the storytelling gets a little stuck in the murky details of character lives. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com