In a war torn country, a bunch of monks decide to either allow others to torture and kill them or they torture the $#!+ out of each other. I'm still trying to figure out as to whether the film's intent is arousal or cultural psychosis. Yeeesh! Anyways, this is indeed an impressive film from Mainland China. It appears to have a high budget with the amount of people in it and the wonderful cinematography. Plus the action was well performed. But, still I think this movie leans more towards exploitation with its insane amount of torture, violence, over the top acting, awkwardly shot scenes (the monk suicides were funny as hell), and it's unfocused storytelling. In the end, I enjoyed this mountain of lunacy.
