Night Shift - 2025 - Vietnam

Night Shift - 2025 - 6/10 

 
She wants a ride to the old Saigon fish market, hires motorcycle and driver.
He accepts, yet within minutes, the setup is revealed.
Scant plot here, only an implied backstory and furious action.
Need a quick martial arts fix?  Six minutes of high voltage, back alley fighting.
English subs = https://sub-scene.com/subtitle/3372136

Devil’s Diner - 2025 - Vietnam

Devil’s Diner - 2025 - 7/10  
AKA - Tiem an Cua Quy

 
The dark companion to Midnight Diner, as this is where visitors lose their souls.
This presupposes human nature is inherently evil, and weak.
Sins include greed, anger, delusion, pride, suspicion.
Diners enter, and with a smile, the owner coaxes them toward retribution, and eventual payment.
While cloaked in Horror, this has definite Asian sensibilities.
Revenge, while sweet, carries a cost, a terrible cost.
Acting ranges from adequate to excellent.  Everything else, pretty accomplished.

Conjuring Spirit - 2014 - Vietnam

Conjuring Spirit - 2014 - 5/10
AKA - Chung Cu Ma

 
The adulterous landlord fixes up the apartment for his girlfriend, then murders her.
Thereafter, tenants of that apartment are killed, commit suicide, or flee in terror.
Enter writer Lan and her five-year-old son, Bi.
Strange occurrences begin almost immediately.
Low-level Vietnamese horror is fairly predictable, with a range of acting.
The lack of sophistication is the handicap and attraction here.
Bizarre plotholes, and also an interesting twist.