Review: Produced by Milkyway crew, "Intruder" falls along the lines of Category3 Hong Kong films, movies that like to exploit violence, sex and sometimes can be very dark in humor. But, what I really found different in "Intruder" from the average CAT 3 movies was that the story was very well elaborated and also suspenseful. Usually the story in these types of films are just excuses for the gore scenes, but "Intruder" really had an interesting story. At first, you don't understand all the motivation of Yieh Siu Yan and you are really wondering if there's any real reason why she is committing all those atrocious actions. I won't spoil it for you, but I can tell you that, yes, there's a reason and there is a method to her madness. By not revealing this plan at the beginning of the movie, it became a very good idea to get the spectator hooked to his seat, wondering what all the meaning behind all these violent events were. The atmosphere was also very suspenseful, usually I found CAT 3 movies cheesy and not really serious, but the producer and director of "Intruder" really took care to avoid these cheesy and unbelievable moments and it helped to really take "Intruder" as a serious dark thriller. Ok maybe there's one or two scenes in the film that I found over-exaggerated, especially the first encounter of Yieh Siu Yan and Chen Chi Min`s young daughter, but in general, it was made believable.

What also helped to take the movie as a very serious dark thriller, was the performance of the actors. I usually found the acting level of CAT 3 films just above the one you can find in porn movies, but again the actors of "Intruder" were surprisingly all very convincing. Especially Chien-lien Wu in her role of the serial killer, most of the time we are used to see male serial killers in CAT 3 movies, but this time it was a female and she looked very strong and evil. The personality change was also very good, in public, Yieh Siu Yan was this very delicate women but alone with his victim and armed with a screwdriver she become a totally insane women that you just wish you will never meet one like that in your life. Yiu-Cheung Lai was also great in the role of the poor taxi driver. He really gave enough emotion to the character to make us feel sorry for him when he was tortured and abused in his own apartment. Even if you don't have a lot of background for each character in the movie, as the story develops, you will feel hate or compassion for these disturbed characters.

CAT 3 movies are usually pure violence and sex ridden, but not "Intruder." Of course you have some bloody scenes, violence against animals, children's and old people but I was expecting a little more shocking events during the movie. Maybe it is just me, I know that it takes a lot now to really shock me, but I didn't find "Intruder" really disturbing and daring as the usual CAT 3 movies. Most of the time a gore filled scene happened, it was sometimes too dark to really notice the details or it was not showed enough long to really see everything. I think it's more because "Intruder" tried more to be a dark thriller than one of those usual shocking CAT 3 movie. Some scenes really take a long time to build the tension between the characters before the pace switch to a more violent mood. I would say that the movie succeeds to be a good thriller, but a lot of people will probably not expect "Intruder" to be a thriller and some might be disappointed about that.