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UNFORSAKEN is a bonechilling
horror story/
supernatural thriller set against a
bleak, violent, depraved and utterly
surreal vision of hell itself
(Purgatory, to be precise). The
world of the story is a dark place,
filled with wretched souls. The
landscape of the story looks like the
Wild West through the eyes of Edgar
Alan Poe. It's a world of horrors
and sinners on the eve of the
great judgment, a world presided
over by the Devil but where man
still has a slim chance to decide his
fate and save his soul…
| The story itself is as sophisticated
as it is violent. The positive comparisons
to classics such as “Angel
Heart,”, “The Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly” and “The Exorcist” give
“Unforsaken” a timelessness while
literally fusing styles into a new
genre that has yet to be experienced
by movie fans. Imagine dead gunfighters,
the coldest killers and depraved
sinners to ever walk the
landscape, forced to relive their
most vicious crimes in Purgatory,
never knowing who they are or
what they are, the Devil pulling the
strings. Imagine killing a man only
to have him come back from the
grave, undead, seeking vengeance,
a thousand times more dangerous. | CHOW YUN FAT is Kane, a
fearsome gunfighter with a
checkered past. When his son is
murdered by his partners-in-crime
in the aftermath of a grand train
heist, Kane strikes a deal with the
Devil to get his revenge. To pay off
his marker, Kane is sent to hunt
down a female motorcycle gang that
had stolen the Devil's most prized
possession - a strongbox containing
a cargo of human souls destined for
hell. Led by a charismatic thief
named Fortune, the gang travels
from one mythical town to the next,
returning the souls of innocent people
swindled by the Devil. What
Kane does not realize is that he's
been sent to destroy the very people
who hold a key to his own salvation.
In the course of his mission, he | encounters a mysterious figure
named Apostle that helps to reconnect
Kane with his past and his heritage
as an elite warrior in the Eastern
tradition whose sacred duty was
to protect the people. When he discovers
that the Devil stole his father's
soul, Kane teams up with Fortune,
declares war on the Prince of
Darkness, and sets out to derail the
hell-bound train before it can carry
off the undead to Underworld. |