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Today I'll show you a Thriller-Horror film: "Zee-Oui: The Man-Eater"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The film begins with a man in prison, spending his last days cooking a meal for himself
As he finishes his meal, the guards take him out of his cell, and take him to the firing squad
Before his execution, the man recalls the times before he got to prison
The scene returns in 19 46, when the man named Lee-Hui, migrates from China to Bangkok
However, the immigration inspector decides to call him Zee-Oui
The inspector then asks him about his migration,
so Zee tells him that he relocated to live a new life with his uncle
Then the warden verifies his purpose, and tells him that he needs to pay taxes
However, Zee doesn't have money; so the guards drag him to prison
His head gets shaved; and after that,
he gets thrown into a small prison cell with other broke immigrants, until his uncle picks him up
After bailing his nephew out, his uncle tours him around the town
He introduces Zee to a family that sells poultry, where he will be working
The owner takes him in, and teaches him how to butcher chickens
After learning how to do the man's business, Zee begins his new life as a butcher
However, his life there is similar to an enslaved person
The owner's wife mistreats him, and only feeds him rice;
while the children think of Zee as a plaything
They make fun of him, ruining his clothes with dirt, blood, and guts from the chickens
Soon after, the family's treatment of Zee causes him to get sick, as he coughs constantly
The next day, he gets angry at the kids, and scares them off with a knife
This led to the wife hitting his head for scaring the kids, even though they were the ones at fault
As Zee lays on the floor, he gets wicked thoughts running through his head,
as he begins stalking the family's children
However, he doesn't go through with it, and steals the family's money
After stealing it at night, he runs away, never to be seen by the family again
The next day, a murder case regarding three children in a train yard, causes an uproar
The news stated that it might be a psychotic murderer who committed the evil act,
as the kids had their organs harvested
One female reporter takes an interest in this bizarre case
and asks her boss to allow her to investigate
The boss gives her approval to investigate the case
Meanwhile, Zee now works for a family in the rice business
However, his illness progresses, making him unable to work properly
The factory workers bully him about his sickness,
and even start harassing him as he gets weaker by the day
During their work break, he gets a visit from the boss's daughter, Mei
Mei comforts him during his difficult time, and they become great friends
She even gives him a flower that he wears on his head, as a token of their friendship
However, as they get back to work,
his colleagues think he is also a soft guy, as they see him wearing the flower at work
They bully him to the point that his flower from Mei gets broken
Mei sees this, and leaves to find another flower for him
But Zee misunderstood her actions as hating him, making him feel sad as she leaves
After work, Zee goes to a clinic, and buys medicine for his sickness before it worsens
However, his co-workers see him, and begin bullying him again on the street
This leads to him losing his medicine as it falls into the mud
This causes huge stress on Zee; and he starts becoming emotionally unstable
One night, Zee sleeps on his bed, while his sickness progresses
Just then, he recalls a memory of World War two
There he's a soldier on a mission to fight the Japanese
As his unit fights the Japanese, it's seen that Zee is a coward,
as he doesn't join the fight on the battlefield
He almost gets killed because of it
but luckily, his commander saves him from death
However, the commander orders Zee to be brave;
and to do so, he is tasked with killing the injured Japanese soldier
In order to survive, Zee unwillingly strangles the soldier
However, while he dreams about assaulting the injured soldier, Mei is beside him,
trying to wake him up with a new flower for him
Unfortunately, Zee's nightmare also makes his body move;
so as he strangles the soldier in his dream, he's strangling Mei in real life
As he kills the soldier, Zee wakes up,
only to find Mei has died beside him, making him guilty and remorseful
The following day, Zee hides Mei's corpse far away from their place, to hide what he did
However, Mei's family and even the workers start looking for her
They're all shocked to see her dumped somewhere dead
Soon after, the reporter gets news of this, and investigates the crime scene
The police give her permission to investigate; so she starts by questioning the locals
First, she asks the workers and locals about a potential suspect
At first, their raging hormones make them not take her seriously
But they eventually tell her of Mei's father,
who physically abuses Mei even in front of the workers
the reporter follows this lead and goes to Mei's father, asking him about his behavior
However, it seems that Mei's father is not the suspect,
as he regrets his behavior and mourns the loss of his daughter
Seeing no possible leads, the reporter wanders around the town to find any outsiders
Just then, she hears Zee coughing inside a warehouse that acts as his home
She notices that he can't speak Thai, and talks in Chinese instead
This makes her think he is an outsider and questions him
However, as she questions him about Mei, Zee acts as if he doesn't know
She then notices a knife, and asks Zee about it
Zee tells her that it's a keepsake from his mother
Seeing that Zee doesn't know about Mei, she leaves
but before doing so, she gives him money for his medicine
The next day, Zee still doesn't perform well at work, prompting Mei's father to fire Zee
But the boss gives him a chance to work on a farm, owned by his relative
Meanwhile, while the reporter watches her boss's daughter, Pom, playing there,
she updates him about Mei's case
After hearing about it, the boss thinks that the father might be a suspect
However, the reporter confirms that the father isn't the suspect
The boss then tells her she should've paid attention to anyone nervous during her investigation
But the only one she could recall who was nervous, was Zee
but she thought it was only because he was sick
Just then, they notice that Pom is missing, making them worried since there's a killer on the loose
They both look for Pom, and luckily find her with another stranger,
who politely helped her get her kite stuck in a tree
The two sigh in relief as Pom is safe
Later that night, the reporter gets a nightmare of her childhood
There she is revealed to be interested in child murder cases,
because she and her sister were victims
However, only she survived with a scar on her chest
After being a survivor, the reporter is determined to find child killers
The following day, Zee now works on a farm where he is less stressed
However, his peaceful job is short-lived as a storm approaches
The next night, he gets a dream about his sickness under a strong storm
His sickness has been there ever since childhood; so his mother always nurses him
His mother gives him homemade medicines that heal him
His dream gets cut short,
as he wakes up and discovers that the storm has destroyed the farm totally
Saddened by this event, Zee recalls his promise to his mother, when she gave him the knife
He promised to live a rich life, and get his mother back
But with the current events happening to him, that promise won't be fulfilled soon
Later that night, many kids go to his hut, and try to make fun of him while his sickness worsens
Zee snaps and chases them; but he cannot catch up to them since he's sick
He follows their trail instead, and ends up at a fair
As he looks around, the feeling he had for the first family's children he worked for, returns
Only now, Zee realizes that it's the feeling of being hungry
He kidnaps a little girl who got separated from her friends,
and takes her to an isolated place under a railway
Zee suddenly recalls another memory of world war 2
In that memory, his officer offers him the flesh of a Japanese soldier
It's said to give him strength and confidence
Zee refused the offer in the past; but now he uses it to justify killing the poor little girl
He slits her throat with his mother's knife, while a train passes them to drown out the scream
After that, he harvests her heart, and uses it to brew a soup, similar to how his mother made it
As he drinks it, Zee feels himself getting better
Zee almost gets caught the next day, when he drops his mother's knife
Fortunately, the guard doesn't check the cloth-wrapped blade;
and Zee manages to flee with the train
At the same time, the police find the child that Zee killed
the reporter and her boss then arrive at the scene of the crime
As the issue escalates, they get more determined to find the killer
After a while, Zee reaches a wharf town where his another uncle is a wharfmaster
He then asks the uncle if he could take a ship back to China
Unfortunately, he can't let Zee go back for free; so Zee tries to find a way to make money
He then sees another fair, and decides to become a thief to sell goods
At the fair, he spots a gold necklace and steals it
At that same time, the reporter and her boss are at the fair on their day off
Just as they go on a ride with Pom, the reporter notices the commotion
she runs after Zee; but unfortunately, she loses him amidst the crowd
After escaping from the reporter, Zee's sickness kicks in
This makes him crave another meal
He finds a girl not far away from him, buying ice candy
Zee uses this ice candy to lure her away from the crowd,
before snatching her and bringing her further away from the area
Zee takes her to a cave where monks pray
Zee commits the same act of killing her, and harvests her heart
However, a child monk approaches the cave, prompting him to run and leave the place
However, he forgets his mother's knife and his sandals because of panic
Just as he leaves, the child monk screams, as he finds the child and calls for help
the reporter and her boss are also near when the child monk asks for help;
so they go to the crime scene along with some people
As they arrive, the reporter thinks that the necklace thief is also the killer,
as she notices the thief's sandals
As the investigation progresses the next day,
the reporter recognizes the knife, but can't fully recall where she saw it
Meanwhile, the uncle appraises Zee's necklace, and finds out it is fake
After the failed heist, Zee uses the kids' hearts to make himself his mother's special soup,
to heal his sickness
Unfortunately, the investigation gets disrupted,
when news of many different child murders in other areas happens simultaneously
This led to the police blaming any Chinese man for becoming their suspect,
so as to calm the public down
the reporter disagrees with this action, as it still lets the killer be on the loose
However, the reporter and her boss could not find evidence to dispute the decision;
so they followed the police's plan
Later that night, the reporter dreams of herself as she enters the cave that Zee murdered in
She gets a clearer view of the knife, as she visualizes the killer
But before she gets stabbed, she wakes up
the reporter immediately informs her boss about Zee being the killer,
after remembering the encounter with him where she sees his knife
so they track him down
They find traces of Zee near the area of the recent crime, and find Zee's uncle
They ask if Zee sold a necklace to him
he replies that Zee indeed sold a necklace to him, confirming that he is the killer
he tells them that Zee has asked his help to return to China
they call the police to search for Zee in a beach province, which has a ship bound to China
Meanwhile, Zee observes the kids who are playing with their kites
He then tricks them into playing with him; but he suddenly disappears with one of the kids
This alerts the police as the kids and their parents inform them of the kidnapping
After identifying Zee, the police start combing around the area they were last seen
Meanwhile, the kid realizes that Zee is out to kill him, and runs away from him
The kid manages to hide from him in a cave
After finding the cave empty, Zee leaves, prompting the kid to come down from his hiding spot
However, it turns out, Zee faked his leaving, so he could catch the kid
Fortunately, before he can kill the kid, the police and the reporter arrive to stop him
But this only makes Zee take the kid hostage
Fortunately, the reporter calmly talks him into surrendering his knife;
and Zee gives it to her when he hallucinates, and sees her as his mother due to stress and panic
The police then apprehend him and take him to prison, where he awaits his trial
During his trial, the reporter writes an article about Zee,
claiming that Zee is a victim of his inner demons;
and migrating to Thailand only unleashes these inner demons,
prompting him to become a twisted killer
Meanwhile, the police put the blame on Zee for all the murders in the area,
even though he's not the only killer
They lack evidence and lead for the other crimes; so Zee takes all the blame,
while the other killers are on the loose
After making Zee confess to all the child murders,
with a deal that promises his freedom back to china,
the police decide to kill him, breaking their promise
As his death comes for him, Zee remembers his mother
The film ends with a flashback,
revealing that his mother used executed criminals during the war as food
Zee's mother makes soup for these people, and gives it to her sick son to make him feel better
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