"Stanley Kwan has emerged as Hong Kong's most promising young director... Love Unto Waste shapes up as a fairly acid sketch of the materialism and emotional cowardice of the young smart set: a drunken night out launches a casual affair, and two Taiwanese women on the make in Hong Kong treat the young couple like mascots. Then one member of this cozy group is suddenly, shockingly murdered. An oddball police inspector enters the picture, and the film completely changes tack: hedonism wastes away, fears and regrets come out of hiding and the characters edge toward an emotional candor that makes the surprise ending both moving and, in a sense, liberating. The film is blessed with some tasty and highly original writing (by the author of Boat People) and a first-rate cast. It also gets its social milieu-from a Hong Kong nightclub to a village in Taiwan-exactly right." -Tony Rayns, London Film Festival