≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Hong Kong, Movie Reviews, Not Worth Your Time, Science Fiction | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Comedy/ Science Fiction/ Action
Director: David Chung Chi-Man
Year: 1988
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Right on the heels of Paul Verhoeven’s masterpiece, Robocop, the Hong Kong film industry hustled out not one, but two ripoffs, Robotrix, and the subject of today’s review, I Love Maria.
It seems that a criminal gang, led by Ben Lam and […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clark Gregg
Year: 2008
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
I’ll be the first to admit that Choke doesn’t really hang together as a metaphorical examination of how society labels us, with the filmmakers ultimately concluding that the responsibility for our identity lies with us. Actually, I think that whole idea is a crock. We don’t […]
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Country: Denmark
Genre: Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Year: 2006
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
In terms of plot summary, Brothers resembles the high concept Iraq themed war movies Hollywood has been churning out for some time now. Michael (Ulrich Thomsen), a Dudley-Do-Right kind of guy, is a professional soldier bound for Iraq. He goes missing in action. Michael’s brother Jannik […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action
Director: D.J. Caruso
Year: 2008
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
It’s understandable that the concept of Eagle Eye would appeal to a producer like Steven Spielberg.
A disembodied voice commands two strangers to embark on a mysterious mission. The voice has instantaneous command of every electronic device is sight. For example, it kills a man […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Comedy/ Drama/ Romance /Action
Director: Norman Law Man
Year: 1986
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Ah, the wonderfully wacky world of Hong Kong movies! I can’t claim that A Hearty Response is all that good, but it certainly is entertaining.
The subject matter is that Hong Kong 80s perennial, illegal immigration from Mainland China, but in A […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Drama/ Comedy/ Satire
Director: Whit Stillman
Year: 1994
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Barcelona is an equal opportunity mockery fest. The movie follows the travails of two American cousins in 1980s Barcelona. One of the Americans is a salesman, the other in the Navy. They get involved with the local women, who, coming off of the fascism […]
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I’ve got to say, I haven’t been too impressed by the participation of this blog’s readers.
Whatever.
But, for those readers who happen to really love modern Korean flicks and Golden Age of Hong Kong movies, I might be in the position to do you a solid, but only for those of you who are worthy.
Now, how […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Romance
Director: Ringo Lam
Year: 1989
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
The first time I saw Wild Search, I was halfway through the movie before I realized that it was a loose remake of Witness, the terrific Harrison Ford fish-out-of-water cop tale. Believe it or not, Wild Search is every bit as rich a […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Suspense
Director: Tony Scott
Year: 2006
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
It’s getting so I’m about ready to boycott any movie that Jerry Bruckheimer is involved with, no matter how many interesting elements are involved. I love thrillers. Tony Scott is an excellent director, even if he does has a penchant for show-offy visuals that […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Horror
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Year: 2006
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
I’m going to tell you the plot of Pulse, and it won’t spoil a thing.
The place where ghosts exists is becoming overpopulated, and so the ghosts jerry rig computers as a porthole into our world. But that’s not all. They want to prevent more people from […]