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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Romance
Director: Cha Chuen-Yee
Year: 1991
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
I was really rooting for Off Track, but a couple of things kept me from putting it in the win column.
The first thing that bothered me is that the storytelling is so rushed that it’s easy to get confused. As it happened, I was interrupted […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet/ Romance
Director: Benny Chan
Year: 1995
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
In order to enjoy a movie like Man Wanted, it helps to have the proper mindset. People who get bent out of shape by lack of realism, plot holes and purple melodrama need not apply.
One of the occupational hazards of undercover cops […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Drama/ Romance/ Action/ Mainstream
Director: Michael Mann
Year: 2009
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
I would classify Public Enemies as a failure, but a noble one. Director Michael Mann is nothing if not ambitious. He has obviously taken great care to include as many real locations as possible. He’s also included many fascinating details about John […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Bullet Ballet
Director: Michael Mak
Year: 1992
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Lately, I’ve had the misfortune to watch a number of underwhelming Golden Age of Hong Kong (1985-1995) flicks. It’s odd, really. A masterpiece like Tiger Cage or a historically important piece like Mirage can be perpetually out of print, but early […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Comedy
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Year: 2010
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Did The Expendables really have to be this dumb? Oh, I know that it’s supposed a throwback to the halcyon 80s, an era of lazy plotting, big explosions, and raging testosterone, but still.
I don’t know. Maybe that’s part of the appeal, that you can […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Comedy/ Romance
Director: Guy Lai
Year: 1986
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
I’m a big fan of Leslie Cheung, a beautiful actor with a knack for sensitive or cruel characters, but even he can’t save The Intellectual Trio, as wretched a comedy thriller as was ever produced during Hong Kong’s Golden Age (1985-1995).
This time around, […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Stephen Shin
Year: 1986
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
There’s something to be said for a taut B picture if it’s told energetically and with solid craft, even it doesn’t break any new ground.
In Brotherhood, Ah Keung (Alex Man) is a cop with some serious problems. He’s deep in hock to […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Comedy
Director: Allan Fung
Year: 1986
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Caper has at least one thing going for it: a fairly original twist on the brothers-on-the-opposite-sides-of-the-law trope.
During the Vietnam War, two young boys are separated while fleeing to Hong Kong. One, Sun Heung Sai (Stephen Hoh), is adopted by a gangster (Sunny Fang) involved […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Siu Sang
Year: 1996
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
For the first hour of Hero of Swallow, I thought it was going to be another Chinese version of the Robin Hood story, along the lines of Iron Monkey.
At first, it’s kind of fun. We see Thief Swallow (Yuen Biao) giving money […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Bullet Ballet/ Martial Arts
Director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Year: 1995
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I don’t know what’s going on, but this is the second review in a row that I’ve written about great Hong Kong directors attempting to make an action film in the generic international style.
Check this out. Dragon (a bland Kenny […]