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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Drama/ Bullet Ballet
Director: Johnny Wang
Year: 1988
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When I sat down to watch director Johnny Wang’s Fury, I was hoping for a masterpiece along the line of his next picture, Bloody Brotherhood, but it was not to be. The pity of it is that it easily could […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Girls With Guns/ Bullet Ballet
Director: Cheng Siu-Keung
Year: 1991
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Sea Wolves AKA In The Line Of Duty VII, is an odd movie, a seemingly random mix of competence and incompetence.
One of the first things I noticed is that the dialog track sounded like it was recorded in an […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet
Director: Kirk Wong
Year: 1992
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
In 1998, Kirk Wong directed The Big Hit, an American action comedy about a hitman with personal and professional troubles.
In that movie, there are plenty of references to American culture, and Kirk Wong directs those scenes broadly but effectively. What a difference […]
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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: 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: 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 […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Bullet Ballet
Director: Ringo Lam
Year: 1998
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The Suspect is director Ringo Lam’s fourth attempt at a thriller in the international style, and it’s a big improvement on the Adventurers, not to mention Undeclared War. As I recall, it’s better than Full Alert, too, but don’t hold me to […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet/ Drama
Director: John Woo
Year: 1989
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Just Heroes plays like a dress rehearsal for John Woo’s bullet ballet melodramas like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard Boiled. The elegant camera movements, slow motion, balletic gun-fu, heroic bloodshed, and male bonding are certainly all in evidence. Too bad […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Fantasy/ Girls With Guns/ Bullet Ballet
Director: Chi Li Tang
Year: 1991
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Bury Me High is nothing if not ambitious. What else do you call an adventure story about Feng Shui that incorporates a cast of thousands, military ordinance, voluminous explosions, kickass martial arts, and nutty stunts?
The plot […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet/ Suspense/ Drama
Director: Michael Mak
Year: 1992
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Underground Express AKA Long Arm of the Law IV isn’t quite as great as it’s predecessors, but you shouldn’t hold that against it.
One advantage the film has is a rich premise. In the aftermath of the Tienanmen Square massacre, Chinese pro-democracy […]
