≡ Category: Art, Drama, Highly Recommended, Hong Kong | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama/ Art
Director: Ann Hui
Year: 2009
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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
You’ve got to hand it to Ann Hui. She’s been making films since 1979 and she just keeps improving. Night And Fog is the more assured film I’ve seen her direct yet. The compositions, the camera movements, the cinematography, the music, are all […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Highly Recommended, Hong Kong, Martial Arts | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Drama
Director: Wu Ma
Year: 1990
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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
In 1930s Shanghai, the genteel art form of “chaste” opera is already long passé, so the performances of Pops’ (Wu Ma) all female opera troupe are sparsely attended, and then only by underworld types who don’t really appreciate their artistry. These […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Suspense/ Romance/ Martial Arts
Director: Wilson Tong
Year: 1991
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
In Hong Kong gambling movies, there generally isn’t a whole lot of actual gambling going on. Really, it’s a competition over who can most cleverly cheat. Adding to the fun, in the best gambling movies, there’s also stunts, gunplay and […]
≡ Category: Art, Drama, Hong Kong, Martial Arts, Not Worth Your Time, Romance | ≅ Leave a Comment
Genre: Drama/ Martial Arts/ Art
Director: Daniel Lee
Year: 1994
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
What Price Survival is an unusual martial arts film in a lot of ways. Most martial arts films out of Hong Kong during the late 80s and early 90s were run and gun, done on a shoestring, at a breathless pace.
In contrast, What Price […]
≡ Category: Drama, Hong Kong, Not Worth Your Time, Romance, Suspense | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Suspense/ Drama/ Romance
Director: Ray Leung
Year: 1996
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Scarred Memory starts off with a potentially involving premise.
Dr. Ivy Yip (the lovely Veronica Yip) is struggling with PTSD. She was raped two months previously, but has not received any kind of professional counseling. Apparently, the stigma in Hong Kong for rape victims […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Hong Kong, Recommended | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Andrew Lau
Year: 1990
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
It’s hard to say why I didn’t like Against All better.
The direction by Andrew Lau is elegant and assured. The script by James Fung is well thought out and flows logically. The fights, choreographed by Stephen Tung Wai, are only lightly stylized brawls, young […]
≡ Category: Drama, Hong Kong, Recommended | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama
Director: Shu Kei
Year: 1986
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Poor Ip Cheung (Deanie Yip). Her husband, a police captain, is a pig who either uses her as a kleenex or ignores whatever she might have to say. Worse yet, it turns out he’s corrupt and the next thing you know, triad gunsels are after […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Essential, Hong Kong | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Law Chi-Leung
Year: 2000
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
Double Tap is a sterling example of the internationalist style that emerged from the ashes of the Golden Age of Hong Kong. Gone are the outsized performances, the riotous color schemes, the crazy headlong energy. In their place, we have calibrated performances, lightly stylized […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Hong Kong, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Genre: Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Chow Sze-Luk
Year: 1964
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
In most respects, The Amorous Lotus Pan is a terrific movie. But ultimately it fails, due to the catastrophic casting and conception of the title character.
Since The Amorous Lotus Pan is a very old picture, I was initially afraid that it would be too dated […]
≡ Category: Action, Category III, Drama, Exploitation, Hong Kong, Martial Arts, Not Worth Your Time | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Exploitation/ Martial Arts/ Category III
Director: Wong Gwok-Chue
Year: 1993
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Poor Nishiwaki Michiko. Like Oshima Yukari, despite having oodles of charisma and athletic talent, Nishiwaki most often got stuck with lousy writers and directors. Whore And Policewoman is a case in point.
The basic plot is not the problem.
Some […]
