≡ Category: Action, Highly Recommended, Hong Kong, Martial Arts | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts
Director: Hua Shan
Year: 1983
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When Prince Jin (Chiu Gwok) rapes the wife of the deposed Tang Dynasty emperor, who then commits suicide, bodyguard Li Lang (Lau Wing) vows revenge.
But Master Chen Bo (Lung Tien-Hsiang) sees a way to use this unfortunate turn of events to his […]
≡ Category: Drama, Highly Recommended, Hong Kong | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama
Director: Taylor Wong
Year: 1988
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The Truth, the sequel to The Unwritten Law, is a distinct improvement over the original.
The movie takes place five years after Lau Wai Lan’s (Deannie Yip) acquittal. She’s still a drug addicted prostitute and barrister Raymond (Andy Lau) still doesn’t know that he’s her […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Highly Recommended | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Phil Karlson
Year: 1973
Rating:
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It’s hard to tell sometimes which films will last and which won’t. I would have never predicted that Walking Tall would still have the power to move people today, 40 years later, but it does. Why? A number of reasons, not least of […]
≡ Category: Action, Highly Recommended, Italy, Macaroni Combat | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Italy
Genre: Action/ Macaroni Combat
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Year: 1978
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The Inglorious Bastards may start out slow, but once the characters are introduced, it’s nonstop action from there on in.
The bastards of the title are a bunch of soldiers who have been sentenced to the brig or the firing squad for various offenses. […]
≡ Category: Action, France, Highly Recommended, Mainstream, Suspense | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: France
Genre: Action
Director: Fred Cavayé
Year: 2010
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Point Blank AKA A Bout Portant is a thriller about absolutely nothing. By that I mean that there’s no sociopolitical or psychological subtext whatsoever. What you see is what you get.
That said, Point Blank is almost perfectly realized. Director Fred Cavayé […]
≡ Category: Action, Exploitation, Highly Recommended, Japan, Pinku Eiga, Swordplay | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Pinku Eiga/ Swordplay/ Martial Arts
Director: Takashi Tsuboshima
Year: 1974
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Sometimes I can be slow on the uptake. Only now do I realize that some of my very favorite Japanese movies originated from the warped pen of Kazuo Koike. There’s Lady Snowblood, Hanzo The Razor, Lone Wolf & Cub, and […]
≡ Category: Comedy, Highly Recommended, Holland | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Holland
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Year: 1971
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It’s amazing to think that with his first film, Paul Verhoeven’s essential characteristics as a filmmaker (and those of his main screenwriter over the years, Gerard Soeteman) were already in evidence.
Business Is Business is punchy. The tone is frank (some would say vulgar). Verhoeven and […]
≡ Category: Category III, Comedy, Exploitation, Highly Recommended, Hong Kong | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Comedy/ Category III/ Exploitation
Director: Michael Mak
Year: 1991
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One day, horny scholar Yan Ching (Lawrence Ng) seeks out the renowned Buddhist known as Sack Monk (Lo Tun), anxious to plumb his wisdom regarding sexual affairs. Sack Monk maintains basically that what goes around comes around. Yan Ching is incredulous. […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Highly Recommended, Japan, Swordplay | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Drama
Director: Tai Katô
Year: 1969
Rating:
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Here we have yet another wonderful entry in the Red Peony Gambler series.
As our story begins, Red Peony Ryu (Junko Fuji) is continuing her training as a gambler so she can assume the role of leader of her clan. She does this by […]
≡ Category: Drama, Highly Recommended, Korea | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Drama
Director: Soo-young Park
Year: 2010
Rating:
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One day, in a rural area, a child goes off to play and never comes back. A dragnet ensues but the child is not found. There have been no ransom demands.
However, convicted child molester Se-jin (Jeong-jin Lee) has recently moved into the area with his […]
