≡ Category: Action, Bullet Ballet, Drama, Hong Kong, Romance, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Bullet Ballet/ Romance/ Drama/ Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Year: 1989
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In spite of luscious cinematography, rich performances, and a frequently riveting plot, A Better Tomorrow III isn’t a very good movie.
The fault lies mostly with director Tsui Hark. The movie is altogether too languorous for it’s own good. There’s too much […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Fantasy/ Action/ Martial Arts/ Romance
Director: Su Chao-Pin
Year: 2010
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Reign of Assassins might be the last wuxia film Michelle Yeoh is ever in. She is a precious resource, one of the most soulful and intelligent actresses in the world. Putting her in a business as usual flick meant to make […]
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Country: France
Genre: Action/ Suspense
Director: Jacques Deray
Year: 1980
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I must have Occupy Wall Street on the brain. I am once again reminded that the phenomenon of rich and powerful people protecting their own perceived interests at the expense of everyone else is as old as civilization itself.
Three Men To Destroy, based on a novel […]
≡ Category: Comedy, Fantasy, Ghost, Hong Kong, Martial Arts, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Fantasy/ Ghost/ Martial Arts/ Comedy
Director: Ricky Lau
Year: 1986
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I dunno. Maybe I’m just not a fan of hopping vampire flicks, but Mr. Vampire 2 was a bit of a challenge to sit through for me.
The plot really isn’t the problem per se.
Treasure hunter Kwok Tun-wong (Chung Faat) and […]
≡ Category: Drama, France, Horror, Suspense, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: France
Genre: Horror/ Drama/ Suspense
Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Year: 2008
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Vinyan has two major themes.
One is the horror of being in an entirely alien culture, where you don’t understand the language, much less the cultural cues that would help you tell is someone is being sincere, helpful or murderous.
The […]
≡ Category: Drama, Hong Kong, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama
Director: Ng See-Yuen
Year: 1985
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For a while there, I thought that The Unwritten Law would be an exception to the rule that pure comedies or dramas from Hong Kong, without the added entertainment value of dizzying action choreography and stunts, lack the juice to fully succeed as entertainment.
Lau Chi Pang […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Japan, Martial Arts, Swordplay, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Japan
Genre: Comedy/ Drama/ Action/ Martial Arts/ Swordplay
Director: Takashi Harada
Year: 1970
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I hate to say it, but Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Returns just isn’t a very good movie.
It has all the ingredients: great characters, intriguing story elements, and wonderful actors. But where it fails is execution on the part of […]
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Country: Denmark
Genre: Drama/ Suspense/ Comedy
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Year: 1996
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Pusher is a no budget effort from Denmark, up-and-comer Nicolas Winding Refn’s first film. Refn creates a minor miracle with what he had to work with: a tiny budget and one handheld camera. Yes, he also had good actors, like Kim Bodnia (Frank, the […]
≡ Category: Action, Japan, Swordplay, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
Year: 1972
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Those of you who have seen the first installment in the Mikogami Trilogy, Trail of Blood, know pretty much what to expect. As before, there are gorgeous vistas of rural Japan, competent but not terribly inspiring swordplay, some juicy villainy, and the amusingly inappropriate and simplistic […]
≡ Category: Action, Exploitation, Hong Kong, Martial Arts, Romance, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Romance/ Exploitation/ Martial Arts
Director: Cha Chuen-Yee
Year: 1985
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Too bad. If Journey Of The Doomed had sustained the invention and energy of the utterly gonzo 1st act, it would have been a trash classic.
Check this out. Shui Erh (Fu Yin-Yu) is a maid at a brothel. She objects to Big […]
