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271 reviews
Kwok Kuen Chan, Chi Ling Chiu

Sony Pictures, 2005

Do the Blu-Ray Hustle!!! This movies kicks some serious axe!!!
What a great film,this was one of the suprise imports in the movie theaters,very funny stuff indeed,a very funny kung fu flick with a great story line too,The evil cigarette smoking landlady is very funny and memorable,as well as all the other great elements of this ultra cool film!!! I've had it twice on DVD (the original Widescreen and Axe Kicking Edition),but this Blu Ray Disc takes it even a ...

The Killer - Criterion Collection

146 reviews
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee

Criterion, 1998

For those who don't "get" the violence in Woo's films
John Woo is a director who uses a style known as Heroic Bloodshed. The messages of the movies are always in the symbols, not in the story. The movie isn't designed for those who can't look past the violence. The movies are also heavily laced with Protestant Christian themes concerning the souls of his characters, usually exagerrated for the purpose of making them larger than life. For Example: ...

Legacy of Rage

14 reviews
Brandon Lee, Bolo Yeung

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005

Something special :-)
Legacy Of Rage is a wonderful action thriller with great storytelling and character development, emotionally captivating actors and actresses, a cool sountrack, and explosive gun battles and few but very brutal non-stylistic, white-knuckle fight sequences choregraphed and starring Mang Hoi, and featuring the late-great Brandon Lee who showed such wonderful potential for HK (and perhaps US) action ...

Meltdown

42 reviews
Jet Li, Jacky Cheung

Sony Pictures, 2001

Don't take it seriously
Don't take this movie for more than what it is, a comedy. It was funny, Jet Li fans won't find what they're looking for, if they want typical Jet Li. It's some pretty good fighting scenes at the end, especially when Frankie, turns from a coward to a fighting machine. If you watch this movie not expecting much, you'll be pleased.

God of Cookery

27 reviews
Stephen Chow, Christy Chung

Tai Seng, 1998

Hilarious. Need I say more?
Me and my friends stumbled upon this movie, and watched it without really knowing anything about it. We were all pleasantly surprised to discover that it is one of the most hilarious movies ever written. Many people say you have to understand Chinese culture to understand this movie, but I don't know much about Chinese culture and still found myself laughing throughout the enitre movie. While I ...

Kung Fu Hustle (Full Screen Edition)

Wong Kar Wai Collection (As Tears Go By / Days of Being Wild / Fallen Angels / Chungking Express / Happy ...

2 reviews
Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung

Kino Video, 2004

Two words: Get it
I don't have a lot to add to "Randroid"'s review. Wong Kar-Wai is one of the world's premier directors, making audacious, complex films that grab one's heart. Influenced by the French New Wave, bent through the prism of Hong Kong cinema, his is a stylish and unique vision. This box set contains five of his seven films that have been released to DVD: -- As Tears Go By -- Days of Being Wild ...

Shaolin Soccer

128 reviews
Cecilia Cheung, Lam Tze Chung

Miramax, 2004

Stephen Chow is remarkable!
This is a hilarious and heart-warming tale of a group of downtrodden kung fu brothers who find new life in the world of football (soccer). It features the dynamic and hugely entertaining Stephen Chow, a man who makes his comrades in Western success Jackie Chan and Jet Li pale in comparison. Where Li is wooden and dull and Chan tries far too hard, Chow has an indifference that is refreshing. In ...

Kung Fu Hustle (Axe-Kickin' Edition)

271 reviews
Yuen Wah, Leung Siu Lung

Sony Pictures, 2007

Do the Blu-Ray Hustle!!! This movies kicks some serious axe!!!
What a great film,this was one of the suprise imports in the movie theaters,very funny stuff indeed,a very funny kung fu flick with a great story line too,The evil cigarette smoking landlady is very funny and memorable,as well as all the other great elements of this ultra cool film!!! I've had it twice on DVD (the original Widescreen and Axe Kicking Edition),but this Blu Ray Disc takes it even a ...

Warriors Two

17 reviews
Billy Chan, Lung Chan

20th Century Fox, 2005

Ode to Wing Chun
Already an established actor and action director, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo's plethora of talents would be in full display when he helmed the director's chair for his third directorial film (after Iron Fisted Monk and Enter the Fat Dragon) during the golden age of Golden Harvest. Warriors Two is the first of two excellent Sammo Hung films, with Prodigal Son being the second, involving Leung Jan, a ...

Have Sword, Will Travel

5 reviews
Ching Lee, Lung Ti

Image Entertainment, 2007

A bloody masterpiece from Chang Cheh
David Chiang stars as a wandering swordsman who is looking for a job. Ti Lung sees him with a gang called the Flying Tigers and assumes that he must be a bandit too. Ti Lung and his girlfriend have to help escort a large shipment of money and he fears that David Chiang is going to rob them. Ti Lung's girlfriend realizes this is not the case, and looks to become friends with Chiang. You can ...

The Prodigal Son

40 reviews
Frankie Chan, Lung Chan

20th Century Fox, 2004

One of Sammo's best
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo's first film on Wing Chun and one of its important experts Leung Jan was the exquisite treatise named Warriors Two (1978). His second movie, The Prodigal Son (1981), would be a much more box-office successful and less didactic prequel to that film and would be his biggest hit until his next movie Carry on Pickpocket (1982). It should be noted that Sammo's importance to the ...

King of Beggars

4 reviews
Stephen Chow, Man Tat Ng

Tai Seng, 1998

Very Enjoyable Although The Ending Gets Sloppy
I've seen most of Stephen Chow's movies and would rank "King Of Beggars" among his better works. I thought it was a really hilarious film, with a good plot and premise, although the ending feels a bit rushed and sloppy. Basic plot: Chow plays "So Chan", the very spoiled son of the governor of Canton. He meets a courtesan, Yu-Shang, who tells him she will only have him if he becomes a great ...

Chinese Erotic Ghost Story

2 reviews
Boon Feng Cho, Chun Chung

Tai Seng, 2005

Lite on action and screams, big on laughs
A kind hearted but poor clerk with a mean boss and lazy wife meets a friendly spirit which helps him become a new man. Unlike films like many of the films with a supernatural element this one cuts back on the action and scares in favour of humour. In style I would describe it as an asian version of South Park as there is running gag involving a magic penis which makes the film worth seeing. ...

Winners and Sinners

18 reviews
Jackie Chan, Lung Chan

20th Century Fox, 2005

Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan...
Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan... You Bak Guis didn't get it, did you? This was a Sammo Hung movie and if you were brought up in the 60's, 70's and 80's with the genre you would know that not all Chinese movies are about Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan... I am a Jackie Chan fan but I can open my mind to other types of these movies and enjoy the heck out of them. This movie paid ...

The Victim

13 reviews
Billy Chan, Lung Chan

Tai Seng, 2003

Old "Skool" Kung Fu!!
The "Victim,,this flick has to be one of the best, and well choreographed movie with Leung Kar Yan,,,he performed stellarly. The movie in it's entirety is well worth what ever the cost. I must admit,,,I went out to purchased this flick based on the hype right here on amazon,,,and I am happy with that decission. The fight scenes are AMAZING,,the old school kung fu,,emmensely wicked. Trust ...

Thunderbolt (1995)

14 reviews
Jackie Chan, Kar Lok Chin

New Line Home Video, 2006

New Line gets it right
I have to agree with others that this is the definitive version of Thunderbolt. I first saw it years ago on TNT edited down to 90 minutes and dubbed. So I bought the Taiwan version years ago. The setback of that one (like most Asian DVDs of old films) was that everyone was dubbed over in Mandarin by different actors, the picture looks old, and the subtitles are so-so. With the New Line DVD, you ...

Election

4 reviews
Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai

Tartan Video, 2007

First in the series from the modern master of Hong Kong cinema.
Election is the first film in this gangster series (Triad Election is the sequel) from the greatest filmmaker currently working in Hong Kong, Johnnie To. If you aren't familiar with Mr. To's work, imagine John Woo with less action (at least in this film - watch Exiled, another top notch film, for more action oriented To fare) but a much better handle on story and storytelling than Woo ever had. ...

Triad Election

3 reviews
Louis Koo, Simon Yam

Tartan Video, 2007

Johnnie To on top form
The ever-reliable Johnnie To's Election 2: Harmony is a Virtue aka Triad Election is in many ways more impressive and definitely more ambitious than its predecessor even though it lacks its relentless forward momentum. Where the first film was a literal relay race, this is more of a distance event, but it's a much more engrossing look at the nature and politics of corruption. It does amp up the ...

Erotic Ghost Story: Perfect Match

58 reviews
Ngai Kai Lam, Yi Hung Lam

Tai Seng, 2006

Great Movie! Horrible subtitles. Nevertheless, a must see!!!
This movie has everything from love/romance to superstition and myth.It gives the viewers a Philosophical message as well.For example, Wu Ma the Taoist in the movie, is trying to seek immortality and chants in the movie,very interesting(dont want to tell the whole story).The special effects are also done very well.Lesile Cheung and Wu Ma are excellent and subperb; they are great actors and their ...