What asian film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

[APPINESS]

Magnificent Butcher 9.5/10

Have to agree with that

Wing Chun 8.5/10

Indeed forgettable so 6/10

True Legend 7/10
Empress and the Warriors 6/10

I thought True Legend went on for too long and should have finished after the main fight. I enjoyed Empress and the Warriors more.

Her Vengeance 5/10
Quite slow and the Joy Sales DVD is clearly cut. Worth watching only for Lam Ching Ying doing some crazy stuff in a wheel chair.

Naughty Boys 7/10
Good entertainment with Mars as the main star. Has he ever been the leading actor in any other films? Some good action although the wire work wasn't that great. Carina Lau does some impressive gymnastics in it. Has she done any action in any other films? Kara Hui is great as ever.

Black Mask 6.5/10
Average Jet Lee film. Seems like a different film after watching the remastered DVD as the previous time I saw it was in 4:3 dubbed.

Exorcist Master 6/10
Quite close in style to the original Mr Vampire and one of the better sequels. Interesting to see a hybrid Western/Chinese vampire.

Silver Hawk 6/10
Easy to see why it got all the negative reviews upon release. It is very camp with some dreadful dialogue but that's part of its charm. The action scenes were inventive and I love Michelle Yeoh in all her leather gear.

Viva Erotica 8/10
I thought this was going to be very slow and arty but got a pleasent surprise. It is a little arty but in a good way and I thought ther performances were very good. Shu Qi also gets her kit off a lot which is a bonus.

[bradavon]

Silver Hawk is diabolical. What was Michelle Yeoh thinking? She's so much better than this. 6 out of 10 is being very kind. It's better than The Touch, which says very little.

[luckystars]

Hmmm I never saw the touch..


Silver Hawk is a femi-action pic™ (scented with lavender)
Glad that never caught on..

But wait, I remember one good thing about it...

[saltysam]

Eastern Condors 4/5 Cracking HK actioner with an all-star cast,great entertainment from start to finish.Sammo looks the leanest i've ever seen him here.this german dvd from eyecatcher is probably the best english-friendly version out there.bizarrely the english subs aren't even listed in the menu options,they are there though,and ok.

[luckystars]

Yeah the subs are the same as the HKL, only with new subs added for the snake killing scene..

[thelostdragon]

Secret Reunion - 3.5/5
When I was in Seoul in March 2010, they had ads for this everywhere, even sticked onto public busses, trains etc. Got the Korean Bluray (region free, even though it says Region A only).
Good agent thriller with a solid cast (Song Kang-Ho is da bomb as usual). Violent assassination scenes where women get shot in their head with blood spraying everywhere. The film has its comedic and dramatic moments, but not in a pushing manner as in so many other Korean films.

[Xenon]

Tetsuo: The First Cut (1989) - what a fuck did I just watch? One of the most bizarre movies I have ever seen.

[DangerousLeeHandsome]

Peking Opera Blues - 4/5
Most HK films from the 90's (and even the 2000's) became dated instantly but boy this film has held up well. A great film!

City On Fire - 4/5

[saltysam]

Iron Monkey 4/5 One of the best 90's HK Kung Fu flicks,loaded with action throughout it's 90 minute running time and with an awesome climax.uncomplicated,easy to follow tale never gets bogged down and has a lot of rewatch value.

[romerojpg]

and it pisses on pretty much all Jackie Chans films

[bradavon]

Iron Monkey 4/5 One of the best 90's HK Kung Fu flicks,loaded with action throughout it's 90 minute running time and with an awesome climax.uncomplicated,easy to follow tale never gets bogged down and has a lot of rewatch value.

It's less than 90 minutes. Which definitely works in it's favour. It's one my fave martial arts films. Not a second is drags.

and it pisses on pretty much all Jackie Chans films

Easily.

[saltysam]

Armour Of God 1 & 2,Wheels On Meals,Project A,Dragons Forever,Young Master,Drunken Master 2 are all better than IM as good as it is.

[romerojpg]

8 good films out of 100, well done Jackie

[HungFist]

Only leading roles included. In order from best to worst.

Great
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Police Story
Drunken Master
Project A
Drunken Master 2
The Fearless Hyena
City Hunter
Wheels on Meals
Dragons Forever
Police Story 2
Police Story 3
Heart of Dragon

Good
Project A 2
The Twin Dragons
Mr. Canton and Lady Rose
Armour of God
Armour of God 2
Gorgeous
Crime Story
The Young Master
New Police Story
Dragon Lord
Thunderbolt
Rumble in the Bronx
First Strike
Mr. Nice Guy
The Myth
Who am I?
The Accidental Spy
Little Big Soldier

Bad
Rob-B-Hood

[gasteropod]

Bad
Rob-B-Hood

The Medallion is worse

[saltysam]

8 good films out of 100, well done Jackie

if you dislike Jackie Chan's films so much why do you watch them?assume you've seen them all as your sweeping statement suggests you have.Bradavon must've seen all of Jackie's back catalogue as well as he agrees with you

[romerojpg]

8 good films out of 100, well done Jackie

if you dislike Jackie Chan's films so much why do you watch them?assume you've seen them all as your sweeping statement suggests you have.Bradavon must've seen all of Jackie's back catalogue as well as he agrees with you

I never made any statement saying I have seen ALL his films, some I will never watch (Robin B Hood for instance).
But I know I have seen the vast majority of them, and own pretty much all the ones out on dvd, some I have not even watched.

I want to like his films, many start off good and end up shitty I watched a few of his new ones lately and felt the same by the time I got to the end. I wanted so much more!
The Shinjuku Incident turned from a good little film into a dreadful mess by the end. Same goes for Little Big Soldier. The acting is usually dire, and its like watching the same films made over and over again.

The Karate Kid remake was vastly better than anything he does in Asia, he actually acts! not buffoonery acting which is a pain in the arse watching his forced gurning.

[saltysam]

8 good films out of 100, well done Jackie

if you dislike Jackie Chan's films so much why do you watch them?assume you've seen them all as your sweeping statement suggests you have.Bradavon must've seen all of Jackie's back catalogue as well as he agrees with you

I never made any statement saying I have seen ALL his films, some I will never watch (Robin B Hood for instance).
But I know I have seen the vast majority of them, and own pretty much all the ones out on dvd, some I have not even watched.

I want to like his films, many start off good and end up shitty I watched a few of his new ones lately and felt the same by the time I got to the end. I wanted so much more!
The Shinjuku Incident turned from a good little film into a dreadful mess by the end. Same goes for Little Big Soldier. The acting is usually dire, and its like watching the same films made over and over again.

The Karate Kid remake was vastly better than anything he does in Asia, he actually acts! not buffoonery acting which is a pain in the arse watching his forced gurning.

Again this all makes no sense at all.you've seen enough of his films to know you aren't a fan yet you pretty much own all the ones out on dvd .Absolute,utterly bizarro logic.i tend to get dvds of films i like.an odd concept i know but there you go.

[Markgway]

Jackie has made more good or great films than poor or bad ones.

His superior 80s output may never be matched.

The less said about the dire Rob-B-Hood the better.

[gasteropod]

Confessions: 4.5/5

[luckystars]

The less said about the dire Rob-B-Hood the better.

I'll do it without words then..

[Markgway]

If Luckystars likes a film then you know it's probably shit.

[luckystars]

If Luckystars likes a film then you know it's probably shit.

Festival cut of Bob-B-Hood is a great movie, I wish the Blu-Ray had it..

[HungFist]

Helldriver (Japan, 2010) 3.5/5
Yoshihiro Nishimura does not believe in budget limitations. With $200 000 and a two week filming schedule he set out to make the ultimate zombie movie. The outcome falls a bit short, mainly due to hectic pacing and extensive use of CGI. That is not to say Nishimura didn’t use traditional ketchup, though, he did, 8000 litres, plus admirable care put into zombie and creature makeup varying from rotten flesh-eaters to spider zombies. Even with it’s flaws Helldriver is a fun ride and an epic trash movie. The film is expected to improve in quality as the full version becomes available – the one viewed here was the 105 minute international cut.


In more detail: http://sketchesofcinema.wordpress.com/2 ... elldriver/

[saltysam]

Luckystars & Romero have to be the same person as for Jackie Chan,sure,his films over the last 10-15 years have plummeted in quality but i can forgive a guy who has made so many classics in his hey day.be thankful he's not sunk to Seagal levels of crapness.