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{ Reviews of Top Chinese Movies } |
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| Election (Hak se wui) |
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Director: Johnny To; Cast: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Ka Tung Lam, Siu-Fai Cheung, Suet Lam, Tian-lin Wang.
Summary: “Election” is the first of a two part set centered around the Hong Kong Triad. Yes, there’s tons of these films floating around, but Johnnie To seems to have an innate ability bring out the best from the familiar genre... |
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| The longest night in Shanghai |
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Director: Yibai Zhang; Cast: Wei Zhao, Masahiro Motoki, Li Feng, Dylan Kuo, Sam Lee, Naomi Nishida, Ben Niu, Xinyi Zhang, Yibai Zhang.
Summary: After watching “The Longest Night in Shanghai” one may wonder why there aren’t more Pan-Asian films like this made. The movie is unabashedly romantic, has all of the pure gloss found in Asian commercial films, and wins you over with an ultra-impressive performance... |
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| Red Cliff (Chi Bi Xia) |
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Director: John Woo ; Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Shido Nakamura, Fengyi Zhang, Jun Hu.
Summary: Just six months after “Red Cliff” bulldozed its way across cinema screens in Asia, the second & final installment of John Woo’s epic portrayal of the Battle of Red Cliff comes to the screen as “Red Cliff 2.”... |
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| Curse of the golden flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) |
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Director: Yimou Zhang; Cast: Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Jay Chou, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni, Junjie Qin.
Summary: Within the Royal Family, Emperor Ping dominates the family with an golden fist. His wife, Empress Phoenix, is someone that he does not love and finds a threat to his continued reign as Emperor. Thus, with the help of the Imperial Doctor, the Emperor poisons the Empress... |
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| Exiled (Fong Juk) |
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Director: Johnny To; Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Richie Ren, Roy Cheung.
Summary: “Exiled” pays homage to the days gone by when men were beholden to others by honor alone. Whether those days belonged to gangsters, gunslingers or samurai, this romanticized notion of a man being beholden by his convictions is the mystique that director Johnny To ... |
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| Ip Man |
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Director: Wilson Yip; Cast: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan, Ka Tung Lam, Yu Xing, You-Nam Wong, Chen Zhi Hui.
Summary: Wilson Yip’s “Ip Man” is an entertaining (albeit somewhat shallow) biopic, liberally using fictional elements to tell its story of martial arts master Ip Man. For those unfamiliar with Ip Man, Master Ip taught a style of martial arts known as “Wing Chun”... |
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| The equation of love and death (Li Mi de caixiang) |
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Director: Cao Baoping; Cast: Xun Zhou, Chao Deng, Hanyu Zhang, Baoqiang Wang, Yanhui Wang.
Summary: It’s always a blast walking into a movie without knowing anything about the film and then finding yourself completely immersed in an unpredictable story. “The Equation of Love & Death” delivers this type of experience and props should go out to first time director Baoping Cao for making such a unique film... |
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