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  • Balls Of Fury
  • Balls Of Fury review by from Aylesbury/Buck/England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Balled Up Humor Needs a Better Bounce... 24 March 2008
    ...g even less), tired fat jokes, and plenty more from the blind sifu Master Wong (James Hong), whom I thought had probably the best lines in the movie, nevermind that most ...   Read customer review

James Hong - filmography


  • Safe - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Chris Sarandon,  James Hong
    Director: Boaz Yakin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A former elite agent (Statham) takes on a two-tier mission: rescue a Chinese girl who has been abducted by the Triads, then use a highly desired safe combination to outwit the Russian Mafia, corrupt NYC officials, and the Triads themselves.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 22 members
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  • Safe (2011)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Chris Sarandon,  James Hong
    Director: Boaz Yakin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A suicidal New Jersey cage fighter protects a young Chinese math prodigy from Triads, Russian gangsters, and corrupt cops in this action thriller from producer Lawrence Bender (PULP FICTION) and writer/director Boaz Yakin (FRESH, A PRICE ABOVE RUPIES). 10 year old Mei (Catherine Chan) is a genuine ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 36 members
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  • Shanghai Kiss on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Ken Leung,  Hayden Panettiere,  Kelly Hu
    Director: Kern Konwiser,  David Ren
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An out-of-work Chinese American actor involved with a high school girl learns that he has inherited his grandmother's home in Shanghai, China. He moves to the exotic city to connect with his ancestry and start a new life, but must leave behind the only girl who has ever loved him. Liam (Ken Leung) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,114 member
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  • Hollywood Chinese (2008)
    Starring: Turhan Bey,  Joan Chen,  Tsai Chin
    Director: Arthur Dong
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 5 members
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  • Balls Of Fury on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  George Lopez,  Georges Lopez
    Director: Robert Ben Garant
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dan Fogler stars as table tennis child prodigy and Def Leppard-devotee Randy Daytona, whose defeat at the hands of an East German (Thomas Lennon) during the 1988 Olympics forced him leave the world of table tennis competition in disgrace. Randy's life is a shambles until he gets recruited by a CIA ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 13,433 members
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  • Mortal Conquest on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Daniel Bernhardt,  Meeka Schiro,  Bing Shen
    Director: Nick Rotundo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Deep in the mind of Steven Colin (Daniel Bernhardt), the secret of an ancient martial arts power lays dormant... In a former life, Colin wielded the forceful sword of Alexander the Great. With its strength and his superior fighting skill, he massacred an army of warriors led by the vicious ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4 members
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  • Singapore Sling (2000)
    Starring: Shannon Tweed,  James Hong,  Paul Pender
    Director: James Hong
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A woman is on the run after being arrested on a trumped-up charge. Escaping from a crime lord and an arranged marriage she manages to seek help from an oil man called Steve Tanner in Texas, but her past is set to follow her overseas.
    2 stars out of 5 34% from 317 members
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  • The Ghost on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Michael Madsen,  Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa,  Richard Hatch
    Director: Douglas Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A sleek action thriller starring the fetching and talented Chung Lai, THE GHOST mixes martial arts and international intrigue into a rather heady and entertaining movie. Lai is Jing, a legendary Chinese Tong assassin skilled in weaponry and martial arts. Completely loyal to the Tong, to whom Jing ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 122 members
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  • Broken Vessels (1998)
    Starring: Todd Field,  Jason London,  Roxana Zal
    Director: Scott Ziehl
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Tom Meyer (Jason London) escapes his dreary smalltown life for a job in LA as a paramedic, he is teamed with ace ambulance driver Jimmy (Todd Field). Jimmy shows Tommy how to use their equipment creatively, score freebies from drug dealers, and enjoy favoritism from the police. Eventually, the ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 16% from 3 members
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  • Red Corner on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Peter Donat,  Robert Stanton,  James Hong
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A high-powered American attorney (Richard Gere) finds the rules of order are different in a Chinese courtroom when he is arrested and falsely accused of murdering a young model. Discovering that the rule of thumb is guilty before proven innocent, he realises that he must convince his court-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 700 members
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  • Bloodsport 3 on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Daniel Bernhardt,  Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita,  James Hong
    Director: Alan Mehrez
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The battle for the coveted Kumite sword continues in this third instalment of the popular mano-a-mano combat series. This time the battle is both for honour and for vengeance as Alex Cardo seeks to make those who killed his mentor pay for their crime.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 286 members
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  • Bloodsport 2 on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Daniel Bernhardt,  Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita,  Donald Gibb
    Director: Alan Mehrez
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this high-flying martial arts actioner a small-time thief and street fighter goes to prison for stealing a ceremonial sword. In prison he learns the "Iron Hand" fighting discipline and upon his release he must recover the sword and win the deadly "Kumite" competition to regain his honour.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 553 members
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  • The Shadow on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Adam Baldwin,  John Lone,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Shadow was once a vicious criminal who was captured by a mystic who taught him the powers of the mind to become the nemesis of all evil. In this adventure he pits his wits against the last living descendant of Ghengis Khan who plans to take over the world.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,088 member
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  • Wayne's World 2 on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Mike Myers,  Dana Carvey,  Christopher Walken
    Director: Stephen Surjik
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) return in this sequel to the 1992 pop-culture time capsule WAYNE'S WORLD. The boys still have their Aurora, Illinois, cable access show, Wayne is still dating Cassandra (Tia Carrere) and Garth has even found love in the form of Honey Hornee (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 10,444 members
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  • Crime Lords on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Wayne Crawford,  Martin Hewitt,  James Hong
    Director: Wayne Crawford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    From the streets of Los Angeles to the secret inner circles of Hong Kong, two ex-cops are about to face the awesome power of 'The Crime Lords'.
    1.5 stars out of 5 29% from 40 members
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  • The Vineyard on DVD (1989)
    Starring: James Hong,  Karen Witter,  Michael Wong
    Director: James Hong,  William Rice
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An evil professor leads the life of a recluse on a secluded island. He has discovered a hideous potion which prolongs the ageing process, a mixture of young blood a blend of grapes and powder from his magical jade amulet, creates the powerful concoction which brings his wisened old body back to ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 7 members
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  • Shadowzone on DVD (1989)
    Starring: David Beecroft,  Louise Fletcher,  James Hong
    Director: J.S. Cardone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the Nevada desert scientists continue their experiments into deep sleep for future long distance space travel. Another dimension hidden from the human mind is opened and another life form that can be anything it wants to be, something that frightens us, comes to pay us a visit...
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 142 members
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  • Black Widow on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Debra Winger,  Theresa Russell,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BLACK WIDOW bears no relation to the 1954 film of the same name--beyond its characterization of the female as the deadlier of the species, that is. Debra Winger stars as a federal agent who has sworn to bring Theresa Russell to justice. Ms. Russell has married several millionaires who have all died ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 980 members
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  • Go Tell the Spartans on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Burt Burt Lancaster,  Burt Lancaster,  Craig Wasson
    Director: Ted Post
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lancaster plays a tough U.S. military advisor in 1964 assigned to the abandoned French outpost of Muc Wa, where he must assemble a platoon out of inexperienced American soldiers and hardened Vietnamese mercenaries. As he experiences the conditions at first hand, his doubts about the U.S. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 138 members
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  • The Rockford Files - Season 3 (6 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: James Garner,  Noah Beery Jr.,  Joe Santos
    Director: Reza Badiyi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In the spirit of James Garner's other famous small-screen character, Bret Maverick, Rockford is the kind of guy who'd rather avoid the fight and go fishing instead. An ex-con pardoned for an armed robbery he didn't commit, Jim usually finds that the cases he takes on turn out to be must more ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 67 members
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  • Chinatown on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Faye Dunaway,  John Huston
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Roman Polanski's neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, whose residents are suffering from a water shortage as a result of an ongoing drought. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a detective agency specializing in matrimonial strife and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 27,770 members
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  • The Dynamite Brothers on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Alan Tang,  Timothy Brown,  James Hong
    Director: Al Adamson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Larry Chin, a Hong Kong martial artist, arrives in America to hunt down his brother. When he gets caught by a corrupt cop he ends up handcuffed to the street smart 'Stud' Brown. Together they escape to Los Angeles and discover Chin's brother is the leader of a crime syndicate.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 43 members
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  • Chinatown - Blu-ray (1974)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Faye Dunaway,  John Huston
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Roman Polanski's neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, whose residents are suffering from a water shortage as a result of an ongoing drought. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a detective agency specializing in matrimonial strife and ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 35 members
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  • A Tattered Web on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Broderick Crawford,  Lloyd Bridges,  James Hong
    Director: Paul Wendkos
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A TATTERED WEB starts out at a high level of tension which seldom flags during its lean 74 minutes. Lloyd Bridges stars as a police detective who finds out that his son-in-law Frank Converse is cheating on his daughter Sallie Shockley. Catching up with the "other woman," Bridges accidentally kills ..read more »
    0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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James Hong facts

5 most recent films

Safe - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Safe - 3.5 stars
The Big Bang Theory - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
Shanghai Kiss - 3.0 stars
Hollywood Chinese - 1.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Big Bang Theory - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
The Rockford Files - Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Chinatown - 3.5 stars
The A-Team - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
Wayne's World 2 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Tattered Web - 0.5 stars
Broken Vessels - 1.0 stars
Hollywood Chinese - 1.5 stars
Crime Lords - 1.5 stars
The Vineyard - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Eric Roberts - 4 times - show films
John Di Maggio - 4 times - show films
Kurtwood Smith - 4 times - show films
Diane Ladd - 4 times - show films
Jennifer Jason Leigh - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Reza Badiyi - 7 times - show films
John Hays - 4 times - show films
Brad Rader - 4 times - show films
Eric Radomski - 4 times - show films
Thomas A. - 4 times - show films