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Leslie Cheung - what members say


  • A Better Tomorrow
  • A Better Tomorrow review by from Colne, Lancashire, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Definately worth the hype! 13 May 2005
    ...This film is slightly melodramatic (due to Chow Yun Fat and particularly Leslie Cheung) though the film has a strong emotional undercurrent running through it which beats no...   Read customer review
  • The Bride With White Hair
  • The Bride With White Hair review by drunkenmaster from Mid Glamorgan
    Rated - 3.0 stars Classic Chinese Cinema. 18 October 2005
    ...t action sequences. The beautiful Brigitte Lin has never looked better, and Leslie Cheung is once again convincing as the male lead. As fantasy films go this takes some ...   Read customer review
  • Happy Together
  • Happy Together review by from london uk
    Rated - 5.0 stars great if you are gay and like something a bit edgy 16 April 2006
    ...ver going to work, but which one feels inexorably drawn too. sad to say that Leslie Cheung - gay pop star/actor - had similarly self-destructive tendencies in real life a...   Read customer review

Leslie Cheung - filmography


  • Ashes of Time Redux on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Li Bai,  Jacky Cheung,  Leslie Cheung
    Director: Kar Wai Wong
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In ancient China, on the edge of a vast desert, swordsman Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) lives the life of a vagabond, controlling a network of deadly assassins. Pitiless and cynical, his heart has long been wounded by a love he neglected then lost. But as seasons, friends and enemies come and go, he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,039 member
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  • Ashes of Time Redux - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Li Bai,  Jacky Cheung,  Leslie Cheung
    Director: Kar Wai Wong
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In ancient China, on the edge of a vast desert, swordsman Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) lives the life of a vagabond, controlling a network of deadly assassins. Pitiless and cynical, his heart has long been wounded by a love he neglected then lost. But as seasons, friends and enemies come and go, he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 335 members
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  • Double Tap on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Alex Fong
    Director: Lo Chi-Leung
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Rick's hobby is guns; he collects and shoots them for fun, and has developed a reputation as a master marksman. When four policemen are killed without evidence, the police detective suspects Rick and arrests his girlfriend in order to lure the innocent man. A tense game of cat and mouse ensues with ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 140 members
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  • Happy Together on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Kwok-Wing,  Tony Leung
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    HAPPY TOGETHER was re-written and re-conceived over and over again as they filmed on location in Argentina. It strained patience and health of Kar-Wai's loyal cast and crew, they even ran out of good film stock. But despite, or perhaps because of this long and difficult shoot, Kar-Wai and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,204 members
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  • The Eagle Shooting Heroes on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Brigitte Lin,  Maggie Cheung
    Director: Jeffrey Lau
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Jeff Lau's film "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" is based upon the same famous Louis Cha novel as Wong Kar Wai's own "Ashes of Time", which was shot concurrently and shares much of the same star-studded cast. A complete subversion of the Wu Xia Pian martial arts genre, Lau's film is a wickedly funny ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 92 members
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  • The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Bridget Lin,  Christy Chung
    Director: David Wu
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The titular betrayed bride returns, but this time she's got a legion of deadly minions willing to assist her on her quest to destroy the surviving members of the clan that framed her for murder and caused her downfall.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 309 members
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  • The Bride With White Hair on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Bridget Lin,  Elaine Lui
    Director: Ronny Yu
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Putting a sort of Hong Kong twist on the traditional Romeo and Juliet story, this fantasy focuses on a warrior who rescues a beautiful witch who had been left to die. Their love sparks a rivalry between them and an evil set of bisexual Siamese twins.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 642 members
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  • Once A Thief on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Leslie Cheung,  Cherie Cheung
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    A close-knit trio of dashing art thieves (Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung) undertake one last lucrative job before their planned retirement, only to be torn apart when the heist goes awry as the result of a double-cross from their criminal mentor. Once reunited, the team resolves to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 2,204 members
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  • Days of Being Wild on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Maggie Cheung,  Andy Lau
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai,  Kar Wai Wong
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,631 member
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  • Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Joey Wang
    Director: Ching Siu Tung,  Siu-Tung Ching
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A tax collector arrives in town to do his work but nobody will put him up for the night. He ends up sleeping in the local temple where he meets a young lady with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately she is also a ghost...
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,710 member
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  • A Better Tomorrow on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Ti Lung,  Leslie Cheung
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    John Woo's forays into Hollywood cinema have revealed just how childish a lot of his material can feel when it is delivered without the clouding medium of subtitles. In his earlier Hong Kong movies it is possible to allow that the melodramatic, risible and at times confusing dialogue--a disgruntled ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,566 members
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  • A Chinese Ghost Story 2 on DVD
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Joey Wong,  Michele Reis
    Director: Siu-Tung Ching
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An entertaining and atmospheric supernatural love story with knock-out special effects. In ancient China, a young scholar takes shelter from the rain in a haunted temple where he falls for a beautiful ghost. With the aid of a Taoist monk, the young couple battle a variety of foes and even storm the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 550 members
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Leslie Cheung facts

5 most recent films

Ashes of Time Redux - 2.5 stars
Ashes of Time Redux - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Inner Senses - 3.0 stars
Double Tap - 2.5 stars
Happy Together - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Farewell My Concubine - 4.0 stars
A Better Tomorrow II - 3.5 stars
A Better Tomorrow - 3.0 stars
Days of Being Wild - 3.0 stars
Happy Together - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Double Tap - 2.5 stars
Once A Thief - 2.5 stars
The Bride With White Hair 2 - 2.5 stars
Ashes of Time Redux - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Bride With White Hair - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jacky Cheung - 8 times - show films
Carina Lau - 7 times - show films
Chow Yun-Fat - 7 times - show films
Maggie Cheung - 7 times - show films
Ti Lung - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Woo - 8 times - show films
Kar Wai Wong - 5 times - show films
Wong Kar-Wai - 3 times - show films
Chen Kaige - 2 times - show films
Siu-Tung Ching - 2 times - show films