Asia, Moderately Extreme (27 titles)
A fairly eclectic selection of Asian movies, mostly recommendations but with the occasional dire warning.
Hero
And talking of over the top, here is Zhang Yimou's Jet Li megapic, featuring all the usual suspects (Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Donnie Yen), and Christopher Doyle cinematography. Indecently enjoyable.
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Hero
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Jet Li stars in this Academy Award-nominated martial-arts masterpiece takes place amidst the turmoil of China's "Warring States" period. An orphan fighter (Jet Li) presents himself to an avaricious king, bearing the weapons of three assassins (Donny Yen, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung) in exchange ..read more »
64%
from 53,589 members
A Bittersweet Life
A pretty well perfect movie, with the most luscious cinematography and lots of really satisfying violence.
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A Bittersweet Life
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Lee Byung Hun, Kim Young Chul, Shin Mina
Director: Kim Jee Woon
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Sunwoo is no ordinary hotel manager. He is also the ruthlessly efficient right hand man of underworld boss, Kang. But tough guy Kang has a weakness; his young girlfriend. Suspecting she's unfaithful, Kang orders Sunwoo to take care of the problem...
67%
from 6,990 members
Infernal Affairs
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Infernal Affairs
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong
Director: Siu Fai Mak, Wai-keung Lau
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Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, INFERNAL AFFAIRS is a tense thriller featuring Hong Kong superstars Andy Lau and Tony Leung. The film follows the parallel lives of Ming (Lau), a cop who secretly reports to ruthless Triad crime boss Sam (Eric Tsang); and Yan (Leung), an undercover police ..read more »
71%
from 14,705 members
Infernal Affairs II
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Infernal Affairs II
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang
Director: Andy Lau, Alan Mak
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Yan and Ming begin their career in crime; one is a police informant the other is part of a triad.
63%
from 6,602 members
Infernal Affairs III
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Infernal Affairs III
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Kelly Chen
Director: Wai Keung Lau
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Follow up to Infernal Affairs II
62%
from 3,922 members
In The Mood For Love
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In The Mood For Love
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centres around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that ..read more »
69%
from 10,658 members
Days Of Being Wild
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Days Of Being Wild
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
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York was abandoned in his childhood, and spent much of his youth drifting from one friendship to the next, in the hope of discovering the identity of his birth mother. Though his foster mother is aware that she moved to the Philippines, she refuses to tell York. Yet, thanks to one of his lovers, he ..read more »
62%
from 1,356 member
Hard Boiled
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Hard Boiled
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Tony Leung, Chow Yun-Fat, Philip Chan
Director: John Woo
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When a tough police officer's (Chow Yun-Fat) partner is brutally murdered, he joins forces with another loose-cannon cop (Tony Leung) to exact his own bloody revenge on the gun-smuggling gangsters responsible for his friend's death. A lot of action, guns, and violence, all masterfully rendered by ..read more »
67%
from 8,020 members
The Killer
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The Killer
(1989)
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh
Director: John Woo
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In John Woo's THE KILLER, a hired assassin (Chow Yun-Fat) accidentally blinds a beautiful nightclub singer during what was supposed to be his last murder. When he falls in love with her and accepts another contract in order to finance her cornea surgery, the stage is set for a long and bloody ..read more »
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68%
from 4,759 members
Once A Thief
Unwatchable John Woo caper movie. Chow Yun Fat and Leslie Cheung are grinning travesties of their usual attractive selves, and the whole thing is so grimly sunny and upbeat that you want everybody in it to die immediately. Sadly, they don't, or at least they didn't within the first half hour; I switched off after that and did some filing to cheer myself up.
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Once A Thief
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Cheung
Director: John Woo
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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 »
48%
from 2,082 members
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