Dragon Tiger Gate details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray, LOVEFiLM Instant |
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| Starring: | Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Yuen Wah |
| Director: | Wilson Yip |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Martial Arts, World Cinema - Chinese |
| Studio: | CINE-ASIA |
| Collections: | Awesome Asian Films, Films of Fury, Wax on, Wax Off |
| Title | Runtime | Certificate | |
|---|---|---|---|
Dragon Tiger Gate |
1hr 30 mins | 15 |
LOVEFiLM Instant Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | To be confirmed |
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boring,unrealistic as it gets
By Mode7 (7 reviews) from Yeovil , 03 Jul 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
ok so the stories dont seem to matter in films like this as we want martial arts action more anyhow,but the fight scenes sucked.
With Tony Jaa now proving that we are all sick of wires and cgi in martail arts movies it seems a shame that Donnie Yen hasnt adapted to it.
I would say he hasnt adapted to it as he cant do what he appears to be able to do,I am sick of special effects,Long live Tony Jaa now thats a martial artist that really really entertains us.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(26)Good film worth watching
By WingChunKungFu (61 reviews) from England , 11 Dec 2012Surprised but a good film. The acting was very good and the storyline kept my attention. The Martial arts was okay but not brill. It was a bit like watching a mortal combat film on steroids.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Next time I'll just stare at the wall...
By HuwT (3 reviews) , 17 Jun 2012Or maybe the floor, or maybe some dog poo... It'll be more interesting. Can I have my 1hr 30 mins back please?- Was this review helpful to you?
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Gate closed but horse already bolted...
By Novisiblemarx (37 reviews) from London , 26 Mar 2012I really wanted to like this despite the poncy post-teens in the lead roles who looked as if they could not kung-fu their way out of a wet paper bag. Some of the visuals are stunning but the the fight scenes just get more and more CGI and stupid and in the end the floppy hairstyles just kill the whole thing stone dead. Go and find some Tsui Huark to see how to do this kind of outrageous fantasy stuff properly.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Melodramatic stuff
By RichardC85 (43 reviews) from England , 22 Dec 2011Nicholas Tse stars in this adaptation of Chinese comic book 'Oriental Heroes' which had potential to be a solid action adventure movie. Unfortunately the result is a decidedly mixed bag of martial arts, melodrama and triad clichés.
When it's good, it's great fun - there are some entertaining and well filmed fight sequences (just don't expect any realism) and a lot of it looks very good with vivid colour choices, eye popping art direction and comic style camera angles.
It's a shame then that the story falls apart, it's messy and often feels like the source material is necessary to catch up on what's going on in some places or that exposition has been skipped over - it's something about crime syndicates and a gold medallion, and how the different lives of two estranged brothers are brought back together by it. On top of this the melodrama is high and it drags on for quite a while in the middle of the story as the standard plot lines of love, hate, betrayal and destiny play out on cue.
At the end of te day if you want an face paced action packed movie or a gripping storyline, there are better movies in the library of kung fu cinema available - one for Donnie Yen fan's only.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Oh boy
By a customer from UK , 07 Mar 2011I love silly movies, horrible movies and never ever care about reviews .. But this was truly bad .. .I got bored and actually switched it off .. Oh boy, it is even the first time that I bothered writing a review ... :-\- Was this review helpful to you?
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