PetarB Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, I will have to watch Ninja! Sounds good! As for Flying Swords of Dragon Gate it takes a bit of a left turn half way through and becomes a little different from the movie I though it would be. It's still fun though, but not a 'great' movie by any standards, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) This looks interesting. Edited August 28, 2012 by areaseven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMANIFESS Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 ^ Indeed. I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Nash Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 This looks interesting. I thinked that was Tony Jaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMANIFESS Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Tony Jaa should have been the next Jet Lee. He needs a new agent. And that looks more like the guy from Raid Redemption who is line to be the next badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetarB Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Tony Jaa had a lot of other issues that prevented him following a simple career path in the movies. Issues that I don't think a simple change in agent would have solved! Iko Uwais, however seems to be on the right path - Gareth Evans will make sure of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeyondTheGrave Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Tony Jaa should have been the next Jet Lee. He needs a new agent. And that looks more like the guy from Raid Redemption who is line to be the next badass. tony jaa needs to get a better writer and fight choreographer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Does anyone know what the word on Onimusha is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Nash Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Onimusha without Takeshi Kaneshiro isn't Onimusha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 <ul> <li>So the project is dead?</li> </ul> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoptimus Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I am sad to find that getting Jackie Chan movies on Blu Ray is a pain in the butt if you want the uncut HK originals.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 tony jaa needs to get a better writer and fight choreographer. So he basically needs to fire himself? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeyondTheGrave Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 So he basically needs to fire himself? Lol yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechinyun Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noriko Takaya Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 ICHIMEI (Harakiri: death of a samurai) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Just saw a movie called The Painted Skin 2. It's pretty damn good. I've never heard of it but apparently it's a huge deal in China, beating out the Dark Knight. It can be over the top in some scenes with the 300 type slo-mo and CG effects but some are really well done. But I really enjoyed it because at it's heart, it's more of a traditional Chinese fairy tale about a demon spirit cursed for saving the life of a human she loved. A really good adventure type film. Now I have to find the first one though they say it's not a direct prequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_foul_fowl Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I recently caught the Rurounin Kenshin live action movie, found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable action flick. I know the anime has been around for quite a while and is really popular, but I've never watched the anime before, so I commenting on this purely on the film. Great fight scenes, minimal use of CG, liked it enough to get it on BluRay if its ever released. Fully recommend to all fans of the genre, found it to be more entertaining than 13 Samurai! Trailer: Review by kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5938365/the-live-action-rurouni-kenshin-movie-is-a-nearly-perfect-film-adaptation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 So what about Rurouni Kenshin? I haven't seen anything on that in ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 So i just saw the two Red Cliff movies, and all i can say is the great John Woo is back. After nearly 2 decade of making crap in America John Woo finally goes back east to make great movies. This movie is awesome for those who are either fans of Woo or fans of historical epics. Great battle scenes, great cinematography, great music, and great acting. Tony Leung once again gives a powerhouse performance. I especially liked the emphasis on strategy and battle tactics that Leung's army used to defeat a much larger force. The only way this movie could've been better is if Donnie Yen was in it. I'm really hoping John Woo has given up on Hollywood and makes movies exclusively in China and Hong Kong. I also recently saw a Jet Li historical movie called Warlords. I liked it, it put more emphasis on the politics in the imperial chinese military. I don't know if it is just me or does it seem that a lot of big budget chinese historical epics are being made recently? I find it really interesting how foreigners are able to appreciate the two Red Cliffs much more than mainland Chinese. I personally consider the two films quite an achievement from an execution and project management point of view. Given the scale and number of actors involved, I am pretty amazed that John Woo delivered a solid story about friendships and a few epic battles. Romance of Three Kingdoms is very well known in China, and most people who complained about the movie either tend to be very focused on the discrepancy with history or have extremely high expectations. Some also made fun of the dialogue, joking about the homosexual undertone in the relationships among the male leads. I think these are all minor points. If you look at other Chinese epic battle films, they all suffer from an unbalance of story vs special effects, kind of like the Phantom Menace. Plus, I think the Chinese audience are going thru battle film fatigue, too much of the same stuff being dumped onto them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) I gotta pick up this movie. Edited September 24, 2013 by areaseven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Focker Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 does it come in HD? man, that made me want to go back to bangkok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GU-11 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) Been on a Three Kingdoms marathon lately. Watched Donnie Yen's The Lost Bladesman, Andy Lau's Resurrection of the Dragon, and both Red Cliff movies. TLB was a bit of a dissapointment, and Yen himself was miscast for the role. Not an inch of him looked anything like the traditional description of Guan Yu. I liked how they tried to rationalize his red skin by having him wipe the blood of his enemies on his face, though. The fights are what you'd expect of Donnie Yen--fast, furious and bone-crunching. Not like any of us watch his movies for the story, anyway. Andy Lau's movie had some serious potential, but the story-telling was insipid and felt a little too short. I'll say this of Lau, though; he makes a very convincing hero. Red Cliff? Good, but the cast was kinda "off." Tony Leung's a good actor, but sort of miscast as the supposedly "impossibly handsome" Zhou Yu, as he was described in the books. The guy who played Guan Yu severely lacked the imposing massiveness and authority of the God of War. Surprisingly, Takeshi Kaneshiro IMO gave a good performance as a sly Zhuge Liang. Battles were epic enough, but the part about Sun Shang Xiang infiltrating the enemy camp as a soldier made me groan and roll my eyes. This whole trope with pretty girls successfully masquerading as men...males in ancient times must either be very beautiful and androgynous, or very stupid. Edited January 4, 2013 by GU-11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoptimus Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Got the new Animeigo Lone Wolf and Cub Blu Ray. It was on sale at Amazon for $17 right after Xmas. There is a bit of DNR but overall the picture looks great and I have been wanting these films for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) here... edit/add: finally got the BD-version of Twilight Samurai from hk, so attached it as well. No more windowboxed viewing from the dvd version! just need subbed BD-versions of the rest. Edited February 2, 2013 by treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Jim Kelly, famous martial arts actor and one of the main inspirations for Black Dynamite, died on June 29 at age 67. He was best known as Williams in the 1973 martial arts blockbuster Enter the Dragon before starring in a string of kung-fu and Blaxploitation cult films in the 1970s. R.I.P. Jim Kelly. Jim Kelly (1946-2013) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 The Han finally got him, MAN! R.I.P. Jim Kelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Nash Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 The Han finally got him, MAN! R.I.P. Jim Kelly. You fault will be missed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-mode Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Question is: when he went, was he lookin' good...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Arms Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Rest in Peace Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 still missing movies 5-19, and no bd-versions, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Looking forward to this... Unforgiven is one of my favorites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) Better save up your pennies, guys. Zatoichi in BD movie-collection is coming 11/26/13, courtesy of Criterion!!! http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1012-zatoichi-the-blind-swordsman $179.96 preorder-pricing at Criterion-store. The amzn pricing is about $20 less right now. Not sure if the TV-series and the final 1989 movie will ever get any BD versions, tho. Edited August 21, 2013 by treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Oh Hell Yeah! Ninja: Shadow of a Tear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Arms Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 That looks pretty good A7. I'll be on the lookout for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Here's another martial arts film review: Chocolate (ช็อคโกแลต) Baa-ram-ewe/Sahamongkol Film International, 2008 Magnet Films, 2009 Directed by Prachya Pinkaew (Ong-Bak, Tom-Yum-Goong) Running Time: 110 minutes Rated R for graphic martial arts violence, slight nudity, sexual situations and profanity. Cast Yanin Vismitananda as Zen Taphon Phopwandee as Mangmoom "Moom" Ammara Siripong as Zin Pongpat Wachirabunjong as No. 8 Hiroshi Abe (Jiro Ueda in Trick, Katagiri in Godzilla 2000) as Masashi Synopsis Zen is the autistic daughter of Yakuza boss Masashi and former Thai mobster girl Zin, who severely upset Thai crime lord "No.8" by having the affair behind his back. Despite her mental condition, Zen has very sensitive hearing and quick reflexes, and is highly skilled in Muay Thai due to watching Tony Jaa movies and kickboxers training in her home. When she discovers that Zin is suffering from cancer, she and her adopted brother Moom find a notebook with a list of people that owe Zin money and go to them to collect their debts in hopes of paying for Zin's chemotherapy sessions. No. 8 takes notice of Zen's activities, he plots a scheme to lure Zin's family and Masashi and get rid of them once and for all. Lowdown Chocolate is not your typical martial arts film. While it provides the usual punches and kicks, it's also a gangster film and a movie about mental conditions. It's not very easy to do a film with an autistic main character, especially if it involves martial arts, but Yanin Vismitananda does a good job as Zen, who uses her fists and feet to do majority of the talking. The fight choreography is a little slower-paced than Ong-Bak, but it's probably more painful due to more close-contact fighting and the harsher environments, such as the meat factory in the scene below. And just to prove how painful the fights are, the end credits show all the bumps and bruises that Yanin and the stuntmen take. Hell, it's even more painful than the truck fall in Born to Fight. The moral of the story: Don't f*ck with autism. Rating: B+ References The Internet Movie Database Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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