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Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End – Review
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End definetely has a lot of Chinese influence in there which directly dictated how the sets were built. Although they didn’t have a direct reference from Singapore from the early part of the 18th century, they did have other stuff from the 19th century, the early 1800s, and photographic-type ...
Big Trouble in Little China – Review
This film is nuts. At the time in the 80′s Big Trouble in Little China employed pretty much every Chinese/American actor alive at the time. Then they imported a few from Hong Kong and China! Kurt Russell is a trucker who winds up waist-deep in gang warfare, kung-fu, and dark Chinese sorcery. He drives his ...
Bulletproof Monk – Review
In 1943, a Tibetan monk with no name, played by Chow Yun-Fat, has just been given the duty to protect an ancient scroll, called the Scroll of the Ultimate, from his mentor. Of course people go after the scroll and we are suddenly shot up to present day. As they continue to close in on ...
The Lake House – Review
The Lake House is a remake of a 2000 South Korean film entitled Il Mare. The title, Il Mare, means ‘The Sea’ in Italian, and is the name of the seaside house which is the setting of the story. The film was remade by Warner Brothers starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in 2006. As ...
Bangkok Dangerous – Review
From the beginning we have the mysterious assassin who creates a certain set of rules. He then goes on to deliberately break all the rules that he sets for himself without a proper explanation. This domestic remake of the Pang brothers’ first hit movie in Thailand is the diary of a lonely mechanic on his ...
Dark Water – Review
Despite ho-hum reaction from the film critics, this is not a bad film. Dark Water is just another film that got lost in the shuffle of another Japanese horror flick to get a round-eyed makeover. It’s easy to see why an American producer would be attracted to the source material: the tale of divorced mother ...
Kiss of the Dragon – Review
Back in 2001, Jet Li was still trying to establish himself as a star in America. Kiss of the Dragon is Jet Li’s third movie outside of Hong Kong. Jet Li stars as Liu Jiuan, a Beijing cop who has traveled to Paris to aid in a police raid against a heroin smuggler. They cover ...
The Departed – Review
The story of The Departed is based on the 2002 crime thriller out of Hong Kong called Infernal Affairs [review]. Scorsese was quoted as saying, “Infernal Affairs is a very good example of why I love the Hong Kong Cinema. Our film was inspired by Infernal Affairs, because of the nature of the story.” So ...
Redbelt – Review
Those of you expecting Enter the Dragon to spark a revolution in Jiu Jitsu enrollment, Redbelt is not that movie. Redbelt is essentially a drama with large amount of the back and forth dialogue. Redbelt focuses on a Brazilian Jui-Jitsu instructor who takes his art seriously and sees it as a way to a better ...
The Matrix – Review
The Matrix is another great movie that is heavily influenced by asian culture. Japanese director Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell was a strong influence. Producer Joel Silver has stated that the Wachowski brothers first described their intentions for The Matrix by showing him that anime and saying, “We wanna do that for real”. He ...
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