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BRIEF REVIEWS P - R |
PEACE HOTEL. Starring - Chow Yun Fat - Cecilia Yip - Chin Ho. Director - Wai Ka Fai. Hugely underated film. A great tale of honour and love. 9*********stars. PEDICAB DRIVER. Starring - Sammo Hung - Lau Kar Yeung - Billy Chow - Nina Li. Director - Sammo Hung. One of Sammo's finest movies both in front and behind the lens. Fantastic fight scenes. 9*********stars. PEKING OPERA BLUES. Starring - Cherie Chung - Brigitte Lin - Wo Ma - Sally Yeh. Director - Tsui Hark. Period drama beautifully scripted and shot. With some great individual performances. 8********stars. POINT OF NO RETURN. Starring - Jackie Cheung - Joey Wong - Lo Wai Kwong - Patrick Tam. Director - Guy Lai. Revenge story played well but hard to follow. 7*******stars. POLICE STORY. Starring - Jackie Chan - Maggie Cheung - Brigitte Lin - Bill Tung. Director - Jackie Chan. Fantastic throughout, extremely fast paced martial arts backed up with great comedy. 10**********stars. POLICE STORY 2. Starring - Jackie Chan - Maggie Cheung - Bill Tung - Lam Kwok Hung. Director - Jackie Chan. One of the finest fight scenes ever filmed. Chan takes on Benny Lai the mute bomber. 10**********stars. POM POM AND HOT HOT. Starring - Jackie Cheung - Lam Ching Ying - Tung Wai. Director - Cheung Tung Joe. Sort of a action/comedy movie with nothing really impressive to offer. 6******stars. PRODIGAL SON. Starring - Yuen Biao - Sammo Hung - Dick Wei -Wei Pei. Director - Sammo Hung. This excellent period piece outshines most modern movies. 8********stars. PROJECT A. Starring - Jackie Chan - Sammo Hung - Yuen Biao - Dick Wei. Director - Jackie Chan. Fanatstic. Chan, Biao, and Hung pull off a corker. 10**********stars. PURPLE STORM. Starring - Daniel Wu - Joan Chen - Emil Chow - Kam Kwok Leung. Director - Teddy Chen. A very well scripted thriller with plenty of action. 8********stars. RAISE THE RED LANTERN. Starring - Gong Li - Cao Cuifen - He Caifei - Jin Shuyuan. Director - Zhang Yimou. A captivating and disturbing drama with more to it than first meets the eye. 8********stars. RED FISTS. Starring - Yu Rong Gwong - Kwok Sau wen. Director - Guo Bao Chiang. Yu Rong Gwong is the only redeeming factor in this lacklustre action yarn. 5*****stars. RED WOLF. Starring - Kenny Ho - Christy Chung - Elaine Lui - Ngai Sing. Director - Yuen Woo Ping. Die Hard on water. Very entertaining action movie. 8********stars. RETURN TO THE 36th CHAMBER. Starring - Gordon Liu - Lee Hoi San - Liu Chia Liang. Director - Liu Chia Liang. A great blend of comedy and martial arts with some excellent choreogaraphy. 7*******stars. ROMEO MUST DIE. Starring - Jet Lee - Aaliyah - Michael Wong. Director - Andrzej Bartkowiak. Loosley based on Romeo and Juliet. Jet Lee made a big error accepting this script. 3***stars. ROYAL TRAMP. Starring - Stephen Chiao - Ng Man Tat - Chingamy Yau. Director - Wong Jing. I simply love this film. Full of laughs and extremely enjoyable. 10**********stars. RUMBLE IN THE BRONX. Starring - Jackie Chan - Anita Mui - Francoise Yip. Director - Stanley Tong. Quality action film, shame the ending had to be changed due to a Chan accident. 8*******stars. RUN AND KILL. Starring - Simon Yam - Kent Cheung - Danny Lee. Director - Billy Tang. Cat III mayhem in this very violent but captivating movie. 7*******stars. |
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