Dull cop drama, of the running-gun-battle-through-street-markets variety, missing all the elements of good Hong Kong action that were starting to emerge during this time. Steven Chow's first film role. All the good parts are in the trailer.
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Showing posts with label Hong Kong Cinema. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Coweb aka Ninja Masters (2009)
Coweb aka Ninja Masters (2009)
Jiang Lui Xia starts work as a bodyguard only to have her charge kidnapping on her first day.
Not a good movie, and worse yet, a very frustrating one for the missed opportunities. 90s Hong Kong action mixed with modern direct to streaming editing and camerawork. The DTS stuff points the camera at anything except the action to hide the fact that people are just waving their arms around. Here, we see just enough to know that there was competent martial arts direction and stunt work somewhere, most just out of frame.
The whole thing is currently free with ads on YouTube. There are no Ninjas.
Jiang Lui Xia starts work as a bodyguard only to have her charge kidnapping on her first day.
Not a good movie, and worse yet, a very frustrating one for the missed opportunities. 90s Hong Kong action mixed with modern direct to streaming editing and camerawork. The DTS stuff points the camera at anything except the action to hide the fact that people are just waving their arms around. Here, we see just enough to know that there was competent martial arts direction and stunt work somewhere, most just out of frame.
The whole thing is currently free with ads on YouTube. There are no Ninjas.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Sid Caesar vs Tony Leung
From Cinema City to John Woo to Wong Jing, you can't underestimate the influence of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World on Hong Kong cinema.
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