Search Results for: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
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The Road Home
May 18, 2015Rarely has the simple theme of love been given such a spellbinding presentation as Zhang Yimou’s ‘The Road Home’.
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The Promise
May 16, 2015It will lose most of it’s audience by the 20 minute mark and even those that do manage to stay engaged past that point will likely be sleeping by the time our heroes ‘Fly away into the sunset’.
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Once Upon A Time In China II
May 7, 2015In my opinion, this film does not have the same numerous levels within its story which made the first such an all round classic, however, much of the action is just as impressive.
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Once Upon A Time In China
May 6, 2015Hark combines a well-paced and beautifully photographed narrative with strong characters and exciting fight action.
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No Problem 2
May 4, 2015There may not be much here that we haven’t seen before, but it’s certainly been a while since we’ve seen most of it done so well.
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House Of Flying Daggers
Mar 26, 2015‘House Of Flying Daggers’ has too many trappings of an arthouse production that screams ‘self-conscious’ throughout.
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Hong Kong 1941
Mar 25, 2015‘Hong Kong 1941’ is a powerful and moving study of the effects of war on the ordinary person and the strains of such pressure on any friendship.
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Hero
Mar 24, 2015‘Hero’ has shown that an exquisitely photographed film does not always have to be a case of style over substance.
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Fist Of Legend
Mar 13, 2015In my opinion, this is Jet Li’s best work as he carries the film well, performing brilliantly in the films numerous fight sequences.
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Fighter
Mar 12, 2015More believable than your average martial arts coming of age film and less pretentious than a lot of other serious, urban set dramas.
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The Emperor And The Assassin
Mar 10, 2015‘The Emperor and the Assassin’ is a minor masterpiece and comes highly recommended, though it should be stated that this is not a film for everyone.
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Mar 10, 2015Multi-layered and superbly made, ‘The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter’ remains one of the greatest martial arts movies of all time.