This is a great film. Truly one of my favorites. This trailer captures the feel of it pretty well. By the way, if anyone has a copy of Tokyo Nagaremono that they’d like to share with me I’m all ears.
This finale is amongst the best action pieces ever put on film. Sammo here is at his masterful best. The way he uses the camera to enhance the action in this sequence is something people should be studying heavily before … Continue reading
I just didn’t know it would manifest its worth in exactly this way… My old friend Ryan Law from the Hong Kong Movie DataBase showed up in today’s Bordwell Blog report from the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
I’ve had these as a draft post for a couple of weeks… Let’s get this out of the way. The Departed Lifetime achievement award. It’s okay… Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao) But not as good as this. And I wrote … Continue reading
The Bordwell Blog on the HK International Film Festival. That’s an event I just decided top go to one day. I’ve (obviously) always wanted to go to Hong Kong, but now I have an actual plan on when I should … Continue reading
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