KUNG FU MOVIES
CHOCOLATE:
It's nothing like a beautiful woman that kicks ass. The film Chocolate is from Prachya Pinkaew, he brought us Tony Jaa and Ong Bak. The film stars 23 year old star Nicharee "Jeeja" Vismistananda. After seeing this trailer, you can see, she's set to be a major martial art star.
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D.O.A:
Four beautiful kick-ass divas are invited to compete in the Asian D.O.A. Games, a series of deadly martial-arts contests, but they soon find themselves working together against a sinister force. It's non-stop action from Corey Yuen, the superstar filmmaker who also made the incredible girls-n-gun movie SO CLOSE and Jet Li's FIST OF LEGEND.
CONFESSIONS OF PAIN:
A homicide cop becomes the prime suspect when his wealthy father-in-law and butler are murdered. He contacts his ex-partner - now a heavy-drinking private eye - to help him investigate the case. Ultimately, this is a story of friendship, loss, and sacrifice against a backdrop of bullets and crime mayhem from the directors of INFERNAL AFFAIRS. Hollywood has already picked it up for a remake.
EXILED:
A brilliant mixture of the French gangster movies with the Spaghetti Westerns for this bigger-than-life story of two hitmen on a mission to eliminate a renegade ex-gangster living in Macau.
Anthony Wong hasn't been this good in a very long time. Director Johnnie To is on a hot streak after the success of his recent ELECTION films. Here, he's reassembled the cast (minus Jackie Lui) of his opus film MISSION and has managed to out-do himself. Bottomline... movies don't come much better than this.
CITY OF VIOLENCE:
Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. At the funeral, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it each in his own way. Both of their investigations lead to a land development profect that Pil-ho is derecting and the two embark on a difficult battle.
DEATHNOTE 1 & 2:
Yagami is a college student who finds a notebook simply titled "Death Note." Inside this book is a list a rules and details on how to cause people to die unnaturally. When he realizes the power he holds, Yagami decides he's going to make the world a better place by eliminating those people who do harm to others. Once he starts his murderous spree, a brilliant detective vows to stop this new serial killer. And so the game begins.
THE HOST:
This movie was introduced at Cannes 2006 and it became THE film to see. It since has become the top grossing motion picture of the year in Asian, particularly Korea. Universal has just purchased the remake rights for Hollywood. Director Bong (MEMORIES OF MURDER) has delivered a masterpiece that deserves all the praise and hype it's been receiving. The host is a mutant monster that climbs out of the Han River and begins devouring people left and right. But, more specifically, the film deals with a man and his family who attempts to rescue his daughter after she's been kidnapped by the monster. The results will leave you spellbound. Don't miss this movie.
DRAGON TIGER GATE:
Tiger Wong unwittingly takes the Lousha Death Plaque (an emblem decreed by the leader of the Lousha Gate), thus he becomes the target for numerous triad gangs. As fate has it, his brother - now a triad bodyguard - rescues him from the deadly conflicts. The two brothers join together in a martial arts frenzy. The incredible fight scenes are fanatical and innovative yet authentic.
