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Tag Archives: swordplay
Kung Fu Hustle
Another fun Chow masterpiece Despite being the highest grossing Hong Kong film ever, Stephen Chow’s previous film Shoalin Soccer was badly bungled by U.S. distributor Miramax, who didn’t seem to know what to do with it. When news leaked out … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Bruce Liang, Chiu Chi-lin, comedy, Danny Chan, fantasy, Fung Hark-on, gangster, Hong Kong, impalement, kung fu, Lam Chi-chung, Movie, psychic phenomena, Review, Sammo Hung, Stephen Chow, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, you-axed-for-it, Yuen Wah, Yuen Woo-Ping
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Kill Bill Vol. 2
QT and UT are back for More Revenge Imagine a friend invites you to hear his or her band play. You haven’t heard them play before, so you’re not sure what to expect, but from you’re friend’s music collection you … Continue reading
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Tagged action, blood, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, death trap, Gordon Lau, gore, gun fu, horror, Japan, kung fu, Michael Madsen, Michael Parks, Movie, murder, premature burial, psycho killer, Quentin Tarantino, Review, sequel, swordplay, Uma Thurman, Yuen Woo-Ping
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Kill Bill Vol. 1
QT is back for Revenge Quentin Tarantino’s fourth film as writer/director finds him in familiar territory – that is, familiar territory for fans of psychotronic film. A glorious homage to all the exploitation flicks that have inspired him throughout his … Continue reading
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Tagged action, anime, assassin, black & white, blood, Chiaki Kuriyama, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Gordon Lau, gore, gun fu, hanging, heads roll, Japan, Jun Kunimura, Kenji Ohba, kung fu, Lucy Lui, Michael Madsen, Michael Parks, Movie, murder, psycho killer, Quentin Tarantino, Review, Sonny Chiba, stab, swordplay, Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox, yakuza, Yuen Woo-Ping
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The Matrix Reloaded
Whoa It takes my old computer about five minutes to restart, so it’s no surprise that it took the Wachowski brothers a few years to reload the Matrix. They’ve spent their time well, producing a sequel that feels more like … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Anthony Zerbe, blood, Carrie-Anne Moss, Collin Chou, David No, Essie Davis, explosions, future, gadgetry, ghosts, gun fu, Harold Perrineau, heads roll, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Keanu Reeves, kung fu, Laurence Fishburne, Leigh Whannell, metropolis, Monica Belluci, monster, Movie, murder, Ngai Sing, psychic phenomena, psycho killer, Review, robot, sci-fi, sequel, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, vampire, vehicle chase, Wachowski, Yuen Woo-Ping, zap guns
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Die Another Day
The spy who went into the cold Pierce Brosnan continues to bring his gifts to the role of James Bond, and for that we can be thankful. However, the screenwriters have let him down a bit this time. To be … Continue reading
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Tagged car chase, explosions, gadgetry, gun fu, John Cleese, Movie, murder, Pierce Brosnan, Review, sci-fi, sequel, spy, super car, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, UK, vehicle chase
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Greatest Show on Middle Earth It’s been 30 years since I read J.R.R. Tolkien’s massive follow-up to The Hobbit, but Peter Jackson’s colossal screen adaptation of the first third of the novel makes it feel like only yesterday. Some details … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, blood, Brad Dourif, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, demons, dwarf, Elijah Wood, elves, explosions, fantasy, giant monster, gore, heads roll, horror, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, magic, monster, Movie, mutants, mythical creatures, New Zealand, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, psychic phenomena, Review, Sean Astin, sequel, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Viggo Mortenson, wizard
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Battle Royale
40 kids go in – only one comes out Ever watch a “reality” TV show like Survivor (or Big Brother or The Real World) and wonder what it would be like if, instead of getting voted off the island, contestants … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, explosions, gun fu, heads roll, Japan, Movie, Review, sci-fi, swordplay, Takeshi Kitano
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Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Dope Dealers The only characters to figure in all four of Kevin Smith’s previous pictures, Smith here gives the duo center stage in an effort to get them out of his system for good. Because of the weed references, most … Continue reading
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Tagged Ali Larter, Ben Affleck, Carrie Fisher, comedy, Eliza Dushku, George Carlin, God, Hollywood Babylon, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Jon Stewart, Kevin Smith, kung fu, Mark Hamill, Sean William Scott, sequel, Shannon Elizabeth, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, wes craven, Will Ferrell
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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Reading subtitles Director Ang Lee returns to China for the first time since 1994’s Eat Drink Man Woman, but this time he’s surprised everyone. Though this film has the same concern for traditions and the delicate interplay of subtle emotions … Continue reading
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Tagged Ang Lee, China, Chow Yun-fat, heads roll, Hong Kong, kung fu, magic, Michelle Yeoh, Movie, Review, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Yuen Woo-Ping
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Gladiator DVD
Bread and circuses 2000 The plot of the film is pretty much wrapped up in DreamWorks’ “General… slave… gladiator…” taglines, and can roughly be divided into these three acts. In the first, we’re introduced to Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe), … Continue reading →