Hong Kong Film Recommendations Needed!! (1 Viewer)

[James Nguyen]

On a tangent--speaking of Korean movies, if you enjoyed Shiri, you might want to check out JSA (Joint Security Area).

Much like Shiri, it intermingles a modern action/drama storyline with quite a bit of social commentary about the realities of a divided Korean peninsula. The action isn't quite as fast paced as Shiri, preferring to build quite a bit of backstory interspersed with some quicker scenes.

It's not everyone's cup of tea as it's not as readily approachable as the action driven plot of Shiri, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and consider it one of the best storylines I've seen come out of Asian cinema.

 

[Jon Robertson]

Has everyone gone mental?
What about one of the most scintillating, achingly beautiful, profoundly poignant films I've seen in years - Wong Kar-Wai's brilliant In The Mood for Love, available in a truly flawless 2-disc set from Criterion, and one of the outright best DVD packages ever released: http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=147

 

[Matthew Brown]

Enter the Eagles... Michael Wong.. nuff said. Can we digitally erase him from the movie?

That's funny! Nothing like Michael Wong bungee chord jumping from a helicopter shooting bad guys!
It was good to see Benny the Jet, though. Shannon Lee should be in more movies. I think Jordan Chan and Anita Yuen (sp?) upstage everybody else in that movie.
Matt