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		<title>14 Blades (2010) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the period action movies that the Chinese are cranking out lately, “14 Blades” is the one I’ve been anticipating the most. It stars Donnie Yen in his usual Donnie Yen role – a tough-as-nails martial arts fighter with few if any equals. Set in Ancient China, the film has Yen playing Qinglong, the leader of the Jinyi Wei, a sort of commando squad/assassins guild that works on the behalf of the Chinese emperor. Members of the Jinyi Wei are highly skilled warriors trained to kill for the Imperial court since they were small boys abducted off the streets. As the head of the Jinyi Wei, it is Qinglong’s duty to haul around a wooden box roughly the size and length of a guitar case, except instead of a guitar, the box is tricked out with all sorts of groovy machines, including grappling hooks and, yes, the titular 14 blades. How a single man can lug around the box [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Storm Warriors (2009) Movie Review #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With “The Storm Riders” having been a huge blockbuster hit back in 1998, taking the fantasy wuxia genre to a new level with its amazing special effects, it is perhaps surprising that it took over a decade for a sequel to emerge. Finally, a follow up has arrived in the form of “The Storm Warriors”, again inspired by Ma Wing Shing&#8217;s best-selling comic, and this time directed by the acclaimed Pang Brothers. The film reunites the two stars of the original, Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok in their popular roles as glowering swordsmen Wind and Cloud, back by an illustrious supporting cast that includes Simon Yam, Nicholas Tse, Kenny Ho, Charlene Choi and Mainland actress Tang Yan (“Chinese Paladin III”). The results are nothing short of spectacular, though as with other films by the Pangs, the incredible style and visuals do come at the cost of story and substance. 
This time the plot finds Wind and Cloud coming up against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest Hong Kong event film of the last couple of years arrives in the form of “Bodyguards and Assassins”, the latest blockbuster from director Teddy Chan and producer Peter Chan. A historical piece revolving around Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen’s visit to Hong Kong in 1906, the film features a top drawer cast playing bodyguards assigned to protect him from killers sent by the Qing government, including Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Nicholas Tse, Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor winner Wang Xueqi, Taiwanese actor Wang Bo Chieh (recently in “Winds of September”), along with NBA basketball player Mengke Bateer and pop idol Chris Lee turning their hands to acting. As if this wasn’t enough, the film also features Hu Jun (“Mulan”) as the head villain, and Eric Tsang, Simon Yam, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Hanyu, Jacky Cheung, and Michelle Reis in supporting and cameo roles. 
The plot follows the real life events surrounding the controversial Chinese revolutionary Sun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Live and Die in Mongkok (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With its familiar sounding title and ex-con trying to go straight premise, “To Live and Die in Mongkok” is not immediately a particularly appealing prospect. However, the impeccably acclaimed cast should certainly arouse the interest, given that it includes Nick Cheung and Paw Hee Ching, winners of Best Actor and Best Actress at the 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards, not to mention Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress winners Liu Kai Chi and Chan Lai Wan. Although the presence of Wong Jing in the director’s chair, which he shares with frequent partner in crime Billy Chung, may give some cause for scepticism, it should be remembered that the Hong Kong shlockmeister has proved himself more than capable of turning serious when it suits, as seen in other quality triad dramas such as “Colour of the Truth”, and the recent “I Corrupt all Cops” and “Hong Kong Bronx”. 
The film follows Nick Cheung (“The Beast Stalker”) as Fai, a triad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mulan (Hua Mulan, 2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the continuing popularity of the Chinese costume epic, it’s pretty much inevitable that all manner of legends and enduring tales will be dusted off and brought to the screen as blockbusters. And so up steps director Jingle Ma, known for commercial hits such as the recent “Butterfly Lovers” and “Playboy Cops”, with a new, big budget, all star version of the legend of “Mulan”. The story has certain proved a favourite through the years, having been adapted many times in the past, even enjoying the dubious distinction of having been made into a cartoon over in Hollywood by Disney. Here, Ma offers up a somewhat more grounded take, bringing in top actress and recent “Red Cliff” heroine Vicki Zhao as the fabled girl in general’s clothing. 
Taking on the role of the titular Hua Mulan, she plays a young girl who disguises herself as a man to go to war in place of her ailing father, to defend the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painted Skin (1993) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to be confused with the recent big budget blockbuster from Gordon Chan of the same name is King Hu’s “Painted Skin”, originally released back in 1993, and now finally resurfacing as a decent quality DVD. Although both films were based upon the same material from the collection “Strange Tales of Liaozhai” from Qing Dynasty Chinese writer Pu Songlin, they are markedly different in terms of approach. Whereas Chan unsurprisingly mined the text for special effects heavy set pieces, the legendary Hu instead aimed for atmosphere and understated sadness, making for an ethereal viewing experience that lingers long in the mind. Adding to the air of melancholy is the fact the film was actually his last, providing a bookend to a career which saw him helm countless classics including “Come Drink with Me”, “Dragon Inn”, and “A Touch of Zen”. Fittingly, he pulled together a top cast of genre favourites, including Adam Cheng (“Zu: The Warriors from the Magic Mountain”), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vengeance (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Hong Kong director Johnnie To having long been admired as an auteur by French film critics, his desired collaboration with European talent has been a much mooted and anticipated possibility. Finally, it arrives in the form of “Vengeance”, which sees To teaming with legendary French singer Johnny Hallyday for a thriller written by Milkyway regular Wai Ka Fai. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film is heavily reminiscent of two of the director’s signature works, namely “The Mission” and “Exiled”, not least since its cast includes the likes of Anthony Wong, Lam Suet, Gordon Lam and Simon Yam, with support from other familiar faces including Michelle Yip, Eddie Cheung, Maggie Shiu, Felix Wong, Berg Ng, and Stanley Fung. Despite underwhelming some critics, the film played in competition at Cannes 2009, with To being nominated for the prestigious Golden Palm Award. 
All things considered, the narrative is pretty much standard fare for To and Wai Ka Fai, with Hallyday playing a French Chef [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebellion (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does Herman Yau take holidays? Does he take weekends? Does he even sleep? On the evidence for 2009, it seems not, as he managed to churn out no less than 4 films, “Split Second Murders”, “Turning Point”, “The First 7th Night”, and finally, “Rebellion”, which now arrives on DVD. Although as a cat III rated triad thriller the film sees him returning to familiar territory, as usual Yau offers something a little different, whilst still managing to deliver interesting characters, grounded genre action, and even a little social commentary. The film boasts an impressive cast, headlined by the equally hard working Shawn Yue (“Shamo”) and including top television actress Ada Choi, comedian Chapman To (who previously had a taste of triad drama in the “Infernal Affairs” trilogy), and pop idols Elanne Kong (Happy Funeral) and Ella Koon (Look for a Star). 
The film takes place over a single night on the crime ridden streets of Eastern Kowloon, a district ruled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vengeance (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong’s crime cinema God Johnnie To goes International in “Vengeance”, a film that is at once different and yet familiar for the director. The film stars French rocker Johnny Hallyday as Costello, a French chef who journeys to Macau after a trio of Chinese hitmen fulfill a contract on the family of Costello’s daughter (Sylvie Testud). The daughter miraculously survives, but her husband and two children are not so fortunate. From her hospital bed, the daughter demands that her father avenge her, and Costello, whose life as a chef was a second act and not a first, agrees. He is not a stranger to guns and death, and indeed it is that former, long-buried life that is currently robbing him of his memory, which makes his current mission all the more urgent.
Costello sets out to locate the killers, which proves difficult. Fortunately, serendipity smiles upon our French chef and he comes into contact with another trio of Chinese hitmen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire of Silver (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the current world financial crisis and banking dilemmas, the release of “Empire of Silver” certainly comes at an opportune time, charting as it does the rise of the Shanxi merchants towards the end of the Qing Dynasty of China, whose wealth and influence all over the world saw them being referred to as the ‘Wall Street of China’. The film was a prestige production, being based upon the historical novel &#8220;The Silver Valley&#8221; by Shanxi merchant descendent Cheng Yi, and boasting a US$10 million investment by top Taiwanese tycoon Gou Tai Ming. It was helmed by regular theatre director Christina Yao, produced by noted critic Peggy Chiao, and perhaps more importantly features a truly impressive cast, with the award winning Aaron Kwok in the lead, supported by the likes of Mainland veteran actor Zhang Tielin (from the popular television series “Princess Returning Pearl”), up and coming actress Hao Lei (recently in Lou Ye’s highly controversial “Summer Palace”), and even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murderer (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the eternal cinematic debates is to whether or not a film can truly be so bad that it actually becomes good. For most connoisseurs of trash film, or of high camp excess, the question is largely irrelevant, with ‘good’ and ‘bad’ being wholly interchangeable labels, and with entertainment factor being all important. This is certainly the case with “Murderer”, which in these terms is a great, great film, showing the kind of unfettered lunatic genius rarely seen in these days of playing things safe. 
Starring the award winning actor Aaron Kwok in the lead role, the film was directed by Roy Chow, here making his debut after working on “Lust, Caution” with Ang Lee. Hilariously overwrought and featuring one of the all time great bizarre third act twists, its easy to see why “Murderer” has been one of the most controversial and talked about films from Hong Kong of the year, as it really does need to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24 City (2008) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“24 City” is the latest offering from sixth generation Mainland China director Jia Zhangke and sees him continuing to explore themes of the country’s modern history and economic progress. Here, he does this through a semi-documentary that focuses on the story of a munitions factory, once moved across the country and now being demolished to make way for the titular residential development, named after a quote from a Tang Dynasty poem. Jia is easily one of China’s most interesting and challenging directors, and so it should come as no surprise that the film is a complex affair which works on many levels, both metaphorical and intimate. He is also one of the country’s most acclaimed and award winning overseas exports, and as well as performing well at the domestic box office, the film enjoyed a successful run at overseas festivals, screening in competition at Cannes in 2008, with Jia being nominated for the prestigious Golden Palm. 
The film relates the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palisades Tartan&#8217;s Asian Horror: Essential Collection Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Halloween, Palisades Tartan has grouped together three of the most successful Asian horror films of recent years in one region 2 DVD collection. Although terms such as ‘essential’ are woefully overused when it comes to such compilations, in this case it certainly rings true, as the three titles are arguably among the most important and influential examples of the modern Asian genre – not least since two of them have been the subject of markedly less successful Hollywood remakes. The films in question, “Audition”, “Dark Water” and “The Eye” also provide a showcase for three highly acclaimed directors in the ever prolific Takashi Miike (still best known in the West for his infamous “Ichi the Killer”), The Pang Brothers (who recently headed for the US themselves with “The Messengers” and a remake of their own “Bangkok Dangerous”) and Hideo Nakata, whose “Ringu” launched the new wave of Eastern horror. 
First up is Miike’s “Audition” which, simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On His Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wong Jing goes back to the old school with “On his Majesty’s Secret Service” a truly madcap period set comedy in the classic early 1990s style. Although the master of the form himself, Stephen Chow, isn’t starring in such films anymore, there’s certainly no reason to stop making them, and in his absence, Louis Koo has stepped up to the plate, accompanied by a great cast of Hong Kong and Mainland stars including Barbie Hsu, Tong Dawei (“Red Cliff II”), Song Jia (“Curiosity Killed the Cat”), Liu Yang (“Bullet &#038; Brain”), Fan Siu Wong (recently in “Ip Man”) and even veteran genre favourite Sandra Ng. 
The plot, such as it is, follows Koo as Royal Dog, an inventor and royal guard, who does his best to protect the rather useless Emperor (Liu Yiwei) and the crazy Empress (Sandra Ng) while trying to handle his feisty fiancé Faithful (Barbie Hsu). His skills are put to the test when a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracing Shadow (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Tracing Shadow” marks the fourth directorial outing for popular Hong Kong Star Francis Ng, and sees him again co-helming with Marco Mak, who he previously worked with on “Dancing Lion”. The film itself is somewhat of a throwback to the glory days of Hong Kong cinema, being a wacky martial arts comedy that focuses on the search for a legendary treasure. Although essentially pretty daft, it does pack in plenty of action, and boasts an appealing cast that includes Ng himself, along with Jaycee Chan (who recently impressed in Jiang Wen’s excellent “The Sun Also Rises”), and actresses Pace Wu (“Marriage with a Fool”) and Xie Na (“Two Stupid Eggs”). 
The film begins during the Ming Dynasty with a gang of martial arts masters from different parts of the country all trying to get their hands on a treasure map which apparently points the way to fabulous riches. After the map disappears near a small village, they all decide to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With so many Chinese films still being called ‘Kung Fu’ something or other, and with the continuing global success of Michael Bay’s blockbuster “Transformer” franchise, “Kung Fu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction” was pretty much inevitable. The Hong Kong director getting in on the act is none other than Jeffrey Lau, who previously had hits with the likes of “A Chinese Tall Story” and the classic Stephen Chow “A Chinese Odyssey” vehicles. Perhaps unsurprisingly given Lau’s predilection for the mass mixing of genres, although the film’s advertising suggested non-stop brawling robots, he delivers something quite different, backed by a top cast of Hong Kong and Mainland stars and some boisterously over the top special effects. 
The film follows Alex Fong (recently in the excellent “I Corrupt all Cops”) as K-1, a state built cyborg who for no discernable reason is sent by his creator (the inimitable Eric Tsang in a small role) to the countryside to partner a small town cop called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Till Death Shall We Start (1990) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally released back in 1990 when the Hong Kong ghost comedy was enjoying somewhat of a resurgence, “Till Death Shall we Start” joined the ranks of films with suspiciously familiar sounding titles, including the likes of “Till Death do we Scare” and “Till Death do us Laugh”. The film was directed by none other than Ricky Lau, who had been responsible for one of the genre’s very best and biggest hits in the form of the immortal “Mr Vampire”. Here, he teams with two of the period’s top comic titles in Anthony Chan (“Happy Bigamist”) and Richard Ng (“Winners and Sinners”) in a manic, bawdy romp that now makes a very welcome return to DVD. 
The film gets off to a lively start, with Anthony Chan as David causing havoc at his wedding when he is revealed by a bunch of low-rent ghostbuster types to be a green haired Cherry Ghost – so called because he died a bachelor, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buttonman (2008) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grim crime drama “Buttonman” is the latest offering from rising Taiwanese director Chien Ren Hao, previously responsible for “The Underground Order”. The film is the first from Taiwan to be produced by Hong Kong company Mei Ah, and boasts a suitably impressive cast which includes Francis Ng, Leon Dai, Huang Yue, Terri Kwan and Janet Lee. Although its premise, revolving around a body disposal man, may suggest the potential for a grisly suspense thriller, the film earns kudos for taking a very different and far less conventional route. 
Hong Kong veteran Francis Ng stars as Wei, the titular Buttonman, a man who works freelance for the gangs, cleaning up after murders, and who apparently earned his name for his habit of always buttoning up the top buttons of the dead. His work can include anything from wiping down rooms to chopping up bodies, and he certainly seems to be good at it, being thorough and employing some pretty inventive methods. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretty Ghost (1991) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time again for that most uniquely Hong Kong of genres, the ghost comedy romance, with the re-release of the 1991 outing “Pretty Ghost”. The film, which apparently also went under the bizarrely inaccurate title of “Alien Wife” (the film features no aliens, and no wives), marked the directorial debut of Teddy Chan, who went on the helm the likes of “Purple Storm”, the Jackie Chan vehicle “The Accidental Spy”, and the forthcoming “Bodyguards and Assassins”. Offering the usual mix of slapstick gags, ghostly goings on and improbable human-spirit relations, the film handed Tony Leung Ka Fai (“Election”) an early, if not particularly dignified leading role, and boasted a couple of gorgeous leading ladies in the shapely forms of Rosamund Kwan (best known for her roles in the Jet Li “Once Upon a Time in China” films) and Ellen Chan (a popular actress at the time, who also featured in the likes of “Doctor Vampire” and “The Inspector Wears Skirts”). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team of Miracles: We Will Rock You (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Adrian Kwan, previously responsible for the likes of “The Miracle Box” and the Sam Lee horror “Scaremonger”, turns his attention to the age-old sports underdog story with “Team of Miracles – We Will Rock You”. The film is based on the true story of the Hong Kong homeless football team, following them and their Christian social worker as they try to beat the odds and make it to the Homeless World Cup Finals in Germany. Featuring an amiable cast of familiar Hong Kong and Mainland faces, including Eric Suen and TVB actress Gigi Lai in her last cinema role, the film attempts to inspire and to put forward a universal message of courage in the face of adversity – and generally succeeds, if perhaps not quite in the way that Kwan may have intended. 
The film revolves around Lantern Street in Hong Kong, where social worker Tung (crooner Eric Suen) has spent his life trying to help the [...]]]></description>
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