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The Matrix (1999) Movie Review
So why am I writing a full review of a movie everyone has already seen and likes enough that the producers are already at work on Parts 2 and 3? For one, I am
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Fight Club (1999) Movie Review
“Fight Club” is, in my mind, the best movie to never gain an audience. It’s one of those movies that people either “get” or “didn’t get.” That isn’t to say those who “didn’t get”
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Panic (2000) Movie Review
I have only seen William H. Macy, the star of Panic, in two previous films that I am aware of. Although with the man’s extraordinary ability to play low-key characters without drawing undue attention
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Memento (2000) Movie Review
I can like a movie for a variety of reasons. A movie can be so inventive and new that I just adore it on those basis alone. Or, on the other hand, a movie
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Dancer in the Dark (2000) Movie Review
First let me congratulate Bjork on her first and (according to her) last performance as an actress in a motion picture. Bjork was seemingly born for the role of Selma, a mousy, even childish
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Dark City (1998) Movie Review
“Dark City” is one of my favorite movies of the ’90s. It is one of the most atmospheric and creatively stimulating movies I have ever come across. Forget the fact that director Alex Proyas
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Yojimbo (1961) Movie Review
After reviewing Akira Kurosawa’s masterful “Seven Samurai” I thought I’d go back and review his other masterpieces. “Yojimbo” is similar to “Samurai” in many respects, but is also vastly different, in that there is
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The Messenger (1999) Movie Review
It’s somewhat ironic that I’ve just finished reviewing an excellent period adventure movie in Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” and now I’m about to royally trash another period adventure movie. To begin with, let me
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The Storm Riders (1998) Movie Review
There is something to be said about a movie which has a hero who, when faced with certain defeat, decides to tear off his own arm and use it as a weapon against his
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The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994) Movie Review
Obviously, as the title implies, Jet Li’s character is a Communist Chinese, and in a weird twist of plot machinations which I am still at a lost to understand, is either requested or ordered
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Attack the Gas Station (1999) Movie Review
The plot of “Attack the Gas Station” is a simple one. Four robbers, whose names escapes me (maybe that’s because they’re rarely mentioned in the movie), have come to a gas station to rob
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Crying Freeman (1995) Movie Review
I must admit to being extremely frustrated with director Christophe Gans’ French version of the popular manga comic book. My frustration is part annoyance and part sadness. The annoyance comes from the fact that
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Drunken Master 2 (1994) Movie Review
Let it be said that Jackie Chan, the undisputed “Clown Prince of Kung-fu,” is a good stuntman. Let it also be said that Jackie Chan, the actor, is a one-trick pony. Then, let it
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A Better Tomorrow (1986) Movie Review
I don’t think it’s too much hyperbole to say that John Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow” changed how the world looked at Hong Kong cinema. The film centers around two childhood friends who also happen
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Beat (1997) Movie Review
Have you ever seen an Asian gangster movie? No? Well, have you ever seen any gangster movie? If the answer is Yes, then you know how this one will end because it’s simply a
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Kiss of the Dragon (2002) Movie Review
“Kiss of the Dragon” is Jet Li’s third “international” film — movies that he is involved in without his usual Hong Kong crew. The movie, filmed exclusively in Paris, France, re-teams Li with his
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Bichunmoo (2000) Movie Review
Shin plays the main character, a protagonist with an amazing martial arts prowess that allows him to fight as if he was “flying.” It’s a sword technique that gives Shin the power to explode
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Chocolat (2002) Movie Review
“Chocolat” is a cheat. For me, that is. The movie has gotten a lot of exposure, what having been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and all. It’s a fine little movie, perhaps a
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God of Gamblers 3: Back to Shanghai (1991) Movie Review
“God of Gamblers 3″ is my first entry into the popular “God of Gamblers” series. I believe there is 4 — GOG1 to 3, and then two GOG3′s, this one and another one, which
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Time and Tide (2000) Movie Review
Tsui Hark is an old hand when it comes to filmmaking. The veteran Hong Kong director has either directed or produced over 40 films in his native land, and has taken the John Woo
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