Having nothing to do with Tiger Cage, other than a plot with drug dealers and corrupt police, Yuen Wo Ping's Tiger Cage is an action fest. Close to 80 minutes of it's 90 minute running time is filled with the best fights and chases that Hong Kong actors and stuntmen can offer. This is the type of film that Hong Kong used to crank out on a weekly basis, and when it works, such as in this film, it really works. Donnie Yen is Dragon Yau and he teams up with David Wu and Rosamund Kwan to fight Robin Shou (from the Mortal Kombat films). Note that I said fight and not defeat as a lot of films from this era could kill the hero and or the heroine. You never knew. A lot of the time in late 80's/ early 90's Hong Kong action films the heroes and heroines represent Hong Kong and they get caught up between the United Kingdom abandoning them and the fear of a mainland Chinese takeover. A fair amount of filmmakers, and actors were planning on moving to Hollywood or Canada over fear of what might of happened in the 1997 handover. But check this movie out if you want to see some action, much better than any hollywood film. The netflix streaming version has good subtitles.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday, October 1, 2010
Endhiran - Bollywood sci-fi
Bollywood sci-fi action flick opens today in the Chicago burbs. Endhiran is the biggest budget Indian film. Special effects by ILM and Stan Winston's company. Action choreography by Yuen Wo Ping. Music by A.R. Rahman. It looks pretty bizarre/fun.
Friday, January 8, 2010
True Legend 2010 kung fu film in 3-D
Yuen Wo Ping returns to directing after spending most of the last decade doing action choreography for the Matrix and Kill Bill films. True Legend stars Chiu Man Cheuk who was the bad guy in Fong Sai Yuk and features Michelle Yeoh and David Carradine. Some of the action scenes were filmed in 3-D. Here is a trailer for it.
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