This epic story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206.
This epic story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206.
A violent lab accident leaves drug manufacturer Timmy Choi hospitalised and in the custody of veteran Police Captain Zhang. Facing the death penalty, Choi agrees to turn informant, giving the Police vital information on his partners.
Zhao is an aging bachelor who hasn't been lucky in love. Thinking he has finally met the woman of his dreams Zhao leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his means. Zhao's best friend Li hatches the idea to raise the money by refurbishing an abandoned bus which they will rent out by the hour the 'Happy Times Hotel' to young couples starved for privacy. Unfortunately this plan goes awry because Zhao is too old fashioned to allow the couples to leave t
Her love is torn between a doctor and a poet a man and a memory... A young painter named Zhou Yu (Gong Li) falls headlong in love with a painfully shy poet Chen Ching (Tony Leung). Twice a week she takes the train to his town to be with him even though he's bewildered by her near-obsessive passion. On the train a wise-cracking veterinarian (Sun Hong-Lei) pursues Zhou Yu but she initially resists his emotional directness...
Mongol - The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan, tells the epic story of the legendary warrior (Tadanobu Asano-Zatoichi). Following the brutal murder of his father, Genghis Khan embarks on a nomadic existence where he fights to unite the warring Mongol tribes. Culminating in an epic battle with his dearest friend and deadliest enemy, Mongol Cheftain Jamukha (Honglei Sun), Genghis Khan's fate is sealed as the supreme Mongol leader. Special Features: Making of
Mongol - The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan, tells the epic story of the legendary warrior (Tadanobu Asano-Zatoichi). Following the brutal murder of his father, Genghis Khan embarks on a nomadic existence where he fights to unite the warring Mongol tribes. Culminating in an epic battle with his dearest friend and deadliest enemy, Mongol Cheftain Jamukha (Honglei Sun), Genghis Khan's fate is sealed as the supreme Mongol leader. Special Features: Making of
The latest film by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, The Road Home (1999) is a story of past and present. In black and white we see a young businessman return to a rural village where his father has died. His mother wants a traditional funeral, which involves carrying the coffin several miles in the depths of winter. Then, in flashback and brilliant colour, we are told the story of his parents' courtship. His father had come as the local schoolteacher and had fallen in love with his mother, a local girl. Political complications ensue and they are separated for two years, but at last reunited. This apparently simply tale is told with great insight and dazzlingly beautiful camerawork, in a style which echoes the Italian neo-realist films of the 1940s. Perhaps it doesn't have the complexity of the director's earlier film, Raise the Red Lantern (1991), which starred the luminous Gong Li, but The Road Home has her match in Zhang Ziyi, who also starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). On the DVD: The quality of the sound and picture (in 2.35:1 ratio) are excellent. There are no additional features except for subtitles in English and 15 other languages. --Ed Buscombe
Wang is a miserable noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. Feeling neglected, Wang's wife secretly goes out with Li, one of his employees. Li reluctantly keeps a gun his lover bought for killing her husband and together they plot his demise.
Bringing together three of Hong Kong's greatest directors Ringo Lam Johnny To Hark Tsui Triangle tells the story of three friends who decide to end their money problems by digging up a forgotten safe of treasure. With each director taking a third of the film to make his own it makes for a lively action-thriller but holds together remarkably well.
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