Powerful sweeping and uncompromising John Woo pulls out all the stops to deliver a film of unforgettable intensity and emotional gravity that is guaranteed to set the pulse racing with some of the finest action sequences of his distinguished career. When three longtime friends (Tony Leung Jacky Cheung and Waise Lee) become involved in the death of a rival gang member they are forced to leave Hong Kong in order to escape the police. Their only ticket out is a free ride to Saigon w
When a drug deal goes wrong, a simple kidnap turns to murder and a secret mission becomes a savage massacre, one of Hong Kong's most ruthless Triad gangs is on the verge of self-destruction.
Jet Li can always be relied upon when it comes to action movies, and Meltdown is no exception. No surprises with the story line: Kit Li witnesses his wife blown up in a gangster attack masterminded by the nefarious Doctor, only to be confronted by the same "no risk, no reward" gangster two years later, now aiming to steal the Russian crown jewels from a hotel complex. The shadow of Die Hard falls heavily across the action, with its skyscraper stunts and marauding helicopter, given an appropriate twist by the high-velocity martial-arts sequences and director Wong Jing's stylish take on the high-tech metropolis that is Hong Kong. Jackie Cheung adds a comic element as Frankie Lane, the action-movie star seemingly past his sell-by date, and Kwan Sau Mei's Doctor is the epitome of suave nastiness. On the DVD: Meltdown on disc has a 1.85:1 widescreen picture that reproduces the plethora of monochrome conference rooms and exploding glass panels with dizzying clarity. This release comes ready dubbed into English--don't check the synchronisation too often and you'll hardly notice--with subtitles in 12 languages. The photo gallery is enlivened with Jet Li trivia, while the filmographies are unusually frank about the commercial nature of the Hong Kong film industry in general and Wong Jing's contribution in particular. But done with this degree of panache, films such as Meltdown are never less than 110# entertainment. --Richard Whitehouse
Four young people are caught in a tug-o-war of evil between an Imperial Wizard and a corrupt General. With the help of the kind Wizard Ning escapes from jail where he was unjustly put. On the run he meets a young scholar and two sisters who are trying to rescue their father from the ruthless General... A second all-action instalment of the saga of the supernatural from Ching Siu-Tung the action director of such classics as Hero House Of Flying Daggers
Ben Affleck teams up with John Woo for this explosive thriller about a top-notch engineer who wakes up from his latest top-secret job with no memory and the FBI on his tail.
When a drug deal goes wrong, a simple kidnap turns to murder and a secret mission becomes a savage massacre, one of Hong Kong's most ruthless Triad gangs is on the verge of self-destruction.
This box set features a collection of titles from the master of modern-day action choreography Yuen Woo-Ping. Iron Monkey - Platinum Edition: One of the most visually spectacular films ever produced by a Hong Kong studio this is a traditional epic style movie boasting fight choreography by Yuen Woo Ping action director of ""The Matrix"" ""Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"" and ""Kill Bill vol 1"" and soon-to-be Hollywood star Donnie Yen. This film is credited by fans and critics a
Powerful sweeping and uncompromising John Woo pulls out all the stops to deliver a film of unforgettable intensity and emotional gravity that is guaranteed to set the pulse racing with some of the finest action sequences of his distinguished career. When three longtime friends (Tony Leung Jacky Cheung and Waise Lee) become involved in the death of a rival gang member they are forced to leave Hong Kong in order to escape the police. Their only ticket out is a free ride to Saigon working as smugglers on the black market. But it is the late 1960s and with Saigon embroiled in the madness of the Vietnamese war it's very much a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When their plans to double-cross a local gangster and steal a box of gold from him go awry the men find themselves captured by the Viet Cong and accused of working for the CIA. Incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp their loyalties are tested to the very limit when one of the trio sets about betraying his closest friends...
Many imperial treasures were stolen in the beginning of the Qing Dynasty and an investigation to recover these treasures has been underway ever since. This mission fell into the hands of Prince Feng Ko in the late Qing. He traced Li Lin a suspect to his secret cave in Mt. Chilien where he was hiding from the officials. Li Lin escaped from Feng Ko's search and got away with the treasure map. Feng's troops caught up and killed both Li and his wife. Li's daughter was saved by a kung
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