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Monday, 4 June 2018

Kung Fu Killer (一個人的武林) (aka Kung Fu Jungle/Land of the Best) (2014)


"Who's Killing All The Great Martial Artists of Asia?" tells the story of an imprisoned martial arts expert enlisted by police to help track down a glory-hungry kungfu serial killer and in China was clearly an event film judging by the sheer number of martial artists and celebrities who appear in it, but whether the Chinese-Hong Kong production is as good an action as suggested by all the accolades the movie garnered upon its 2014 release is hard to determine for this non-Mandarin, non-Cantonese-speaking viewer: those in charge of the subtitles might as well have used Wingdings - it is like reading a phonebook in the dark for two hours.

★★★☆

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Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Hero (2002)



This is a poetic fairytale rendering of the formative days and profound political influence of Emperor Qin's reign over ancient China with Jet Li starring as the hero set to play an important role in the Emperor's plans for a unified country.

★★★★★

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