Maverick Hong Kong movie-maker Tsui Hark uses the elegant backdrop of Chinese opera to weave a wondrous tale politics, action and romance. Three of Asia's most luminous leading ladies, Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung and Sally Yeh, light up the screen in this fastpaced action comedy. The Village Voice said of the film that it "out-Spielbergs Spielberg", calling Tsui "the world's writtiest director".
Cheung Tih Chu, a senior police inspector of the Special Crime Investigation Department, is the best crime fighter in the region. However, he is in constant conflict with his new supervisor. Four gangsters stockpile lethal weapons and plan to intimidate a rich mrchant for a large amount of money. With the help of a young thief, Ah Wai, Cheung finally arrests the gangsters. Wai and Cheung even become good friends.
A young prince finds pleasure in only one woman, a servant girl names Guilian, despite constant attention from a hoarde of concubines. She is soon expelled from the palace and sold into prostitution but the prince searches the brothels of the land to find her...
This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling graduate of the HK police academy. The plot revolves around the split when the younger brother learns the other is a criminal and the efforts of the criminal brother to reform. Along the way are plenty of heists, double-crosses, and shoot outs.
This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling graduate of the HK police academy. The plot revolves around the split when the younger brother learns the other is a criminal and the efforts of the criminal brother to reform. Along the way are plenty of heists, double-crosses, and shoot outs.
Film culte du cinéma érotique hong-kongais, “Sex and Zen” est la libre adaptation de “La chair comme tapis de prière”, classique de la littérature érotique chinoise. L’histoire d’un lettré qui multipli les expériences sexuelles après s’être fait greffer un sexe de cheval.
SAW THE DEVIL is a shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished tale of murder and revenge from Korean genre master Kim Jee-Woon (The Good, the Bad, the Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters). Oldboy’s Choi Min-Sik plays Kyung-chul, a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. The embodiment of pure evil, he has committed horrifying and senselessly cruel serial murders on defenseless victims, successfully eluding capture by the police. On a freezing, snowy night, his latest victim is the beautiful Ju-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief and pregnant fiancée of elite special agent Soo-hyun (The Good, the Bad, the Weird’s Lee Byung-hyun). Obsessed with revenge, Soo-hyun decides to track down the murderer, even if doing so means becoming a monster himself. And when he finds Kyung-chul, turning him in to the authorities is the last thing on his mind as the lines between good and evil fall away in this diabolically twisted game of cat and mouse.
Action goddess Michelle Yeoh(SUPERCOP, THE HEROIC TRIO, TOMORROW NEVER DIES)stars with balletic grace in this literally nonstop actioneer, the first in the popular policewoman series also known as IN THE LINE OF DUTY, When a Hong kong policewoman(Yeoh), a Japanese Interpol agent(Henry Sanada)and an air security officer(Michael Wong, from John Woo's ONCE A THIEF)botch a plane hijacking attempt by a militia fanatic, his veteran friends vow revenge. In order to stop the terrorist attacks and also to save their own lives, the three heroes must team up once again to fight their gun-totting adversaries. Filled with spectacular fights and dangerous stunts, ROYAL WARRIORS is a definitive staple in Hong Kong Action Cinema.
On December 17th, Kyon's life was abnormal: he spent his free time with an alien robot (Yuki), a time traveler (Mikuru), and an ESPer (Koizumi), trying to keep a headstrong classmate (the eponymous Haruhi) entertained so that she wouldn't unintentionally destroy the world. On December 18th, Kyon's life becomes...normal. Haruhi has disappeared as if she never attended their high school. Yuki is now a shy bookworm, Mikuru has lost all memory of Kyon, Koizumi is nowhere to be found, and only Kyon can see that things have changed. Now he has to decide whether he'll fix it or not.
On December 17th, Kyon's life was abnormal: he spent his free time with an alien robot (Yuki), a time traveler (Mikuru), and an ESPer (Koizumi), trying to keep a headstrong classmate (the eponymous Haruhi) entertained so that she wouldn't unintentionally destroy the world. On December 18th, Kyon's life becomes...normal. Haruhi has disappeared as if she never attended their high school. Yuki is now a shy bookworm, Mikuru has lost all memory of Kyon, Koizumi is nowhere to be found, and only Kyon can see that things have changed. Now he has to decide whether he'll fix it or not.
From the producer of Bodyguards and Assassins and the director who brought you CJ7, comes an action comedy of superhero proportion. This larger-than-life action comedy tells about a retired superhero couple Huan aka the Gazer Warrior (Louis Koo) and Red aka the Aroma Woman (Sandra Ng). One day, a martial arts tournament is being held at their village and a murder case happened. To their surprise, Huan & Red was framed entangled in the murder conspiracy. When they gradually find out the true identity of the mastermind, Huan and Red decide to don their costumes in the name of justice once and for all.
From the producer of Bodyguards and Assassins and the director who brought you CJ7, comes an action comedy of superhero proportion. This larger-than-life action comedy tells about a retired superhero couple Huan aka the Gazer Warrior (Louis Koo) and Red aka the Aroma Woman (Sandra Ng). One day, a martial arts tournament is being held at their village and a murder case happened. To their surprise, Huan & Red was framed entangled in the murder conspiracy. When they gradually find out the true identity of the mastermind, Huan and Red decide to don their costumes in the name of justice once and for all.
Popular actors Kang Dong Won (Secret Reunion) and Ko Su (White Night) face off in the supernatural action thriller Haunters. Topping Korea's box office for two consecutive weeks, Haunters is the first directorial feature from The Good, The Bad, The Weird screenwriter and assistant director Kim Min Suk, and the last film for Kang Dong Won before entering army service. The intense thriller lives up to its name by harnessing the powers of the mind into a slick, haunting, adrenaline-charged battle that gets under the skin and into the eye of evil. Taking a rare villain role, Kang Dong Won plays the film's haunted anti-hero Cho In, a crippled man with the ability to control minds. Scarred by an abusive childhood, he lives at the edge of society, using his powers at will on those around him. One day while robbing a pawn shop, he encounters Kyu Nam (Ko Su), the first man to be able to resist his mind control. Cho In ends up killing the pawn shop owner (Byun Hee Bong), who is the closest thing Kyu Nam has to a family. Thus begins the dangerous collision of two men with nothing to lose and powers beyond imagination.
Middle school teacher Yoko Moriguchi's (Takako Matsu) life comes crashing down after the murder of her 4 year old daughter. Eventually Yoko Moriguchi suspects some of her own students to have been responsible for her daughter's death. An elaborate plan for revenge then ensues, including forcing students to drink HIV tainted milk ...
Editeur: Premiere Entertainment |
Asie-Corée du Sud
Besides the most expected Korean drama ‘Athena’, Korean actress Soo Ae has been cast for the upcoming thriller Korean movie ‘Midnight F.M’ in which both projects will show us a tough side of her. The movie also stars Yoo Ji Tae, Choi Song Hyun, Shin Da Eun, and Jung Man Sik. The movie plots a popular anchorwoman and midnight radio talk show host named Ko Sun Young (played by Soo Ae) who finds out that her family has been abducted by unidentified man. During a live radio for two hours, she confronts the kidnapper and attempts to save her family’s lives.
Li Han-hsiang, the acknowledged master of adapting great huangmei opera tales to film, surpasses himself with this tale of a Chinese emperor's love for a country maiden. So beautifully filmed and sensitively told, it won the Best Picture Award at the prestigious Asian Film Festival, and was a huge box office success. Once seen, its lush color cinematography, memorable score, and the haunting beauty of its superstar, Linda Lin Dai, is rarely forgotten.
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Actress and special awards for outstanding performance, this sumptuous adaptation of a Chinese folk tale won them all. Glorious Betty Loh Ti stars as a beauty that disguises herself as a boy to get an otherwise forbidden education. This sort of pre-Yentl gender-bender role-playing is traditional when it comes to Chinese opera, yet there is nothing old fashioned about the superlative screen treatment given to this all-time classic.
An ex-special agent CHA Tae-sik’s only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Her mother, Hyo-jeong smuggles drugs from a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-sik with the product, without letting him know. But the traffickers find out her smuggling and kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi.
An ex-special agent CHA Tae-sik’s only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Her mother, Hyo-jeong smuggles drugs from a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-sik with the product, without letting him know. But the traffickers find out her smuggling and kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi.
Ken (Leung Ka Fai) was a designer working in an advertising agency. He was young, well educated and had a good family background. Everything went well and life was full of hope until one day he accidentally killed a gangster and was convicted manslaughter. He was sentenced to a three years imprisonment. It was such a drastic change for Ken to cope with. He had extreme difficulty in adapting himself to the harsh and tough prison life. All the time he felt miserable and lonely. When he learned that his girlfriend was going to England for two years, he was despair....
While Chung Tin-ching was serving his sentence, his mother passed away. His only son, Leung, was forced to go to the orphanage which made him hate his father very much. Chung applied for a day off to attend Leung's Parents Day. But his application was rejected by the security chief, Ghost. Chung escaped and then surrendered himself afterwards. In prison, Dragon was the leader of the Mainland gang. They intended to established a new force inside the prison so as to get better benefits. Their plans upset both the local gang and Ghost. On the first day of Lunar New Year, a big fight broke out between Dragon's gang and the local gang. Ghost suppressed the riot ruthlessly....
Vampire Warriors, Law's latest filmmaking stab, is his attempt at creating a Twilight-type franchise that is marketable in both Hong Kong and foreign film markets. And it does have plenty for your typical western-based genre fanboy: there are vampires that know kung fu, vampires dressed in tight leather clothing and even an implied lesbian romance. However, what those fanboys probably didn't ask for is Law's shoddy filmmaking, only matched in ineptitude by his incredibly thin script. Vampire Warriors follows the uneasy friendship between vampire hunter Ar (Jiang Lu-Xia) and a family of ?vegetarian? vampires, including Max (Chrissie Chau) and her womanizing father Lung (Chin Siu-Ho).
Vampire Warriors, Law's latest filmmaking stab, is his attempt at creating a Twilight-type franchise that is marketable in both Hong Kong and foreign film markets. And it does have plenty for your typical western-based genre fanboy: there are vampires that know kung fu, vampires dressed in tight leather clothing and even an implied lesbian romance. However, what those fanboys probably didn't ask for is Law's shoddy filmmaking, only matched in ineptitude by his incredibly thin script. Vampire Warriors follows the uneasy friendship between vampire hunter Ar (Jiang Lu-Xia) and a family of ?vegetarian? vampires, including Max (Chrissie Chau) and her womanizing father Lung (Chin Siu-Ho).
Bruce Lee, My Brother is a dramatic biopic of the eponymous martial arts legend as told by his younger brother, Robert Lee. It revolves around Bruce Lee's life as a rebelious adolescent in Hong Kong until he sets off for the USA and conquers the world at the age of 18 with only US$100 in his pocket. His father, a popular Cantonese opoera singer who used to tour around the world with his family, Bruce Lee is born in San Francisco in 1940 during their US stop. The Lee family moves back to Hong kong just months before the Japanese invasion in China and goes through the horrid 3 years and 8 months of Japanese occupation in Hong Kong.
Bruce Lee, My Brother is a dramatic biopic of the eponymous martial arts legend as told by his younger brother, Robert Lee. It revolves around Bruce Lee's life as a rebelious adolescent in Hong Kong until he sets off for the USA and conquers the world at the age of 18 with only US$100 in his pocket. His father, a popular Cantonese opoera singer who used to tour around the world with his family, Bruce Lee is born in San Francisco in 1940 during their US stop. The Lee family moves back to Hong kong just months before the Japanese invasion in China and goes through the horrid 3 years and 8 months of Japanese occupation in Hong Kong.
Back in the 40’s, a large medicinal manufacturing plant in Guangzhou, "Kwong Cheong Tong". The longer it takes to Leung to solve the mystery, the deeper he falls into the persona as Third Master. He becomes romantically involved with Hsiao Chen and Fu Yung, not able to distinguish one from the other. As Leung gets closer to the truth…danger gets closer to Leung...
The Neighbor Zombie is comprised of six episodes centering on the theme of a zombie virus. This film is set in the aftermath of a zombie outbreak in Seoul, 2010. The government orders the execution of those that are infected. People who have infected family members or lovers try to defend them from the government policy. Eventually, a vaccine is developed, but the transition from zomebiehood to humanity, is stressful and difficult.
Le visuels des jaquettes de DVD ne sont pas contractuels. Les informations concernant les sous-titres et les pistes audio sont également à prendre avec des pincettes. Consultez les sites de référence que nous vous proposons pour ne pas faire d'erreur.
Sin'Art sur Facebook
Critique
