Shit, I have only seen Hard Boiled. Is "A Better Tomorrow" good, too? I heard the sequel was horrible but had one really bad ass shoot out.
John Woo movies, and most Asian movies in general, really heap melodrama on. It can be really really corny sometimes. Hard Boiled has the least amount of melodrama, and was the last film Woo made in Hong Kong. So far, it is the apogee, the pinnacle, etc of his career. His movies in America have been pretty bad, even the better ones like Face-Off really lack something.
A Better Tomorrow and ABT2 are definitley worth owning if you love Hard Boiled. There is a lot of melodrama, but some utterly amazing badass stuff and awesome fight scenes.
Shit, I have only seen Hard Boiled. Is "A Better Tomorrow" good, too? I heard the sequel was horrible but had one really bad ass shoot out.
John Woo movies, and most Asian movies in general, really heap melodrama on. It can be really really corny sometimes. Hard Boiled has the least amount of melodrama, and was the last film Woo made in Hong Kong. So far, it is the apogee, the pinnacle, etc of his career. His movies in America have been pretty bad, even the better ones like Face-Off really lack something.
A Better Tomorrow and ABT2 are definitley worth owning if you love Hard Boiled. There is a lot of melodrama, but some utterly amazing badass stuff and awesome fight scenes.
Face/Off was good for what it is, but I agree, it is really lame compared to Hard Boiled, probably because I saw Hard Boiled before I had even heard of Face/Off. I really need to see The Killer and ABT1&2.
i love this thread and basically anything by jackie chan, chow yun fat, tony jaa, and jet li. even their american stuff like replacement killers and rush hour and kiss of the dragon and unleashed. though war was pretty dumb. and now i'm rambling.
but yeah, has anyone seen the dead or alive trilogy by takeshi miike? because hot damn those are pretty awesome as well as being ridiculously stupid
if im remembering the right movie, the first dead or alive movie had the most ridiculous ending ive ever seen of anything ever
check out the sequels too. they manage to top the ending to the original
that was totally the best scene in Protector. Ha, I loved how they edited out like 20 minutes of story for the English version. If I remember correctly, didn't they remove the parts explaining why the boy does the shooting?
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Oh god the bone-breaking is really hard to watch if you have ever broken a bone before.
I wonder what kind of release Ong-Bak 2 will get. I hope they don't edit the shit out of it and turn it into a b-movie mess like they did with his other films.
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The Protector is the best film
that staircase fight gives me wood every fucking time
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fearless was pretty rad
there is a kung fu mahjong
oh man
Well, this is wonderful news!
John Woo movies, and most Asian movies in general, really heap melodrama on. It can be really really corny sometimes. Hard Boiled has the least amount of melodrama, and was the last film Woo made in Hong Kong. So far, it is the apogee, the pinnacle, etc of his career. His movies in America have been pretty bad, even the better ones like Face-Off really lack something.
A Better Tomorrow and ABT2 are definitley worth owning if you love Hard Boiled. There is a lot of melodrama, but some utterly amazing badass stuff and awesome fight scenes.
Face/Off was good for what it is, but I agree, it is really lame compared to Hard Boiled, probably because I saw Hard Boiled before I had even heard of Face/Off. I really need to see The Killer and ABT1&2.
what the hell did I just watch
Might have to be a bit more specific. Because while the staircase fight was awesome, when I think of Protector I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi399mFwsB8
and how a friend and I were stupid enough to take a drink every time we heard a bone crunching noise.
If anyone else can think of a scene so awesome it got them nice and buzzed I'd like to hear it
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the elephant getting thrown is the best part
I wonder what kind of release Ong-Bak 2 will get. I hope they don't edit the shit out of it and turn it into a b-movie mess like they did with his other films.
that staircase fight gives me wood every fucking time
Here here.
Long takes are maybe my favorite thing in fight scenes, and they are so rarely used now-a-days.
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my god
How could I forget about the pachyderm tossing
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This is some good shit
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/RPotU/Animations/OngBakElephant.gif
have you never seen the protector?
as I said, single greatest scene ever
Fuckers shouldn't have stolen his elephants
Why woud Superman have gun?
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but yes, hard boiled to this day is my favorite retarded action movie
i swear to god
it takes a special brand of mad man to think of a gun battle in a nursery
So very wrong.
Hustle is funnier and it's got better fights.
This. This right here.
I really, really doubt that.
I mean, don't get me wrong, The One is a terrible, god-awful movie, but I just don't think anything will be able to top the Dragon Ball movie.
And the fact that it's a dragon ball movie is gonna make it double good
Simpsons did it, as well.
Thank you. :^: