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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Confuses Audience

Advantages: See what life might have been like during the Qing Dynasty
Disadvantages: it left the viewer confused with unanswered questions

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon takes place during the Qing Dynasty and tells the story of woman and men warriers and a sword known as the Green Destiny. I was utterly confused when watching this movie and had a hard time grasping my head around the plot. This story line was very difficult to follow and was needed to be searched on the Internet to discover the plot. In my opinion, the movie didn't answer any questions that were set up in the beginning ...
...plot and the characters of the story were to confusing that it was distracting from the effects included. Personally, I beleive that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was a pointless movie in which there was no plot but just a series of random events that made transitions through the movie. ...

secret23 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD)

Nice action,martial arts movie.

Advantages: Excellent fight sequences.
Disadvantages: weak storyline.

About the movie:No retreat no surrender is a martial arts movie directed by Corey Yuen.This movie is also known as Karate Tiger. Plot:Jason StillwellUKurt Mckinney) is a young Karate student who trains in his father's Los Angeles dojo. One night after training has finished, the dojo is visited by members of an organised crime syndicate. Jason's father is attacked and has his leg broken by Ivan Krushensky(Jean Claude Van Damme), the hired thug of ...
...good as his character has no dialogue throughout movie.Just a sentence he utters at the last action scene "I am the best".This was my second movie where I saw Jean Claude doing a negative role.The first one was "Black Eagle".Jason Stillwell is a good fighter.He is the main character in the movie and I think his performance is good enough for a martial arts movie. I recommend this movie and if you like martial arts movies then its worth watch. ...

mor8060 22.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of No Retreat, No Surrender (DVD)

I am Wong-Fei Hung from Fu-Shan

Advantages: something for everyone, even women love these movies
Disadvantages: A little dated now, sometimes a little to tongue in cheek.

...portraying this person but the Once Upon A Time in China movies tell the legend the best. Some small elements of fantasy within some fight scenes but for the most part raw hard hitting martial arts. Films are better in cantonese with subtitles rather than cheesy dubbing. This box contains the first three of a total of six movies. The other three movies are titled Last Hero in China, Once upon a Time in China and America, {Kung-Fu shenanigans in ...
...6 {avoid this, this is the only one that doesn't star Jet Li and it's very poor} Much like Rocky through the course of the movies you see a love relationship blossom between Fei-Hung and Aunt Yee {no relative} The films also continue the story so you really build an affection for the charachters, such as Ah Soh, Ah Fu, porky, and Clubfoot. The films contain loads of humour and in parts are hysterical. I love ther part where Wong Fei-Hung woh happens ...

tayloa22 29.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Once Upon A Time In China - Complete Trilogy (DVD)

fist of fury

Advantages: good quality
Disadvantages: bruce lee is dead

incredible film, i saw this film long time ago and this film still amazing bruce lee is one of the best fighter in the world. bruce lee play as chen zen, he returns to to take revenge of his teaher's death by the japanese .He beats up some japanese dojo, he discovers that his master is murdered by the japanese to close his school,and then he punish the mastermind then kills them.You will see the punch is powerful.the action is great , good acting. ...
...cinema history producer :Raymond Chow story line Low wei director :low wei Director: Low Wei released by golden harvest cast chen zen: bruce lee yuan le-erh : nora miao chang chun hsia : james tien yen : maria yi chao fu ching chen feng kwai sher: yen chieh han suzuki: riki hashimoto tien :chung hsin hwang hsu :quin lee you should see this film is very cool dvd this is my favorite.good quality ...

marema48 02.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fist Of Fury (Platinum Edition) (DVD)

A MARTIAL ARTS EPIC AND A TRUE CLASSIC

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...Zhang ******************************************* ********* Hero has to go down as one of the best films ever made, if just for the Cinematography alone. It is visually spectacular and the use of colour is amazing. I really love these eastern martial art epics but i can assure you even if YOU don't you will still love Hero. It stars Jet Li as a nameless warrior brought before the king to explain how he defeated the 3 most feared assasins in the ...
...Flying Daggers which was made after Hero, but Hero stands head and shoulders above them both. 10/10 Summary: An martial arts epic, that will have even not martail art fans begging for more!! THIS REVIEW IS ALSO POSTED ON DOOYOO BY ME UNDER THE SAME USERNAME ...

pacinofan79 14.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Hero (DVD)