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on Reck It, Scott! Scott Adkins, Vinnie Jones and Mark Strange make a mess in the New Trailer for ‘Reckless’I really like this one, it's one of Adkins' best for me, along with Avengemen…
on Devil in a new dress? Keanu Reeves joins James Wan’s ‘Gangster, Cop, Devil’ remake starring original star Don LeeHe mos Likely played the cop.
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on Shadow’s Edge, The (2025) ReviewI loved the Shadow's Edge, a pearl contained within the landfill of utterly m…
on The pandemic returns! ‘Untold Story’ director Herman Yau re-teams with Andy Lau for ‘Angel in White’I didn't even know this movie existed!!! And i say this as a fan of Herman Ya…
on Runnin’ on HOPE won’t quite do! The latest from ‘The Chaser’ director Na Hong-jin hits Blu-ray in DecemberBonjour je voudrais savoir si il y a la version française ou les sous titres…
on FEMALES GOT BALLS! Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ gets a US, Canada, UK & Ireland theatrical release on October 23You know, I was pleasantly surprised they didn't make hay out of the national…
on The pandemic returns! ‘Untold Story’ director Herman Yau re-teams with Andy Lau for ‘Angel in White’Personally I was hoping this was going to be a sequel to Yau's 'Kung Fu Angel…
on ‘Furious’ and ‘Street Fighter’ stars Joe Taslim and Andrew Koji working on a buddy action pic with ‘Shadow Strays’ director?Typical. I read your posts. Blaming Trump and men on everything. What a pathe…
on ‘Furious’ and ‘Street Fighter’ stars Joe Taslim and Andrew Koji working on a buddy action pic with ‘Shadow Strays’ director?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClhBXVygWbc
on ‘Furious’ and ‘Street Fighter’ stars Joe Taslim and Andrew Koji working on a buddy action pic with ‘Shadow Strays’ director?yeah yeah yea... how about one with two asian female leads? the world needs i…
on ‘Furious’ and ‘Street Fighter’ stars Joe Taslim and Andrew Koji working on a buddy action pic with ‘Shadow Strays’ director?It’s about time we got one! Joe Taslim and Andrew Koji have the credentials t…
on ‘Shadow Strays’ director Timo Tjahjanto gets into bees-ness with Jason Statham in the Trailer for ‘The Beekeeper 2’Wait, am I the only one wondering why nobody’s talking about the need for mor…
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Author Archives: ningen31
Sleepless (2017) Review
Director: Baran bo Odar Cast: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, David Harbour, T.I., Gabrielle Union, Scoot McNairy, Octavius J. Johnson, Tim Connolly Running Time: 95 min. By Ningen Jamie Foxx plays Vincent Downs, a cop with a slightly dysfunctional domestic life and-at least on the surface-a seemingly jaded and laissez-faire attitude towards law enforcement and by-the-book procedures. Other than an eagerness to upstage his colleagues on the job, he … Continue reading
Posted in All, News, Other Movies, Reviews
Tagged Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan
Mermaid, The (2016) Review
AKA: Mermaid Director: Stephen Chow Cast: Deng Chao, Lin Yun, Show Luo, Zhang Yuqi, Kris Wu, Lu Zhengyu, Fan Shuzhen, Li Shangzheng, Bo Xiaolong, Pierre Bourdaud, Ivan Kotik, Kong Lianshun, Bai Ke, Chiu Chi Ling, Tin Kai-man, Tsui Hark, Wen Zhang Running Time: 94 min. By Ningen Liu Xuan is a rags-to-riches Tony Stark-type flirt who has everything he could ever need, with the exception of a conscience. After pulling … Continue reading
Red Trousers: The Life of Hong Kong Stuntmen (2004) Review
Director: Robin Shou Writer: Robin Shou Cast: Beatrice Chia, Keith Cooke, Hakim Alston, Craig Reid, Sammo Hung, Mike Leeder, Lau Kar-leung, Wong Chi Man, Leung Chi Ming, Monique Marie Ozimkowshi, Jude Poyer, Ng Wing Sum, Ridley Tsui Running Time: 93 min. By Ningen This review is based on a special screening of Red Trousers: The Life of Hong Kong Stuntmen, where Robin Shou is the guest of honor. Before the screening … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Related, Documentary, News, Reviews
Tagged Keith Cooke, Lau Kar-leung (Liu Chia Liang), Mike Leeder, Robin Shou, Sammo Hung
Departed, The (2006) Review
Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga, Ray Winstone, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Corrigan Running Time: 151 min. By Ningen A remake of the Andrew Lau crime drama, Infernal Affairs, featuring Hong Kong acting god, Tony Leung, as well as Andy Lau, The Departed shifts the setting to Boston and decides to cram all three movies from the series into one story. … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Related, Reviews
Tagged Jack Nicholson, Kevin Corrigan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Martin Sheen, Matt Damon, Vera Farmiga
Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010) Review
Director: Masaaki Taniguchi Writer: Tomoe Kanno, Yasutaka Tsutsui Cast: Riisa Naka, Akiyoshi Nakao, Narumi Yasuda, Masanobu Katsumura, Kanji Ishimaru, Munetaka Aoki, Anna Ishibashi, Shota Chiyo, Tokio Emoto, Mayu Kitaki, Yuya Matsushita, Toshiya Toyama, Maya Okano Running Time: 122 min. By Ningen Akari is former high school student about to head off into college, when her mother gets into a semi-coma after being in the path of a car. Akari’s mom … Continue reading
Cutie Honey (2004) Review
Director: Hideaki Anno Cast: Eriko Sato, Mikako Ichikawa, Jun Murakami, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Hairi Katagiri, Shie Kohinata, Mayumi Shintani, Eisuke Sasai, Toru Tezuka, Ryō Kase, Ryo Iwamatsu, Suzuki Matsuo, Kyusaku Shimada, Ryuhei Matsuda Running Time: 93 min. By Ningen This live-action film is based an anime series about a cyborg girl who changes outfits and weapons to fight crime, the appeal being that she briefly becomes naked when she changes. For … Continue reading
Farewell My Concubine (1993) Review
Director: Chen Kaige Writer: Lilian, Lee Lu Wei Cast: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lu Qi, Ying Da, Yidi, Zhi Yitong, Lei Han, Li Chun Running Time: 156 min. By Ningen I don’t know what it is about Peking Opera that looks appealing in martial arts films, but which comes off dull in arthouse flicks. While it’s true that this is only the second film of this genre I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in All, Chinese, News, Reviews
Tagged Chen Kaige, Gong Li, Leslie Cheung
Speed Racer (2008) Review
Director: The Wachowskis Cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, Richard Roundtree Running Time: 135 min. By Ningen Emile Hirsch plays a one-dimensional guy named Speed Racer who teams up with a random Korean guy played by Rain and a myterious racer named X played by Matthew Fox to take down The Man (aka Royalton) through competitive car racing. … Continue reading
Posted in All, Asian Related, News, Reviews
Tagged Emile Hirsch, Hiroyuki Sanada (Henry Sanada), Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Rain, Richard Roundtree
Reservoir Dogs (1992) Review
Director: Quentin Tarantino Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Madsen, Quentin Tarantino, Randy Brooks, Kirk Baltz, Lawrence Bender, Steven Wright Running Time: 99 min. By Ningen While it’s not a legal or officially acknowledged remake of City on Fire, Reservoir Dogs has (unfairly) achieved so much attention, that it’d be impossible to ignore reviewing it. A number of people have cited me as biased … Continue reading
Die Hard 4.0 | aka Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Review
Director: Len Wiseman Cast: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Jonathan Sadowski, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis, Kevin Smith, Cyril Raffaelli Running Time: 129 min. By Ningen Ah, Die Hard-the movie ranked #1 action movie at Entertainment Weekly. The only one I didn’t see in the series was the second film, but, since I hear it doesn’t matter, I’ll assume the McTiernan versions should be enough to judge … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Related, Other Movies, Reviews
Tagged Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Len Wiseman, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sung Kang, Timothy Olyphant
Only the Brave (2005) Review
Director: Lane Nishikawa Cast: Lane Nishikawa, Jason Scott Lee, Mark Dacascos, Yuji Okumoto, Tamlyn Tomita, Pat Morita, Jeff Fahey, Guy Ecker, Greg Watanabe Running Time: 96 min. By Ningen This war flick was so indie, the producer originally had to sell the dvd off an official site, because no studio wanted to distribute it! Based on a true story of former Japanese-American internment camp dwellers who joined the U.S. Armed … Continue reading
Grudge, The (2004) Review
Director: Takashi Shimizu Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie, Bill Pullman, Rosa Blasi, Ted Raimi, Ryo Ishibashi Running Time: 92 min. By Ningen So stop me if you’ve heard this before. Sarah Michelle Gellar walks into a Japanese haunted house, and almost gets attacked by demons. She’s a nurse who happens to be working abroad and living with a whacky family. Unlike … Continue reading
Goemon | aka The Legend of Goemon (2009) Review
AKA: Goemon: The Robin Hood of Japan Director: Kazuaki Kiriya Cast: Yosuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa, Ryoko Hirosue, Gori, Eiji Okuda, Eiji Okuda, Kazuaki Kiriya, Jun Kaname, Masato Ibu, Hashinosuke Nakamura, Susumu Terajima, Mikijiro Hira, Tetsuji Tamayama, Choi Hong-man Running Time: 128 min. By Ningen A revisionist take on the titular legendary Japanese thief, this Hero/300-esque follow-up from the director of the live-action Casshern emphasizes his role in Japan’s warring state … Continue reading
Super (2010) Review
Director: James Gunn Cast: Rainn Wilson, Liv Tyler, Ellen Page, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Andre Royo, Sean Gunn, Stephen Blackehart, Don Mac Running Time: 96 min. By Ningen Rainn Wilson plays a perpetual loser named Frank whose wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) gets taken in by a drug-lord named Jacques(Kevin Bacon), causing him to don a superhero persona and costume to match. As The Crimson Bolt, he … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Related, Other Movies, Reviews
Tagged Andre Royo, Ellen Page, Gregg Henry, Kevin Bacon, Liv Tyler, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion, Rainn Wilson, Sean Gunn
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) Review
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura Cast: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Akira Takarada, Kane Kosugi, Kazuki Kitamura, Maki Mizuno, Masami Nagasawa, Chihiro Otsuka, Don Frye Running Time: 125 min. By Ningen Note that the only previous film of Ryuhei Kitamura’s I’ve seen was Versus. I haven’t seen Azumi and didn’t even play that MGS remake for the GC in which he was involved. Anyway, while it was supposed to be a sequel to the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Japanese, News, Reviews
Tagged Godzilla, Kane Kosugi, Ryuhei Kitamura
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