Follows the lives of firefighters as they deal with joys and hardships, both on the job and with their own personal lives.Read More »
Ching Wan Lau
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Johnnie To – Shi wan huo ji AKA Lifeline (1997)
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Tat-Chi Yau & Johnnie To – Am faa AKA The Longest Nite (1998)
Johnnie To1991-2000ActionHong KongTat-Chi YauThrillerSynopsis:
A bloody gang warfare is prevailing in Macau. When the rumor makes its rounds, that legendary boss Mr. Hung is coming back to Macau and wants to regain his power, the bosses of two rivalling gangs, Mr. K and Lung, decide to lay their difficulties aside and work together.Read More » -
Ka-Fai Wai – Yi ge zi tou de dan sheng AKA Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
Ka-Fai Wai1991-2000ComedyCrimeHong KongJohn Woo protégé Wai Ka-fai follows up on his acclaimed Chow Yun-Fat vehicle Peace Hotel with this wild and woolly black comedy. With a nod to both Tarantino and Kieslowski, Wai fashions an inventive narrative based around ideas of fate and accident.
The film follows Wong Ah-kau (Lau Ching-Wan), an inept gangland foot soldier with no self-esteem, no money, and no clue. One day, a friend of his offers him a stack of cash to deliver some cars to Mainland China for a big crime boss. It seems like easy money. Around the same time, he gets another offer to go to Taiwan and do a mob hit for an even bigger sum of dough. Due to some narrative trickery, both options are explored.
Over the years, this film has become something of a cult classic for mavens of Hong Kong cinema.Read More »
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Ka-Fai Wai – Joi sun ho AKA Written By (2009)
Drama2001-2010AsianHong KongKa-Fai WaiSynopsis
A lawyer who is killed in a car accident finds himself resurrected as a character in his daughter’s novel.Read More » -
Patrick Leung – Sip si 32 dou aka Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
1991-2000ActionAsianHong KongPatrick LeungSynopsis/Review:
In the ’80s and early ’90s, Hong Kong’s star-rich cinema was one of the most fascinating, fully evolved of national cinemas. Orgiastic violence and radical shifts from humor to romance to tragedy coexisted easily with themes of loyalty and humility in narratively rich films. Drawing equally from western and eastern models, these works spanned every genre, from classic ghost stories (Mr. Vampire) and historical epics (Once Upon a Time in China) to low-brow comedies (Wheels on Meals) and blood-drenched gangster movies (practically anything by Woo or Ringo Lam).Read More »