Carman Lee

  • Johnnie To – Shi wan huo ji AKA Lifeline (1997)

    Johnnie To1991-2000ActionDramaHong Kong
    Shi wan huo ji (1997)
    Shi wan huo ji (1997)

    Follows the lives of firefighters as they deal with joys and hardships, both on the job and with their own personal lives.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 Kong

    John 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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