Undercover cop Kit (Wu Jing) becomes a junkie in order to catch Mr Hung (Louis Koo), the mastermind behind a crime syndicate. When the operation goes sour and Kit blows his cover, his supervisor and uncle Wah (Simon Yam) decides to terminate the operation. When Kit disappears without a trace, Wah defies the order from his commanding officer and tracks Kit to a prison in Thailand.
In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
Action legend Jackie Chan (Vanguard, Rush Hour, Police Story) is back in an action-packed and heart-warming tribute to the world of stunts which made him an international superstar. Luo (Chan) is a washed-up stuntman whose glory days are far behind him. When his trusty stunt horse, Red Hare, becomes the target of debt collectors, the pair fight off the attackers, with their impressive display caught on camera and the video going viral. Meanwhile, Luo works to reconnect with his estranged daughter and her boyfriend, who both take an interest in the legal case against Luo. But when his renewed fame scores him a once-in-a lifetime opportunity, will he finally put his family first?
China's deadliest Special Forces operative, known as the Wolf Warrior (Wu Jing Call of Heroes, Kill Zone) is lying low. But when he crosses paths with a ruthless band of mercenaries led by a volatile and sadistic leader (Frank Grillo Warrior, Captain America: Civil War), he must reaffirm his duty as a soldier and put an end to the gang's reign of terror. Fists, bullets, tanks and missiles will fly in this tour de force of action filmmaking, all culminating in a climactic battle between the highly skilled Wolf Warrior and the brutal mercenary leader.
A spectacular martial arts epic featuring career-topping action from the legendary Yuen Wo Ping ('Kill Bill', 'The Matrix' and 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon') and starring Zhang Ziyi ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon").
Ning Tsai-Shen a humble tax collector arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia who warns him to stay out of trouble and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit...
In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
Like the finest of film scores with its fluid beauty and succession of intensely romantic tunes, Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly has a surprisingly cinematic feel. In 1995 director Frederic Mitterand exploited this quality of the story, exposing a young woman's disillusionment against a backdrop of cultural chasms. Shot on location, with Tunisia doubling convincingly as a turn of the century Nagasaki, this Butterfly shines with fragile beauty. The house becomes a brilliantly used set; airy and full of the scent of flowers and at the same time a cage for the trapped woman. Archive footage of bygone Nagasaki is used skilfully to underline the distance between the 15-year-old bride and Pinkerton. Purists may prefer a more traditionally robust, stage-bound Butterfly, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more visually heartbreaking interpretation. Chinese soprano Ying Huang doesn't rock the rafters with her vocal power; hers is a tender, delicately observed performance. Tenor Richard Troxton's self-seeking Pinkerton is well sung. Overall, this is a haunting cinematic treatment of an enduringly popular opera. On the DVD: Madame Butterfly is presented in a letterbox widescreen format (enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions). The Dolby Digital surround soundtrack engulfs the listener in some of Puccini's most memorable tunes, stringing you out and leaving you emotionally spent. The main special feature is a charming portrait of Ying Huan, providing interesting insights into how the film was made and how she won the role. --Piers Ford
During the winter of 1950, in the freezing cold Changjin Lake region, a bloody battle between the United States and China begins. Faced with the harshest conditions of extreme cold, lack of rations and vast difference in weaponry, the Chinese troops forge ahead, successfully blow up the Shuimen Bridge, making the most critical victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
China's deadliest Special Forces operative, known as the Wolf Warrior (Wu Jing Call of Heroes, Kill Zone) is lying low. But when he crosses paths with a ruthless band of mercenaries led by a volatile and sadistic leader (Frank Grillo Warrior, Captain America: Civil War), he must reaffirm his duty as a soldier and put an end to the gang's reign of terror. Fists, bullets, tanks and missiles will fly in this tour de force of action filmmaking, all culminating in a climactic battle between the highly skilled Wolf Warrior and the brutal mercenary leader.
An enchanting tale of love and heroism underpinned by Yuen Woo-ping's dazzling fight sequences Tai Chi Boxer tells the story of a young fighter inspired by the teachings of his heroic father to combat the violent excesses of an opium-smuggling ring and win the heart of the girl of his dreams. Tai Chi Boxer is an outstanding tribute to the innovative genius of Yuen Wo Ping combining striking imagery compelling characters and amazing fight sequences.
1950, Korea. At the height of the Korean war, the Chinese People's Volunteers soldiers are sent to blow up a bridge, preventing US forces from regrouping at nearby Xingnan Port. A series of gruelling clashes and a tense battle of wills ensue, with both sides determine to hold their position at any cost, in the harshest weather conditions.Starring Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior I & II) and Jackson Yee (Better Days), this intense, action-packed war epic is produced and directed by three of the China's most acclaimed filmmakers, Tsui Hark (Once Upon a Time in China), Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine) and Dante Lam (Operation Red Sea).
Mortal Engines Visionary ï¬lmmaker Peter Jackson presents a startling new adventure unlike any youve seen before. Hundreds of years after our civilisation was destroyed, a new world has emerged. A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw leads a band of outcasts in the ï¬ght to stop London now a giant predator city on wheels from devouring everything in its path. The Great Wall Starring global superstar MATT DAMON and directed by one of the most breath-taking visual stylists of our time, ZHANG YIMOU (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world's most iconic structure. JING TIAN, PEDRO PASCAL, WILLEM DAFOE, and ANDY LAU also star in this sweeping epic. Warcraft The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilisation faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors ï¬eeing their dying home to colonise another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction, and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, an unlikely set of heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their families, their people, and their home.
In an ancient world where monsters rule the land while humans keep to their own kingdom, a baby monster, Wuba, is born to a human father and monster queen. When mortals and creatures alike set out to capture the newborn, Wuba's adventure begins. The cute baby monster Huba is the child of a human man and a monster queen, threatened by both monster-hating humans and monsters attempting to capture the new-born in an ancient world based on medieval China.
In an ancient world where monsters rule the land while humans keep to their own kingdom, a baby monster, Wuba, is born to a human father and monster queen. When mortals and creatures alike set out to capture the newborn, Wuba's adventure begins. The cute baby monster Huba is the child of a human man and a monster queen, threatened by both monster-hating humans and monsters attempting to capture the new-born in an ancient world based on medieval China.
An exquisitely constructed romantic drama 'Springtime In A Small Town' is the first film by Tian Zhuangzhuang since the controversial 'The Blue Kite' in 1993. Set in a bomb-scarred Chinese town in the aftermath of World War II the film tells the story of the passionless marriage of the ailing Liyan and his beautiful wife Yuwen. Their lives are disturbed by the arrival of Liyan's old school friend Zhichen a cultivated doctor from Shanghai who was also the teenage love of Yuwen. De
A small-town cop wakes up one morning after a wild night at celebration to discover that his gun a rare state-issued firearm loaded with three bullets is missing. As he attempts to retrace his steps from the previous night his ex-girlfriend turns up dead; and the bullet appears to be from his gun! Now in order to clear his name and convince the authorities that he's not the killer he must race against time to find the gun before the other two bullets find their next victims...
In 1930s China a young girl is trained in the ways of drunken monkey fighting. Inspired by Jackie Chan's 'Drunken Master' movies this is the first true Hong Kong Kung Fu movie of the new millennium; a classic in the making!
Three men going beyond what their jobs require them to do... Aaron Kwok is an ill-fated CID detective who runs into a woman (looking extremely like his long lost girlfirend) during his investigation on a money laundering case. Ekin Cheng plays a lawyer who protects a corrupt businessman from law and Daniel Wu becomes a killer in the film who violates his code to get involved in the ill-fated CID's investigation. Adding to the all-star cast are TV idol Gallen Lo and charismat
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