"Actor: Li Chin Kun"

• Red Corner | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (69.57%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Using a faulty thriller for his soapbox as an outspoken critic of China, a devout follower of the Dalai Lama, and an influential supporter of Tibetan freedom, Richard Gere resorts to the equivalent of propagandistic drama to deliver a heavy-handed message. In other words, Red Corner relies on a dubious strategy to promote political awareness, but director Jon Avnet appeals to the viewer's outrage with such effective urgency that you're likely to forget you're being shamelessly manipulated. Gere plays a downtrodden TV executive who sells syndicated shows on the global market, and during a business trip to China he finds himself framed for the murder of the sexy daughter of a high Chinese official. Once trapped in a legal system in which his innocence will be all but impossible to prove, Gere must rely on a Chinese-appointed lawyer (played by Bai Ling) who first advises him to plead guilty but gradually grows convinced of foul play. Barely attempting to hide its agenda, Red Corner effectively sets the stage for abundant anti-Chinese sentiment, and to be sure, the movie gains powerful momentum with its tale of justice gone awry. It's a serious-minded, high-intensity courtroom drama with noble intentions, but one wonder if it has to be so conspicuously lacking in subtlety. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Asia Line: Kwan Fu - Das Schwert des Todes / Vol. 16 | DVD | (08/11/2018) from £8.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Survival Of The Dragon | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of a collection of films recently discovered in the Hong Kong film archives and now available for the first time in the UK. A story of revenge at its sweetest. One man takes on a cartel headed by three brothers who are responsible for the savage beating of his mother and the murder of his brother. The cartel corrupt the town with drugs gambling and prostitution but soon learn that an army of men are no match for a Kung Fu Master intent on revenge.

• Treasure Hunt | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £19.90   |  Saving you £-3.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Chang Ching (Chow Yun-Fat) is a CIA operative who is commanded to return to his native China and ""recover"" a Chinese national treasure for the US Government. The treasure turns out to be Mei a young girl with paranormal powers who is the center of politicial intrigue and greed hidden in the famed Shaolin Temple from those who would seek to exploit her. When Chang Ching falls in love with the innocent young woman he is called upon to make sacrifices fight monsters and perform brave deeds to win the hand of his lady-love. As it happens the sacrifices are of his arrogance and selfishness the monsters are corrupt men and his brave deeds include leaving behind his entire former life as a CIA operative and enduring a long separation from his beloved and waiting for her return even if it lasts a lifetime...