Moving The Mountain is a documentary based on the demonstrations of students in Peking 1989. Beijing May 1989. The world watched as a hundred students became a thousand a thousand became ten thousand as thousands became a million - and a nation starved of freedom cried out for a taste of democracy. In this compelling film director Michael Apted (Nell Gorillas in the Mist) captures the power and passion of the Tiananmen Square uprising through a unique combination of newsreel footage dramatic re-enactments and extensive input form the actual student leaders. Exploring their personal histories reflections and thoughts on the future. Moving The Mountain paints a portrait of courage conviction and commitment that the New York Post calls A soaring - and sobering - tribute to the human spirit.
Since bursting onto the martial arts film scene in 1973 Jackie Chan has become one of the world's most popular stars. His movies - in which he acts performs his own stunts for and often directs - have earned millions at the box office. In Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin he plays Hsu Yin Fung a young warrior falsely accused of killing the Shaolin Masters after they developed a new martial arts technique called Snake and Crane at Hua Mountain. After Hsu's fellow warriors ostracize him he tries to clear his name. To do this he receives aid from two women who are in love with him. After one of the brave ladies is killed and the other warriors realize that Hsu wasn't responsible for the murders they join him for a trip to the Shaolin Temple to find Master Tse Kung. And it's there that they find the real killer. In the film's thrilling climax Hsu having secretly mastered the deadly martial arts style of Snake and Crane faces the murderer one-on-one.
Taekwondo master Zhao (Gordon Liu Kill Bill ) was in the depths of despair after the death of his best disciple, Han, killed in an illegal gambling fight. Until the appearance of a mysterious girl, Lingling (Eva Huang Kung Fu Hustle ) kick starts his yearning for retribution. Lingling is Han's younger sister and fighting under the name of her dead brother, she and Zhao face personal challenges on a path towards revenge and honour.
A peaceful town turns into a living hell when friction on the Indian Ocean plate triggers a devastating earthquake causing buildings to tumble and sinkholes to open. A retired railway soldier and his son, an explosive demolition engineer, go deep into a solution cave to rescue trapped survivors. But a second quake is due to follow in a few hours.... To save the whole town from being buried by landslide, the only way out is to blast the tunnel that they have built for 10 years.
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