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Well then what about Planet of the apes, or fast and the furious there has to be a new action movie that was worth your time. And no jackie chan movies I think we should all be sick of those. The annoying black guy/serious white guy routine can only be done so many times. I havent seen fast and the furious but I heard it was good. Just some recomendations for my dvd collection. Thanks in advance

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if you don't mind waching subtitles movies - lp 20:02:52 01/31/02 (2)
then I can recommend these Hong Kong movies, they're much better than hollywood action movies.
director John Woo (Broken Arrow, Face Off, MI2)
- A Better Tomorrow
- A Better Tomorrow 2
- A Bullet In The Head
- The Killer
Director Ringo Lam (Maximum Risk)
- City On Fire, Quentin Tanrantino illegal remake Reservor Dog
- Full Alert
- Full Contact
- The Victim
Producer & director Johnnie To
- Beyond Hypothermia
- A Hero Never Died
- Lovin U
- The Mission
Big Bullet
High Risk : Starring Jet Lee
King (the)
Man Wanted
Shaolin Temple : Jet Lee' first movie
Storm Riders : should be call Mortal Kombat 3
To Be Number One
- Re: if you don't mind waching subtitles movies - Andrew T. 21:35:53 01/31/02 (1)
  Hello,
  Curious, but why not " Hardboiled", or Tsui Hark's " Once Upon A Time In China 1 & 2 "?
  And Johnnie To produced " The Longest Nite".
  Regards,
  A.
  - Re: if you don't mind waching subtitles movies - lp 20:40:12 02/01/02 (0)
    because the ones I recommand, I will rate them 4 to 5 stars, while Hardboiled & the Longest Nite, a 3.5 stars. And what's the use to write down all good HK movies for someone that mosly watch Hollywood movies. As for Once Upon A Time In China 1&2, I don't remember how good they were and for action movies, I like more the type "cops vs bad guys".
La Femme Nikita - (the movie) if you like strong females <NT> - EdM 13:34:06 01/31/02 (0)
If you don't own Jet Li's "Kiss of the Dragon", .... - Audiophilander 10:44:43 01/31/02 (2)
... you need to slip on your fastest pair of tennis shoes, race down to the local Best Buy and snatch this little jewel up, pronto. Don't wait for an explanation, just go, ...NOW!
BTW, if you like Angelina Jolie's "hooker" look, you'll luve Bridget Fonda in this.
AuPh
PS: Here are more recommendations (fairly recent DVD releases)...
Desperado (super bit)
Air Force One (super bit)
The Siege
Face Off
Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond)
The Negotiator
Older flicks:
Lethal Weapon I-IV
Die Hard I & II
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
First Blood
Terminator
Terminator II
When I recall others, I may add them later.
- Re: If you don't own Jet Li's "Kiss of the Dragon", .... - TAFKA Steve 16:15:39 01/31/02 (1)
  Auph,
  I reread your review of "Kiss of the Dragon" and your followup to my post and I now realize that you might have thought the Columbus audience's heckling was racially/culturally motivated. On the contrary, the audience was rooting (loudly) for Jet Li during all his fights. I am of Japanese ancestry myself, and am fairly sensitive to ethnic slurs against Asians. I am pretty sure that the hecklers' comments were strictly a reaction to the audience recognition of seeing 'Uncle Tai' being portrayed by Burt Kwouk, an actor most famous for portraying "Cato" in six Pink Panther movies. I am rather surprised that this didn't come up in the DVD supplement or in the film's reviews.
  A few parallels to "La Femme Nikita": director Luc Besson cowrote "Kiss of the Dragon" and Tcheky Karyo ('Uncle Bob') played the corrupt police chief in "Kiss." Finally, Bridget Fonda starred as 'Nikita' in the inferior American remake of "La Femme Nikita": "Point Of No Return."
  Last, I'd like to recommend any of the Mad Max trilogy as excellent action films (watched the "Mad Max" DVD last night).
  - Actually, I think we both were off the track; me especially. - Audiophilander 23:33:45 01/31/02 (0)
    I was completely "derailed" by not having recalled Burt Kwouk's connection with the Pink Panther series, so I ignored the comment, chalked it up to being an obscure reference and focused on Li's performance instead. That was my mistake and I'm sorry about completely missing the subject of the audience's jest.
    OTOH, it really hadn't occured to me that the audience's reaction might indicate racist attitudes. To the contrary, I felt that the Columbus audience reaction may have been culturally motivated, but not discriminatory by any means. My impression from your description was a crowd that just didn't care for martial arts unless it's the choreographed comedy variety typically found in Jackie Chan movies or perhaps the good ol' boy variety found in mind-numbing TV series like Walker Texas Ranger. In other words, when the action was done straight by someone actually skilled in the techniques the audience couldn't resist making fun of it because they associated martial arts with slap-stick humor.
    Your follow-up seemed to suggest that the crowd was made up pretty much of partying college kids so I revised my opinion about their being the "Joe Dirt" crowd. College kids I understand or rather I understand the unpredictability of their fadish likes and dislikes.
    Anyway, I hope we're clearer now. :o)
    Cheers,
    AuPh

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