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[il manzo]

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The Call - directed by Takashi Miike


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Great horror movie.

[jedbanger]

i liked Zatoichi very much. got to watch it during a independent movie festival this year.


oh.. i will also recommend Save The Green Planet. great (crazy ) movie. loved it.

[Hos]

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you should check out city of god, it's great, although not asian

Done, that one is from Brasil (I hope were talking about the same one)

Yeah it's based in Rio and purpose built ghettos on the edge of the city, it's a fantastic film. I saw it twice in the cinema and got it on dvd. highly recommended.

[Jibgolly]

check out The Salton Sea revi.
has val kilmer in it as the avenging husband.
loved this movie.

[peloquin]

you should check out city of god, it's great, although not asian

i have this rented. due back friday. must watch. thanks for reminder

[g_sturm]

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Watched True Romance again last weekend, what a classic f$cking movie.

[csabuar]

i also heard great things about Zaitochi - Takeshi Kitano

going to buy it this weekend

I have it, havent watched it tho

Absolutely same situation...I bought it cos I heard that it's great..but since then I have no time to whatch it

[YO75]

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Watched True Romance again last weekend, what a classic f$cking movie.

About as close to perfection as possible

Though I hear Garfield's meant to be worth seeing .................

[dinoadventures]

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i have Battle Royale on DVD. i love cheesy japanse action/horror movies.

Versus is another rediculous one. Has some decent fighting in it.

[el presidente Highsteppa]

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Here are a few more:

Full Contact - Chow Yun Fat manages to show that he's the ultimate bad guy in this heist/revenge film. What happens when he gets two of his fingers blown off in a double cross? Straps on two prosthetic fingers and learns to shoot with the other hand. Way over the top (with the opening featuring an exotic dancer busting out to Extreme's "Get The Funk Out" ), but still quite good.

Internal Affairs - Not the Andy Garcia, Richard Gere and Mike Figgis directed film, but a Hong Kong film that features a very cool idea; two undercovers unknowingly working against each other and for different sides of the law. Followed up by two sequels, but the first, as usual is the best. It's being remade by Tom Cruise's production company and possibly will be directed by Martin Scorcesse (!) which offers some hope.

The Mission - Five men are hired to protect a powerful, crime boss who's the target of a rival faction of Triads. Nice story about loyalty, friendship and mutual professional respect. If you liked Leon: The Professional, there's a very good likelihood you'll like this.

Hit Team - Has the look of John Woo, but without the Christian imagery trappings and not quite the soul either. Still a pretty good caper flick about a team of corrupt cops working outside of the law to bring down the criminals that the Hong Kong justice system can't touch.

Bangkok Dangerous Directed by the Pang Brothers (who also did The Eye - see below) the story follows a deaf mute hitman who manages to fall for a shopkeeper, but who runs awry of the local crime boss. Unbelievably well shot ending.

The Eye - A girl who was blinded at a young age is given a cornea implant that allows her to see dead people. Sounds like Sixth Sense (which it does have similarities to) but also has some of the better elements of The Mothman Prophecies, The Ring and a couple of other neat twists. Has some pretty unsettling moments of it's own.

Life of Ninja is like the Showgirls of Ninja films from the early 1980's, and is so undescribably awful I've never laughed so hard in my life. Ninja training consists of (according to this film) japanese women mudwrestling, japanese women being dipped in ice cold water wearing little more than white cloth bikinis, throwing of ninja stars at pie plates with unhappy faces drawn on them, Ninja women gaining tactical advantage over their openents by flashing their breasts at foes and then striking them down while they are dumbfounded. So awful it makes Sho Kosugi look like fucking Kenneth Branaugh. All scored to what seems to be a canned porn soundtrack.

Monday directed by Sabu. It's one of the funnier, stunningly shot films from a very promising emerging director. A Japanese salaryman wakes up in a hotel room unable to remember what happened the night before, and tries to recall his evening from the night before, starting from a funeral to his misadventures with a gangster to what goes horribly wrong from there. It's amazing how this guy can shift from slapstick to some pretty incredibly distrubing imagery without missing a beat.

[Miguel_303]

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I remember REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

www.requiemforadream.com i m not sure but this the site....visit it!!!

[Revinant]

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Here are a few more:

Full Contact - Chow Yun Fat manages to show that he's the ultimate bad guy in this heist/revenge film. What happens when he gets two of his fingers blown off in a double cross? Straps on two prosthetic fingers and learns to shoot with the other hand. Way over the top (with the opening featuring an exotic dancer busting out to Extreme's "Get The Funk Out" ), but still quite good.

Internal Affairs - Not the Andy Garcia, Richard Gere and Mike Figgis directed film, but a Hong Kong film that features a very cool idea; two undercovers unknowingly working against each other and for different sides of the law. Followed up by two sequels, but the first, as usual is the best. It's being remade by Tom Cruise's production company and possibly will be directed by Martin Scorcesse (!) which offers some hope.

The Mission - Five men are hired to protect a powerful, crime boss who's the target of a rival faction of Triads. Nice story about loyalty, friendship and mutual professional respect. If you liked Leon: The Professional, there's a very good likelihood you'll like this.

Hit Team - Has the look of John Woo, but without the Christian imagery trappings and not quite the soul either. Still a pretty good caper flick about a team of corrupt cops working outside of the law to bring down the criminals that the Hong Kong justice system can't touch.

Bangkok Dangerous Directed by the Pang Brothers (who also did The Eye - see below) the story follows a deaf mute hitman who manages to fall for a shopkeeper, but who runs awry of the local crime boss. Unbelievably well shot ending.

The Eye - A girl who was blinded at a young age is given a cornea implant that allows her to see dead people. Sounds like Sixth Sense (which it does have similarities to) but also has some of the better elements of The Mothman Prophecies, The Ring and a couple of other neat twists. Has some pretty unsettling moments of it's own.

Life of Ninja is like the Showgirls of Ninja films from the early 1980's, and is so undescribably awful I've never laughed so hard in my life. Ninja training consists of (according to this film) japanese women mudwrestling, japanese women being dipped in ice cold water wearing little more than white cloth bikinis, throwing of ninja stars at pie plates with unhappy faces drawn on them, Ninja women gaining tactical advantage over their openents by flashing their breasts at foes and then striking them down while they are dumbfounded. So awful it makes Sho Kosugi look like fucking Kenneth Branaugh. All scored to what seems to be a canned porn soundtrack.

Monday directed by Sabu. It's one of the funnier, stunningly shot films from a very promising emerging director. A Japanese salaryman wakes up in a hotel room unable to remember what happened the night before, and tries to recall his evening from the night before, starting from a funeral to his misadventures with a gangster to what goes horribly wrong from there. It's amazing how this guy can shift from slapstick to some pretty incredibly distrubing imagery without missing a beat.

got the eye, I think theres pt 2 now, thanks Ill check the other ones

I remember REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

www.requiemforadream.com i m not sure but this the site....visit it!!!

yes, Its a good movie, I love Aronofskys work actually Pi is my all time favorite movie

[mixu]

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Saw The Motorcycle Diaries last week and it's fantastic. 'Che' Guevara on a trip around South America before he became revolutionary so (don't worry) there's no politics... and Gael Garc?a Bernal is a Hollywood star in the making.

[Digger]

torrente & torrent 2:mision en barbella haha funny shit but its on spanish....funny as hell.......ho man you should saw them

[HoneyBearKelly]

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Honestly I'm getting bored by Asian cinema. All the plots seem to be about revenge or the aftermath of revenge. Enough!