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Director: Adrian Kwan
Starring: Kenny Kwan, Steven Cheung
Genre: Action
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: The film follows two young men's adventures mixing with the triads one night, but the adventure turns into an error-fueled revenge comedy, and their aim is only to make it til 6 A.M. alive. Bowl (Kenny Kwan) and Noodle (Steven Cheung) are two idle high school students who have to evade three menaces everyday to get to school: the bully Razor, the policeman David, and the gangster Ganker, who is on the lookout for new blood to replenish his ever shrinking gang, Bowl and Noodle inadvertently joined his gang, and end up at a gangster conference where the Boss gives them $300,000 to perform a "Mission of Glory" at 6am the next day. Bowl and Noodle, with a deadly mission waiting for them in ten hours time, must now fulfill as much as they can in this period of time...

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Director: Sylvia Chang
Starring: Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu and Angelica Lee
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Taiwanese (Taiwan) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: The tales of three women in their twenties, thirties and forties are woven into a single story. Frank and energetic Kit, in her twenties, embraces her dream and looks forward to her promising future. Working as an air hostess, Sheung charms many guys and enjoys financial autonomy. But she is hungry for the comfort of a family. Lily tries hard to seek a new love after a divorce. She, however, aches to get away from her past.

36th Chamber of Shaolin

Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Billy Chan, Lung Chan, Shen Chan, John Cheung, Wah Cheung, Nan Chiang, Yuet Sang Chin
Genre: Martial Arts
Release Date: 1978 Language (Country): Mandarin (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: After his family is massacred by Manchu troops, San Te flees to the Shaolin Temple in the hopes of learning kung fu to avenge his loss. He is taken aback when his masters put him to work doing domestic chores. But in Shaolin, everything is a lesson, and every gesture of daily life applies to the martial arts discipline. He soon realizes that this is but one of a series of tests in the temple’s 35 chambers, each specifically designed to challenge an aspect of human endurance. San Te is determined, but the laws of Shaolin are strict. For trying to reveal their lessons and share their techniques with outsiders, San Te is banished. This spurs him to pursue the martial arts on his own, and with a vengeance. Five years later, his heroism now legend, he returns to Shaolin, a reunion marked by the opening of a 36th chamber...

2002: Special Unit

Director: Wilson Yip
Starring: Nicholas Tse, Stephen Fung, Kar-Ying Law, Rain Li, Sam Lee, Danielle Graham, Anya, Lik-Sun Fong
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2001 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Special Unit "2002" is a designated task force of SPI (Spirit and Paranormal Investigation) in the law enforcement department, ridding the human world of evil deeds of haunting spirits via an execution team comprised of a man and a ghost. All those who died of accidental causes will turn into malicious ghosts and they can tamper with human minds and attempt to kill loved ones or rivals in the living world and bring them as spirits into the nether world.

Being a psychic, Tide (Nicholas Tse) is joined by Sam (Sam Lee), a lingering spirit who lends his supernatural abilities to the cause of law enforcement. As Sam's time for reincarnation is approaching, his career with the "2002" unit is also coming to an end. Tide learns that Wind (Stephen Fung), a human being with the psychic power of supernatural vision, is destined to be his new partner. Though gifted, Wind is ironically too scared of the dead to contribute during combats.

However, an inevitable battle with the mighty Water Ghost is set to bring the two together and destined to determine the fate and foe of this man-and-ghost duo.

2046

Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Tony Leung, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang, Carina Lau and Maggie Cheung
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: He was a writer, He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention ... to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back - except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change.

Abnormal Beauty

Director: Oxide Pang Chun
Starring: Ekin Cheng, Anson Leung, Michelle Mee, Race Wong, Rosanne Wong
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: Jiney is a photography student. One dayon her way to school, a woman is knocked down by a car and died borribly. Jiney witnesses the accident and takes a photo of the scene. She experienced the excitment and satisfaction she never had obsessed with photographing death. At the same time, Jiney receives a video tape which shows a girl was beaten to death...

After This Our Exile

Director: Patrick Tam
Starring: Lester Chit-Man Chan, Valen Hsu, Aaron Kwok, Hsin-mei Lan, Allen Lin, Kelly Lin, King-to Ng, Hailu Qin, Hao Qin, Eric Tsang
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2006 Language (Country): Mandarin (Hong Kong) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: This film tells the tale of a young boy whose mother abandons the family after years of abuse at the father's hands. The boy, loyal and unwilling to see his father in a negative light, turns to crime in order to support his father's vices.

All About Love

Director: Daniel Yu Wai-Kwok, Lee Kung-Lok
Starring: Andy Lau, Charlie Yeung, Charlene Choi, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung, Sasha Hou
Genre: Romance
Release Date: 2005 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Ko (Andy Lau) is a successful doctor. His wife (Charlene Choi) died from a car crash and he feels guilty about her death for not spending enough time with her. One day Ko saves Yuen-Sam (Charlie Yeung) and finds out that she is the recipient of the heart of his wife. Ko discovers that not only has her husband, Derek (also played by Andy Lau), gone missing, Yuen-Sam is also suffering from a terminal illness and does not have much time to live. Her dying wish is to spend some happy times with Derek and Ko helps make her wish come true...

Ashes of Time

Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Li Bai, Carina Lau, Charlie Yeung, Joey Wong
Genre: Historical Epic
Release Date: 1994 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: The film primarily follows the story of two of the four most powerful martial arts masters of China. In the West, there is Ouyang Feng (Malicious West) played by Leslie Cheung and in the East, Huang Yaoshi (Evil East) played by Tony Leung Kar Fai. Constantly dueling for the title as the Supreme Martial Arts Master, the four continually plot and scheme to rid the other three out of the race. If you liked Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, wait until you get a load of Ashes of Time, packed with an excellent story line and fabulous fight sequences, you won't want to miss this awesome tale of love, revenge, and honor.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Director: Dai Sijie
Starring: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong, Hong Wei Wang, Xiong Xiao, Zuohui Tang, Wei Chen, Tianlu Chen
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2002 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: China

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Summary: Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.

The Banquet

Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun, Ge You, Ma Jingwu, Huang Xiaoming
Genre: Historical Epic
Release Date: 2006 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.

Banquet at Hongmen

Director: Huang Weiming, Lin Luoping
Starring: Jacklyn Wu, Kristy Yang, Wu Jun, Xiao Rong Sheng
Genre: Historical Epic
Release Date: 2005 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: YesAsia

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Summary: Banquet at Hongmen is an HD Digital film in China catered for screening in digital cinema. The film is a re-enactment of the most fascinating Chinese historical legend. Mainland famous actor Wu Jun stars as an ancient Conqueror while this historical figure's loyal concubine is played by the Hong Kong beauty Kristy Yang. Actors playing the leader in the rivaling camp is no less captivating - the film features Xiao Rong Sheng and Jacklyn Wu Chien Lien as King and Queen.

The Conqueror of West Chu defeated the King of Han in a fierce battle and his staff advises him to get rid of this competitor once and for all. The Conqueror therefore invites the King of Han to join a Banquet at Hongmen, with assassins ambushing there...

Battle of Wits

Director: Cheung Chi Leung
Starring: Andy Lau Sung-kee Ahn, Siu-hou Chin, Si Won Choi, Bingbing Fan, Tin Chiu Hung, Zhiwen Wang, Ma Wu, Nicky Wu
Genre: Action
Release Date: 2006 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: In 370 B.C, China was separated as seven nations and several other small tribes, one of these being the city state of Liang. The nation of Zhao is led by the terrifying prime commander Xiang Yangzhong who orders his troops to launch an attack on Liang in a bid to conquer the small city. Leaping to the defense of the cowed people of Liang is a warrior who goes by the name of 'Ge Li' from the Mo-Tsu tribe, renowned for its defensive skills. He is their last hope as the terrors of Yangzhong's troops are unleashed. The future of Liang now hangs in the balance, with all their hopes pinned on the mysterious Mo-Tsu warrior Ge Li...

Beast Cops

Director: Gordon Chan, Dante Lam
Starring: Stephanie Che, Roy Cheung, Kathy Chow, Kong Kim, Sam Lee, Sammuel Leung, Patrick Tam, Arthur Wong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Michael Wong
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1998 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Crooked Officer Tung (Anthony Wong) is a man with few redeeming features - a cop who spends his days and nights moving from bordello to gambling house, accepting Triad bribes, whilst doing little in the way of police work. His comfortable lifestyle is soon shattered by the arrival of Mike (Michael Wong), an ex-S.D.U. member, whose uncompromising stance towards Triads and criminals lands both himself and Tung in hot water.
Soon realising that events have spun out of his control, Tung decides that he can no longer live his life as a "kept officer", and aims for a bloody redemption.

Beauty and the Breast

Director: Raymond Yip Wai-Man
Starring: Francis Ng, Michelle Reis, Daniel Wu, Halina Tam, Amanda Strang, Angela Tong Ying-Ying
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2002 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Francis Ng, Daniel Wu and Michelle Reis star in this outrageously funny comedy. Mario (Ng), a flirt working at a company that specializes in breast-enlargement pills, pretends to have a brain tumor so as to win the heart of co-worker Yuki (Reis). But when Yuki discovers that the pills are carcinogenic and that Mario's tumor is fake, she devises the perfect scheme to get back at Mario.

The Beauty Remains

Director: Ann Hu
Starring: Zhou Xun, Xue Ju, Lisa Lu, Zhiwen Wang, Vivian Wu, Lixin Yang
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: China

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Summary: It is 1948; China is on the precipice of a new era, and the decadence of the past has but a breath of history left. On the lush island of a Chinese port city, enormous houses dominate the mountainside.

"Beauty Remains" is the story of two sisters--Fei and Ying--bound together by the will of their late father, and their shared love for a charismatic ex-boxer, Huang. They are two women whose paths have been dictated by the often cruel decrees of the men in their lives--two women who must somehow transcend that influence...or lose everything.

Better Than Sex

Director: Su Chao-Bin
Starring: Michael Wong, Ginny Liu, Leon Dai, Bobby Chen
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: 2002 Language (Country): Mandarin (Taiwan) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: The bright 15 year-old Taiwanese teenager Lin Zhuzhuang (Michael Kong) was always a bit different from his peers because a very important part of his body was always bigger than theirs. This fact caused him to develop a special often nerve-wrecking curiousity towards sex. After he makes the acquaintance with book shop owner Mr Zheng (Bobby Chen), he creates a love for adult books that extends to such immense proportions that even school assistant (Huang Chia) can only look up in disbelief. He starts to totally isolate himself from other people and regards Mr Zheng as his only friend. Even Lin Xiao ying (Liu Honghua) who is secretly in love with him and furtively serves him tea eggs every morning does not seem to catch his attention.
One day Mr Zheng sadly passes away and leaves behind a key and a house number for him. When he arrives at the relevant address he finds a hidden loop hole through which he can peep into a room that is occupied by two young female police officers (Dai Liren and Zhi Tian Ai Zi). It is then that Zhuzhuang discovers that Mr Zheng had an abnormal tendency for sex fantasies. He also realizes that sex is not a replacement for love. He gives up his passion for pornography and sets out to find his true love …

A Better Tomorrow

Director: John Woo
Starring: Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-Fat
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1986 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Ho (Ti Lung) and Mark (Chow YunFat) are triad brothers at the top of their game, but each suffers a stunning fall from grace. Ho is betrayed and sent to prison, much to the shame of his brother, police cadet Kit (Leslie Cheung). Mark is crippled during a bloody hit on a rival gang leader, leaving him a shell of a man. Years later the two are reunited, but the world has changed around them. Now at the mercy of their former comrades in the triad, the two form an uneasy alliance with Kit to strike back…with a hailstorm of bullets.

A Better Tomorrow II

Director: John Woo
Starring: Ti Lung, Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Cheung and Dean Shek
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1987 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Ho (Ti Lung) was thrown in jail for his triad activities, but the courts grant him lenience for his righteousness. He's released to infiltrate the gang of suspected bad guy Lung (Dean Shek), who's currently being investigated by Ho's brother Kit (Leslie Cheung). But circumstances go sour, and Ho turns to an unlikely ally: former killer Ken (Chow Yun Fat), who's the twin brother of Mark, Ho's old comrade.

A Better Tomorrow III

Director: Tsui Hark
Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung and Anita Mui
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1989 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Traveling to Vietnam to extract his cousin, Cheung Chi-mun (Tony Leung Kar-fai), and his uncle, Chow Yun fat plays a young Mark Gor who's never touched a gun. It's 1974 and the world is in chaos: Saigon is about to fall and the Cultural Revolution is raging in Mainland China. The only stability in this fallen world are money and blood debts. Fortunately for Cheung and Mark Gor, Anita Mui, playing a shadowy black marketeer in Vietnam named Chow Ying-kit, takes the two of them under her wing. Mui is the female Mark Gor: white trench coat flapping in the wind, shades clamped to her eyes, an M-16 in either hand, her enemies falling in slow motion before her like snowflakes.

Chow and Anita meet cute in the middle of a gun battle and fall in love, the only problem is that Anita is still devoted to her old lover, Ho, who's been missing for three years. On cue, Ho shows up, Saigon falls, and our heroes barely escape with their lives. "Welcome to our vengeful world," Ho says to Chow Yun-fat as the two square off.

Beyond Our Ken

Director: Ping Ho Cheung
Starring: Sui-man Chim, Gillian Chung, Hong Tao, Emme Wong, Daniel Wu
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Gillian Chung is Wai-Hing, a spurned girlfriend who embarks on a curious mission of vengeance against her ex-boyfriend Ken (Daniel Wu). Wai-Hing discovers that Ken published nude photos of her on his website, so she enlists Ken's current girlfriend Xiao-Lan (Tao Hong of Life Show) to help her steal back the photos. At first Xiao-Lan distrusts Wai-Hing, and is hesitant to help her. But Xiao-Lan changes her mind when she discovers Ken's true nature, and soon the girls' partnership grows from a tentative alliance to a full-fledged friendship. But even when it's two girls vs. one guy, three can still be a crowd...

Big Bullet

Director: Benny Chan
Starring: Jordan Chan, Sean Lau, Theresa Lee
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1996 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At: YesAsia

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Summary: Hotheaded cop Bill (Lau Ching Wan) is demoted to the "Emergency Unit" (beat cops) after slugging his incompentent boss in the nose. The team is composed of an interesting group of people: a gun expert, a computer expert, a cop that follows every rule and regulation to the letter and an old, wise man who always has a story to tell.

While on patrol they run into a gang of violent criminals and several policemen are injured. Bill takes this personally and vows to stop the criminals. With some information from the investigation department, they find out that this gang is led by a man called the Professor. They follow the trail of clues against the orders from their superiors, discover the plan of the criminals and decide to stop them.

Black Mask

Director: Daniel Lee
Starring: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Matt McKenzie, Karen Mok, Françoise Yip, Kong Lung, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Xin Xin Xiong, Ellis Winston, Russ Price, Michael Ian Lambert, Moses Chan, King-fai Chung, Suk-yee Chan, Roy Szeto
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1996 Language (Country): English (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Jet Li stars in this futuristic techno-actionthriller based on a popular Hong Kong comic book. Li was part of " Squad 701" a team of professional killers known as Black Mask, who do not feel pain or emotions. When the team was "extermintaed: by the government after they discovered that some squad member are still capable of feelings. Li goes into hiding as a librarian. However, when another member of the squad begins killing every major drug dealers in Hong Kong to gain control of the drug market. Li has to don the identity of Black Mask once again

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Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Cynthia Khan, Rosamund Kwan, Collin Chou, Lung Ti, Wing-Cho Yip, Shun Lau, James Tien, Kam-Kong Wong, Yonfan
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1993 Language (Country): Cantonese, Mandarin (Hong Kong) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: Wang Wu is the former leader of the Black Flag Troop, a group of imperial soldiers famous for their big sword fighting style. After an attack on an invading Japanese force, the traditional martial soldiers were defeated and only Wang survived. He then decided to live in seclusion as a blacksmith in a small village. One day, he helps Tan Szu Tung, a high ranking Imperial official, who was trying to save some villagers from a local skirmish between a battalion of thieves and imperial guards. This event transforms Wang Wu, who decides to follow Tan Szu's advice and open a kung fu school.

With the passing of time, the Wang Wu School is noticed by the Emperor who asks Wang Wu to join forces with him and, together with a samurai master from Japan, to train his royal guards. This masks the Emperor's real intention, which is to ensure that Wang Wu is an ally in the coming struggle for power; he has heard that someone is attempting to reform the Chinese government and liberate the oppressed. Wang Wu is ultimately forced to support the Emperor, lest his school be perceived as a threat, and is helped by his closest students as well as Nine Catties, a student of Tan Szu.

Blind Shaft

Director: Li Yang
Starring: Qiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang, Jing Ai, Zhenjiang Bao, Sun Wei, Jun Zhao, Yining Wang
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2003 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At:

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Summary: Song Jin-ming and Tang Chao-yang work as miners in an illegal mining town in northern China. To get money from various insurance companies, they kill other miners who are their relatives, or claimed to be so. One day, they lure a naive young man from the countryside named Yuan Peng-ming into working in their mine. However, Song begins to feel sympathetic toward the good-natured young man.

The Blue Kite

Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang
Starring: Yi Tian, Zhang Wenyao, Chen Xiaoman, Lu Liping, Pu Quanxin, Li Xuejian, Guo Baochang, Zhong Ping, Chu Quanzhong, Song Xiaoying
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1993 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At:

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Summary: Banned in China, where the director was under close government scrutiny for making the film "without permission" "The Blue Kite" is one of the most acclaimed and controversial of all of the films to come out of the new Chinese cinema. Told from the perspective of a young boy, Tietou, it traces the fate of a Beijing family and their neighbors as they experience the political and social upheavals in 1950's and 60's China. Tietous' parents, a librarian and school teacher, both loyal communist party members, soon learn that even the most innocent criticisms can be interpreted by the Party as imperialist propaganda. Over the next fifteen years, Tietous observes the adverse effects of party policy on various members of his family. The only image of hope and freedom offered in the film is a blue kite given to Tietou by his father, which he later passes on to the next generation.

Book and Sword

Director: Daniel Li
Starring: Vincent Zhao, Ray Lui, Esther Kwan, Cheng Pei Pei
Genre: Action
Release Date: 2002 Language (Country): Mandarin (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: The rebellious Red Flower Society, led by their charismatic chief Chan Gar-lok (Vincent Zhao from The Blade and Once Upon a Time in China IV and V), attempts to assassinate the Ching Emperor. But a shocking discovery leads to a fierce showdown and Chan's exile to the Western frontier. Together with the nomads, Chan executes a daring return to the capital and an audacious plan to capture the Emperor once and for all.

Breaking News

Director: Johnny To
Starring: Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Siu-Fai Cheung, Shiu Hung Hui, Suet Lam, Richie Ren, Maggie Siu, Simon Yam, Yong You
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Detective Cheung (Nick Cheung) and his team of undercover cops quietly track Yuan (Richie Ren) and his criminal gang through the streets of Hong Kong. When a routine traffic stop blows the cops' cover, an all-out war erupts and the police are badly defeated. If that's not bad enough, the whole debacle is captured on camera by a local TV news crew. Embarrassed beyond belief, the police need a strategy to get their credibility back and they need one fast. Newly convinced of the power and influence of television, they co-opt the medium in order to convey their well-intentioned but totally fallacious message. Waging a simultaneous war on crime and credible news reporting, the police propaganda machine goes into overdrive. They even hire a movie director to emphasize their heroism and downplay their mistakes in the editing room, feeding delusional "reports" to the TV press. It's a bold strategy and, as you might expect, it doesn't work. With 30,000 police troops mobilized to shut down Yuan and his men, another gang arrives on the scene and the police plan quickly unravels. With all this confusion and a bad case of mistaken identity, complete chaos erupts and Hong Kong watches it all unfold on TV.

The Bride With White Hair

Director: Ronny Yu
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Francis Ng, Elaine Lui, Kit Ying Lam, Cheng King-Kei
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 1993 Language (Country): Cantonese, Mandarin, (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: The Bride With White Hair tells the story, in flashback, of swordsmaster Yi-hang (Leslie Cheung). Raised from an early age to assume leadership of the Chung Yuan, a coalition of eight martial arts clans, Yi-hang displays little interest in fufilling this role. Despite this, he is called upon to lead the forces of the eight clans against the depredations of a murderous death cult. In doing so, he crosses paths with a beautiful, nameless assassin swathed in white (Brigitte Lin) who weilds a deadly whip in the service of the cult. Despite their opposing backgrounds, the two fall in love, and Yi-hang gives her the name of Lien Ni-chang. Sadly, this happiness cannot last, for the monsterous Chi Wu-shuang, leader of the death cult, also lusts after Ni-Chang. Her attempt to leave the cult sets a series of events in motion that climaxes in tragedy, bloodshed, and madness.

Bullet in the Head

Director: John Woo
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Fennie Yuen, Yolinda Yam, Chung Lam, Shek Yin Lau, John Woo
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1990 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Later, the three friends administer justice, in the process of which the gang member is killed, so they leave Hong Kong to avoid the police and the gang. They run black market supplies to Saigon and get embroiled in the war, being arrested as Viet Cong, then later captured by the Viet Cong, and find that their friendship is tested to the limits as they try to escape.

Burning Paradise

Director: Ringo Lam
Starring: John Ching, Willie Chi, Chun Lam, Carman Lee, Kam-Kong Wong, Sheng Yang
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: 1994 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: During the Qing Dynasty, the Shaolin temple opposed the Manchu government. The Emperor launched an attack on the temples, forcing many monks to flee. One monk, Chi Nun, is on the run, aided by folk hero Fong Sai Yuk. Whilst hiding in a barn, they meet a youg girl called tou tou. They are captured and taken to the Red Lotus Temple, a prison where the Shaolin monks are imprisoned, tortured, and forced to work for the evil tyrant Lord Kung.

Butterfly

Director: Yan Yan Mak
Starring: Yat Ning Chan, Stephanie Che, Joman Chiang, Josie Ho, Eric Kot, Carl Ng
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Butterfly is adapted from Taiwanese author Chen Hsueh's short story "The Mark of the Butterfly". Starring Josie Ho, Eric Kot, Tian Yuan, Isabel Chan and Joman Chaing, it is about a woman's struggle to come to terms with her true self, the importance to break out from her cocoon and set herself free.

Like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, Flavia finds her lesbian passion reawakened after a chance encounter with a carefree and spirited singer / songwriter. A shattering new film form award-winning director Yan Yan Mak (Gege, 2001), Butterfly alternates between the past and the present, juxtaposing a romance to a rebellious human rights activist in 1989 with her current struggles as a wife and mother.

Casino Raiders

Director: Jimmy Heung, Wong Jing
Starring: Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Idy Chan, Rosamund Kwan, Ji Keung Wong, Charles Heung, Eddy Ko, Fong Lung, Robin Shou, Wai Shum
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1989 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At: China

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Casino Raiders 2

Director: Johnny To
Starring: Andy Lau, Dave Wong, Chien-lien Wu, Monica Chan, Kelvin Wong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Siu-Ming Lau, Feng Tien, Chan Cheuk Yan, Kong Lau
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1993 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At: China

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A Chinese Ghost Story

Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Ma Wu, Dawei Hu, Jin Jiang, Wai Lam
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1987 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: An entertaining and atmospheric supernatural love story with knock-out special effects. In ancient China, a young scholar takes shelter from the rain in a haunted temple where he falls for a beautiful ghost. With the aid of a Taoist monk, the young couple battle a variety of foes and even storm the gates of hell.

A Chinese Ghost Story II

Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Michelle Reis, Jacky Cheung, Ma Wu, Feng Ku, Shun Lau, Siu-Ming Lau, Waise Lee, Siu-Chun To
Genre: Action
Release Date: 1990 Language (Country): Cantonese, Mandarin (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: In this installment of the saga of the supernatural, four young people are caught in a tug-o-war of evil between an Imperial Wizard and a corrupt General. With the help of a kind Wizard, Ning escapes from jail where he was unjustly put. On the run, he meets a young scholar and two sisters who are trying to rescue their father from a corrupt General. Despite the presence of a corpse that just won't die, they manage to succeed. But this only leads to a run-in with the Imperial Wizard, who captures everyone but Ning and one of the sisters...

A Chinese Odyssey I: Pandora's Box

Director: Jeffrey Lau
Starring: Stephen Chow, Kit Ying Lam, Athena Chu, Jeffrey Lau, Kar-Ying Law, Kin-Yan Lee
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 1994 Language (Country): Cantonese, (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Having not completed his Journey to the West to bring Buddhist scriptures back to China, the Monkey King angers the Goddess for desiring to eat his master in order to gain immortality and is destroyed, but not before The Longevity Monk (Law Kar-ying) sacrifices himself so that he and Monkey may be reincarnated on earth. 500 years later, several devils converge on the spot where the monk is expected to be, all hoping to gain immortality from eating his flesh. Thus begins a new adventure as a bandit leader named Joker slowly discovers that he is the Monkey King while getting entangled in the exploits of two beautiful, shape-shifting devils.

A Chinese Tall Story

Director: Jeffrey Lau
Starring: Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Bingbing Fan, Bo-lin Chen, Isabella Leung, Kenny Kwan
Genre: Action
Release Date: 2005 Language (Country): Cantonese, Mandarin (Hong Kong) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: Young Tang monk Tripitaka and his three disciples - Monkey King, Piggy and Sand Monk - are ambushed and captured by the demon tree. Tripitaka escapes with Monkey’s golden pole and begins a journey to free them. This pole can turn into any fighting device as long as you say "I’ll love you for 10, 000 years." Along the way he meets an unlikely love interest and fighting companion in Meiyan, an ugly girl who falls in with him but is told she has to consume him to achieve immortality. But the mysterious Princess Xiaoshan and her army who used to live on Earth receive the monk’s undivided attention. Who are his friends, and who really wants to consume him for his flesh, which contains the key to eternal life? How will he survive aliens, huge armies and mad Celestial gods?

Chungking Express

Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow, Chen Jinquan, Lee-na Kwan, Huang Zhiming, Liang Zhen, Zuo Songshen
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1994 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Chungking Express tells two stories loosely connected by a Hong Kong snack bar. In one story, a cop who's been recently dumped by his girlfriend (Takeshi Kaneshiro) becomes obsessed with the expiration dates on cans of pineapple; he's constantly distracted as he tries to track down a drug dealer in a blond wig (Brigitte Lin). Meanwhile, another cop who's recently been dumped by his girlfriend (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) mopes around his apartment, talking to his sponge and other domestic objects. He catches the eye of a shop girl (Faye Wang) who secretly breaks in and cleans his apartment.

Colour Blossoms

Director: Yonfan
Starring: Teresa Cheung, Ri-su Ha, Feng Ku, Keiko Matsuzaka, Carl Ng, Sho, Kenneth Tsang
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2004 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At: China

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Colour of the Truth

Director: Marco Mak, Jing Wong
Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Ho-Yin Wong, Jordan Chan, Ching Wan Lau
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 2003 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Huang Jiang and Qi Xi are both very capable crime investigators. However, Huang has his heart and soul attached to truth and justice, while Qi Xi works as an informer for the triads under the direct order of crime lord Mang Chao. Huang possesses evidence that will get Mang behind bars, but Qi Xi interferes with his plans and gives Mang shelter. An ensuing roof-top shoot-out leaves Qi Xi & Mang dead and the police report states that Qi died while he was on duty. Wrongly assuming that Qi was murdered by Huang, his son swears revenge!

The Conmen in Vegas

Director: Jing Wong
Starring: Pak-cheung Chan, Nick Cheung, Andy Lau, Kelly Lin, Alex Man, Yin Nam
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 1999 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Part of the GOD OF GAMBLERS epic, THE CONMEN IN VEGAS is another quirky comedy from consistently entertaining director Wong Jing. Hong Kong cinema star Andy Lau (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) returns as one of three conmen hired by the Chinese government to seek out Peter Chu, an even bigger conman who fled from China to the United States. In possession of stolen funds, this crook is living the high life in none other than Las Vegas. Jumping at the chance to take a vacation, King (Lau) and his partners board the plane for what's sure to be a wild adventure in the city that prides itself on excess.

Crazy n' the City

Director: James Yuen, Lanbo Cheuk
Starring: Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Francis Ng, Kar Lok Chin, Suet-Fei Chiu, Alex Fong, Henry Fong, Jessica Fong, Daichi Harashima, Kara Hui, Shiu Hung Hui, Elena Kong, Ella Koon, Suet Lam, Sam Lee, Waise Lee, Kai Chi Liu, Yan Ng, Crystal Tin, Meng Zhang
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2005 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Chris Chan (Eason Chan) is a disenchanted beat cop who's never used his gun in the line of duty, and has little hope of ever seeing excitement or meaning beyond his everyday duties. Man Liu (Joey Yung) is his idealistic new partner, who's gung-ho about the most menial of cop duties, including saving cats. And Cheng Wang (Francis Ng) is a slightly deranged gentleman who's never quite recovered from a series of personal setbacks. All three find their lives changed and even challenged when a sex offender begins to terrorize the streets of Wanchai. Can Chris and company rise to the challenge?

Director James Yuen's Crazy N' The City is a uniquely Hong Kong film about average people finding some measure of hope and heart in their everyday lives. Man Liu is an idealistic rookie who needs to find inspiration to keep her spirits up, while Chris rediscovers his passion when a group of high school girls treat him as a hero. Cheng Wang is worse off, as he's not operating on all cylinders, but through faith and maybe some guts, he can find his own personal redemption.

Crazy Stone

Director: Ning Hao
Starring: Bo Huang, Chen Zhonghua, Du Jie, Guo Tao, Hou Shu, Teddy Lin, Liu Gang, Liu Hua, Luo Lan
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2006 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: What do you get when you have a precious jewel, a group of bumbling thieves intent on getting their hands on it, the mob wanting a piece of the action and a loyal but mischievous security guard all thrown in together? Crazy Stone. It's a fast-paced, wisecracking caper comedy that will have you engaged and entertained from the word go. This is China's answer to Ocean's Eleven, with many comic twists and turns thrown in for good.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng, Fa Zeng Li, Xian Gao, Yan Hai, De Ming Wang, Li Li, Su Ying Huang, Jin Ting Zhang, Rei Yang, Kai Li
Genre: Historical Epic
Release Date: 2000 Language (Country): Mandarin (Taiwan) Purchased At:

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Summary: The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li (Chow Yun-Fat) is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu (Michelle Yeoh) is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China's magnificent landscape.

Days of Being Wild

Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Danilo Antunes, Hung Mei-Mei, Ling-Hung Ling, Tita Muñoz, Alicia Alonzo, Elena Lim So, Maritoni Fernandez, Angela Ponos, Nonong Talbo
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1991 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing a cascade of conflicting emotions. Two women have the bad luck to fall for Yuddy. One is a quiet lass named Su Lizhen who works at a sports arena, while the other is a glitzy showgirl named Mimi. Perhaps due to his unresolved edipal issues, he passively lets the two compete for him, unable or unwilling to make a choice. As Lizhen slowly confides her frustration to a cop named Tide, he falls for her. The same is true for Yuddy's friend Zeb, who falls for Mimi. Later, Yuddy learns of his birth mother's whereabouts and heads out to the Philippines.

Dazzling

Director: Xin Lee
Starring: Zongli Cui, Ting Mei, Xuebing Wang, Lala Wu, Jinglei Xu, Min Zhuang
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 2002 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: ADC

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Summary: Eyes tearing once in sunshine, Wu Gang (Wu Lala), a theater usher, can no longer see things clearly. In his eyes, there is a broken rainbow: the trace left by the burning sunshine!
Because of this trace, Wu Gang begins his daydreaming about love. From 10 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, the figures he has encountered in the theater emerge, becoming characters in his daydream.

He sees love, angels, and many more... Waiting in the heat of the sun colors his eyes...

The film unfolds with the fantasy that two angels must find five love couples in order to return to Heaven. This search leads to the theater usher Wu Gang, who is waiting for his date in a park. Then, through Wu Gang's daydreaming, five imaginative stories unfold...

Devil Face, Angel Heart

Director: Billy Chung
Starring: Daniel Wu, Gigi Lai, Stephen Fung, Suet Lam, Wai-sheung Lee, Convoy Chan Chi-Chung
Genre: Action
Release Date: 2002 Language (Country): Cantonese (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Long (Daniel Wu) was born with his face seriously deformed. His brother, Kwan, works as a killer for the gangster Dinosaur in order to make money to provide a better life for Long. When police officers Ken and Dicky receive a call to investigate Dinosaur's operations in hopes of gathering the evidence needed to arrest him, a few itchy fingers will turn the streets red. When Long hears of the commotion, he has no choice but to head into the firefight, to save his brother.

Devils on the Doorstep

Director: Jiang Wen
Starring: Jiang Wen, Wen Jiang, David Wu, Teruyuki Kagawa
Genre: Art House & International
Release Date: 2000 Language (Country): Mandarin (China) Purchased At: Amazon

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Summary: Winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, this dark comedy from director Jiang Wen takes a fresh look at life under occupation at the end of WWII. Jiang Wen stars as Ma Dasan, a peasant who, one night at gunpoint, is compelled to shelter two prisoners. One is a captured prisoner soldier who wants to be killed and the other is his Chinese interpreter who wants to stay alive. As the days turn into months, Ma Dasan and his fellow villagers keep their unwanted guests hidden from the Japanese forces, while deciding whether or not to execute them. The film's rich, bold cinematography is matched only by its approach to the subject matter, which, in turn, attracted the unwanted attention of the Chinese censors who ultimately banned it from Chinese screens.

Disciples of the 36th Chamber

Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Hou Hsiao, Li-Li Li, Chia Hui Liu, Chia-Liang Liu, Jason Pai Piao
Genre: Martial Arts
Release Date: 1985 Language (Country): Mandarin (Hong Kong) Purchased At:

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Summary: Gordon Liu reprises the role that shot him into superstardom in the 36th Chamber of Shaolin in the unofficial third sequel Disciples of the 36th Chamber. As usual, Liu's action direction is mind-boggling and never ceases to amaze.

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