Ancient costume kung fu meets "The Temple Of Doom". Clearly inspired by that Harrison Ford film, "Burning Paradise" adds lot of innovative wire-fu with creative choreography and plenty of weirdness. Unfortunately, it seemed to drag at times.
Hong Kong: 1989
Kenny Bee, Carol Cheng (Yu Ling), Wu Ma, Lai Yin Saan Ghost / Romance
Plot: Much to the dismay of his Taoist "ghostbuster" of a brother, a Hong Kong firefighter romances the beautiful ghost of an opera star who perished in a theater fire.
Hong Kong: 2004
Leung Kar Yan, Lui San, Lam Suet Drama
Plot: Tung and his wife and kids are severely depressed and don't feel that they can keep going. They decide to commit suicide together, and allow a local TV station to film the event. But when the suicide goes awry, they learn the true value of life.
Plot: Flavia finds her lesbian passion reawakened after a chance encounter with a carefree singer/songwriter. Butterfly alternates between the past and the present, juxtaposing a rebellious romance in 1989 with her current struggles as a wife and mother.
Plot: Flavia finds her lesbian passion reawakened after a chance encounter with a carefree singer/songwriter. Butterfly alternates between the past and the present, juxtaposing a rebellious romance in 1989 with her current struggles as a wife and mother.
AKA: Comet, Butterfly, And Sword; Comet, Butterfly And Sword; Butterfly & Sword; Butterfly Sword [Tai Seng DVD Title] Hong Kong: 1993
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Joey Wong Martial Arts / Romance
Plot: An honorable, brave farmer volunteers to help defend the Ming Dynasty against a gang of dissembling eunuchs with a coup d'etat on their minds. Featuring Hong Kong superstars Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung.
AKA: Comet, Butterfly, And Sword; Comet, Butterfly And Sword; Butterfly & Sword; Butterfly Sword [Tai Seng DVD Title] Hong Kong: 1993
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Joey Wong Martial Arts / Romance
Plot: An honorable, brave farmer volunteers to help defend the Ming Dynasty against a gang of dissembling eunuchs with a coup d'etat on their minds. Featuring Hong Kong superstars Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung.
AKA: Comet, Butterfly, And Sword; Comet, Butterfly And Sword; Butterfly & Sword; Butterfly Sword [Tai Seng DVD Title] Hong Kong: 1993
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Joey Wong Martial Arts / Romance
Plot: An honorable, brave farmer volunteers to help defend the Ming Dynasty against a gang of dissembling eunuchs with a coup d'etat on their minds. Featuring Hong Kong superstars Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung.
AKA: The Butterfly Lovers: Leon And Jo Hong Kong
Elva Hsiao, Jacky Wu, Rene Liu Animation / Romance
Plot: Though Jo loves Leon, her father forces her to marry Ma. After hearing Jo is getting married, Leon dies from desperation. Leon's grave suddenly bursts apart when Jo arrives, Jo follows his lead and walks in the grave...
AKA: The Butterfly Lovers: Leon And Jo Hong Kong
Elva Hsiao, Jacky Wu, Rene Liu Animation / Romance
Plot: Though Jo loves Leon, her father forces her to marry Ma. After hearing Jo is getting married, Leon dies from desperation. Leon's grave suddenly bursts apart when Jo arrives, Jo follows his lead and walks in the grave...
Plot: When people begin dying from butterfly attacks, Fong heads for Shum Castle, where he believes he will find the key to the secret of these fatal attacks. But it later turns out that there is more to the butterfly murders than anyone ever imagined...
Plot: When people begin dying from butterfly attacks, Fong heads for Shum Castle, where he believes he will find the key to the secret of these fatal attacks. But it later turns out that there is more to the butterfly murders than anyone ever imagined...
Plot: When people begin dying from butterfly attacks, Fong heads for Shum Castle, where he believes he will find the key to the secret of these fatal attacks. But it later turns out that there is more to the butterfly murders than anyone ever imagined...
AKA: Coup De Grace; The Diamond Debacle Hong Kong: 1990
Michelle Reis, Leung Yuen-Jing, Nat Chan Pak-Cheung Comedy / Crime
Plot: When a jewelry shop clerk learns that his boss is planning to have his own diamonds stolen to claim the insurance money, they decide to substitute the store's inventory with fakes. Needless to say, it doesn't go over very well.
AKA: Send In The Clowns Hong Kong: 1983
Cheung Siu-Yin (Chang Shio Yen), Sylvia Chang Ai-Chia Drama / Romance
Plot: A troupe of entertainers struggles to make living by touring sleazy theatres and music halls. Business is declining and so as the quality of the audience, and two sisters in the troupe are struggling to determine their future.
Plot: When a frumpy divorcee leaves her philandering spouse for the company of her best friend's classy stable of escorts, romantic misadventures begin.
Hong Kong: 1972
Chung Wa (Tsung Hua), Ha Faan (Hsia Fan), Wong Hap Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Plot: The aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupies the put-upon Chao kingdom while the hero-filled Wei empire is paralyzed by an indecisive ruler. Adventure, intrigue, death and tragedy reigns before the triumphant clash of the armies.
AKA: The Call Girls; The Callgirls Hong Kong: 1977
Chan Ping (Chen Ping), Danny Lee Sau-Yin (Danny Li Hsiu-Hsien) Erotica / Drama
Plot: The seamy side of the Hong Kong film industry is laid bare in "The Call-Girls". Based on the infamous starlets-for-sex vice scandal that rocked the 1970s movie world, the drama has a startlingly gritty sense of reality.
Plot: Junsei Agata is studying to be an art restoration expert in Florence, Italy. He has been unable to forget Aoi, his long lost true love. But then he remembers a ten year old promise they made to meet at a cathedral in Florence on her 30th birthday...
Plot: Junsei Agata is studying to be an art restoration expert in Florence, Italy. He has been unable to forget Aoi, his long lost true love. But then he remembers a ten year old promise they made to meet at a cathedral in Florence on her 30th birthday...
We concede that this film was supposed to be silly, but we find it unbearable. This 90-minute portrait of ignorance is jam-packed with horrible puns, despicable characters, insultingly bad acting, and lame, low-key racism. The plot, on the other hand, isn't jam-packed with anything at all.
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