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This 1989 rouser is apocalyptic pulp--the bloodiest, showiest, most shamelessly sentimental specimen of Hong Kong's gangster melodramas. A torch singer named Jennie (Sally Yeh) is accidentally blinded during a slaying in a night club, and Chow Yun-fat's sad-eyed Jeff, a self-lacerating assassin, dra...

The Untold Story...

When a japanese yakuza boss is brutally executed his family puts a hit out on the assassin who pulled the trigger. But when a lone hitman hears of a reward he teams up with an agent willing to show him the underworld of japanese corruption in order to cash in on a murder. Studio: Sony Pictures Home...

Violence as poetry, rendered by a master-brilliant and passionate, John Woo's Hard Boiled tells the story of jaded detective "Tequila" Yuen (played with controlled fury by Chow Yun-fat). Woo's dizzying odyssey through the world of Hong Kong Triads, undercover agents, and frenzied police raids culmin...

The John Woo gangster classic that started it all, a romantic, violent, swirlingly stylish melodrama about dueling brothers--with a mesmerizing lead performance by Hong Kong's favorite actor, Chow Yun-Fat. In repose, Chow's sleepy magnetism recalls the glory days of Robert Mitchum, Steve McQueen, an...

With the names of Peking Opera pals and frequent costars Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao headlining this action comedy, one would reasonably expect another kung-fu-teer team-up, and the bang-up opening does nothing to contradict that. The picture jumps out of the gate with Hong Kong cops Chan...

This 1989 rouser is apocalyptic pulp--the bloodiest, showiest, most shamelessly sentimental specimen of Hong Kong's gangster melodramas. A torch singer named Jennie (Sally Yeh) is accidentally blinded during a slaying in a night club, and Chow Yun-fat's sad-eyed Jeff, a self-lacerating assassin, dra...

Raped by an Angel...

The portly Hung plays a gentle retarded man and Chan his brother struggling to care for him. Of course, a violent subplot gives Chan a chance to display his martial arts skills in what is one of his most sensitive films....

High-octane gas, pumped out by the buoyant maestro of Hong Kong action, Jackie Chan. In this outing, the irrepressible Chan plays a Hong Kong cop teamed up (gloriously) with a Chinese inspector played by Michelle Yeoh (a.k.a. Michelle Khan). The plot ranges all over Southeast Asia, culminating with ...