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I watched Gleam of Hope about a year ago. It was ok. In the words of Equinox.....meh.

Been watching hk films like crazy (laid up with a sever groin pull-wish i had a good story for the injury but unfortunately it's sports related). A few more i've watched from my never ending stack of 'want to see dvd's'....

Marked fo Murder- Tai Seng vhs has volume issues and these kinds of action movies were churned out by the dozens in the mid 90's but Leung Kar Yan is always welcome in my home.

Magnificent Team- Director of First Shot and The Powerful Four( as well as Gigolo and Whore 1 & 2) directs a crap movie with an able cast. Disapointing.

Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just a Violinist- The usually reliable Herman Yau directs a ho-hum comedy with Lau Ching Wan and Tersa Mo....diverting if nothing else.

Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner- Average action/ drama/ comedy with good performances but little else. Ti Lung is always a welcome sight in a film....and playing against type too....

Gen Y Cops- Good lord! Edison Chan's american slang is hysterical...i was actually crying from laughing so hard. Paul Rudd....must have had to pay rent....great hair.

The Dragon Fighter- Hey day action romp starring Alex Fong, Sibelle Hu, Francis Ng, Michiko Nishiwaki, Alex Man, Carrie Ng, Eddie Ko.....sounds like an unbelievable winner.....it isn't. Far too many action film (like Marked for Murder) had been around by the time this came out that it was redundant. Love Francis Ng's floppy hair-do and Alex Fong's cheesy scruffy beard.

been watching way too many movies lately..and combing the high schools for a new GF

Basic Impulse- One of my favorite directors, Cha Chuen Yee(Once Upon a time in Triad Society 1+2) directs an awkward comedy that is supposed to, i think, parody the American thriller Basic Instinct. It doesn't succeed but there is plenty of softcore goodness to go around...and use of the fast forward button.

The Modern Girls- Cha Chuen Yee craps out in this story of slutty skanks doing what slutty skanks do best.....being slutty skanks. Social drama at it's worst. Just awful.

Close Escape- Max Mok and Aaron Kwok team up in a heyday actioner that we have all seen countless times before. Yukari Oshima isn't given much to do but even when she is...we've all seen it countless times before.

Red Wolf- Fun no-brainer action pic from Yuen Woo Ping...another 'Die- Hard' ripoff, but if your going to ripoff an action film you could do much worse than Die Hard. Elaine Lui....damn....wish she was still doing movies.

Never Compromise- Watched this when it first came on video....don't know why i watched it again....someone help me...please. A small turd on Francis Ng's resume....though a classic for Simon Lui. There are actually some nice touches but the film still sucks.

Maniacal Night- Sam Leung's directorial debut( he also directed Color of Pain and Explosive City) was a shot in the arm for me. Though made back in '01, i had just come from watching Herman Yau's Lethal Ninja and was about to drink some draino(i'll get back to Lethal Ninja in a bit). Much like Scorcese's After Hours, Maniacal Night follows Murphy's Law-anything that can go wrong, will go wrong- almost to perfection. Very, very, funny.

(Herman Yau double feature):
Killing End-I had recently watched Yau's A Mob Story and loved it so i rummaged through my neverending collection of unwatched vcd's and went back to some earlier Yau hoping to find a diamond in the rough. Killing End was not it but was diverting enough (and short, 78 min.) to be an o.k. time waster. The same cast is employed for Nightmares at Precinct 7.


Lethal Ninja- SHIT! UTTER GARBAGE! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! Avoid this pap at all costs. God-awful. Almost drank draino. Slow, ridiculous looking (picture Eddie Ko in ninja garb), sporadic craptacular action....ugh. Waise Lee, who is always nice to see, was wasted as the villain. OH MY LORD......WHAT SHIT? I would rather watch a Kenneth Lau film written by Simon Lui.

A-1- Pretty good murder mystery with great performances from Angelica lee, Anthony Wong, Leung Kar Fai, and Eric Kot. Edison Chen isn't really annoying either. The mystery though, the resolve.....isn't that rewarding. Excellent tone and pacing but the payoff is sorely lacking.

A Gambler's Story- Marco Mak strikes gold with this excellent low key comedy about a downtrodden gambler (Francis Ng) and a likewise Mamasan (Shooky Kwan). The pair are brilliant together and the directing so top notch that i wanted to watch it again when it was finished. The diamond in the rough i was looking for. And for me, a classic.

help me please ....i need a life.....