Rich and Famous

"...Wong Tai-Loi. Starring: Andy Lau Tak-Wah, Alex Man Tze-Leung, Chow Yun-Fat, Alan Tam, Carina Lau Ka-Ling and Pauline Wong...."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Treasure Hunt

"...Directed by: Jeff Lau. Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Ng Sin Lin and Lui Chia Hui...."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Hard Boiled

"...Directed by: John Woo. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung, Philip Chan, Bowie Lam and Kwan..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The God of Gamblers

"...Directed by: Wang Jing. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau and Wong Tso-Yin. Hong Kong's second-highest-grossing..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Full Contact

"...Directed by: Ringo Lam. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Ann Bridgewater and Bonnie..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

"...Charles Heung. Ouch. The original God of Gamblers, with Chow Yun-Fat, was an ingenious blend of surreal comedy and..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Corruptor

"...Directed by: James Foley. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Brian Cox, Ric Young, Ron Mann,..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Peace Hotel

"...Directed by: Wei Kar-Fei. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat and Cecilia Yip Ye-Tong. If nothing else, this..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Replacement Killers

"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino and Kenneth Tsang. An amazing number..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Love and Death in Saigon

"...Directed by: Tsui Hark. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Anita Mui and Tony Leung Kar-Fei. Hey. Wait..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bulletproof Monk

"...Directed by: Paul Hunter. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, Victoria Smurfit, Karel..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dragonball: Evolution

Live-action versions of animé/manga hits are notoriously hard to pull off, and Dragonball: Evolution proves no exception.

"...Directed by: James Wong. Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Chow Yun-Fat, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura and Randall..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anna and the King

"...Directed by: Andy Tennant. Starring: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi, Randall Duk..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Chinese Odyssey II: Cinderella

"...Directed by: Jeff Lau. Starring: Stephen Chow and Ng Man Tat. More outrageous fantasy and comedy..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Triads: The Untold Story

"...Directed by: Taylor Wong. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat and Roy Cheung. Not reviewed at press time...."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

"...Directed by: Jeff Lau. Starring: Ng Man Tat, Stephen Chow, Kit Ying Lam and Karen Mok. Wildly ambitious and..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

A Better Tomorrow II

"...Directed by: John Woo. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Chung, Ti Lung and Dean Shek. John..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Asian Connection

"...and Yuen Tak. Starring: Danny Lee Sau-Yin and Michael Chow Man-Kin. If your culinary tastes run to wild boar..."

Jan. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Triad Election

When the time comes for an aging gangster godfather in Hong Kong to step down, a bloody battle for control ensues in this vivid story about thug life.

"...Leading man Yam hasn’t crossed over to Hollywood like Chow Yun-Fat, but he’s no less an icon back home;..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mighty Peking Man

This 1977 Shaw Brothers production from Hong Kong is a gleefully silly riff on everything monster movies and was re-released under the auspices of Quentin Tarantino in 1999.

"...be a micro-cameo by an uncredited (and very young) Chow Yun-Fat. The fun begins when a corrupt exhibitor hears..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saint of Gamblers

"...who has none of the charisma of part one's Chow Yun-fat, the good looks of part two's Andy Lau..."

March 13, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

God of Gamblers' Return

"...Directed by: Jing Wong. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Wu Hsin-Kuo, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Chingmy..."

Jan. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Better Tomorrow

Woo's crime drama is one of the signature films of the Hong Kong cinema.

"...Directed by: John Woo. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Ti Lung. John Woo's 1984..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Killer

This is the film that made John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat household names within action-crazed American households. Elements of conventional melodrama and criminal double-crosses blend in this story about a hitman conducting one last job to earn the money to restore the eyesight of a woman he had previously blinded.

"...Directed by: John Woo. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Chu Kong and Sally Yeh. Love..."

April 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Children of Huang Shi

This would-be epic tells the story of George Hogg, an English adventurer who saved the lives of Chinese orphans during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties.

"...by: Roger Spottiswoode. Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Li Guang, Ji Lin, Matt Walker..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

This third Pirates outing is an empty vessel haunted by the ghosts of its sabre-rattling betters.

"...Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Chow Yun-Fat, Bill Nighy, Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hollander, Naomie Harris..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Curse of the Golden Flower

The rather emotionally insignificant melodrama at the center of this film is given only minimal cover from scrutiny by Zhang Yimou’s visual virtuosity.

"...Directed by: Zhang Yimou. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Chen Jin,..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

This martial arts film succeeds as a great pulp yarn, a historical drama, an epic love story, a humorous action tale, and a modern feminist fable.

"...Directed by: Ang Lee. Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat, Chang Chen, Zhang Ziyi, Cheng Pei-Pei and..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City on Fire

"...Directed by: Ringo Lam. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Carrie Ng, Roy Cheung and Danny Lee. Not..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

The Big Hit

"...Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Elliot Gould, Lainie Kazan, China Chow, Sab Shimono...."

June 18, 1999 Screens Feature

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