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Stealth
Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.
"...sometime genre favorite W.D. Richter (Big Trouble in Little China), is a hamfisted collection of cornball military clichés that..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Assault on Precinct 13
This new version of John Carpenter's classic is superfluous in the extreme, and while it’s not technically a bad movie, per se, viewers unfamiliar with the film’s lineage will likely write it off as yet another midwinter also-ran, the sort of action film that never quite takes off and instead focuses on random gun battles and cheesy dialogue.
"...to attempt a remake of Big Trouble in Little China: San Francisco will be in ruins if that ever..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zhou Yu's Train
Chinese romance stars beautiful Gong Li as a modern woman with two male lovers.
"...romantic and modern movies to come out of present-day China. It tells the story of Zhou Yu (Li), a..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nowhere in Africa
"...farm labor while Jettel refuses even to unpack her china, sure in her heart that the family’s emigration is..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Tuxedo
"...to be shipped off on a slow boat to China and forced to toil as unpaid fight-scene extras in..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Emperor
"...life story of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, whose rule was governed by the vagaries of history...."

July 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
"...of a lovestruck young debt collector wandering around ancient China in search of his true love is an eyeful..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Acid House
"...Mark Renton and the Trainspotting crew were fueled by China white and googly bathtub crank, the lads and lasses..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Emperor: Director's Cut
"...is a celebration of the grandeur and resilience of China. The script by Bertolucci and Mark Peploe uses 1950..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Krippendorf's Tribe
"...one meager joke into the ground and halfway to China. Then add the dubious charms of white actors camping..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deep Rising
"...on looting a giant cruise ship in the South China Sea. Things go predictably amiss when the intended target..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragon Chronicles
"...However, as the makers of Big Trouble in Little China and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Blush
"...intellectual, or otherwise recalcitrant. That's where Blush begins, in China during the heady months of 1949 during which the..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue
"...his role in John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China, to portray a pair of Ming dynasty patriots determined..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Magic in the Water
"...a penchant for orchestrating clouds and digging holes to China, the lonely, boring vacation starts to perk up. But..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Amazing Panda Adventure
"...invited by his conservationist (and divorced) father to rural China for the summer, he finds himself caught up in..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Temptation of a Monk
"...few “arthouse” filmmakers -- Clara Law (Autumn Moon, Farewell China). Made during the height of 1994's seemingly endless string..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Peace Hotel
"...of its own intriguing premise. The plot, set in China during the early 1900s, is great: Chow stars as..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Lovers
"...well as examining the similarly confused politics of ancient China. The tone changes from light to dark during the..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Fist of Legend
"...arts superstars, Jet Lee (Once Upon A Time In China, Fong Sai Yuk) , as the famous Chinese folk..."

March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Strawberry and Chocolate
"...artists and plies him with contraband American whiskey and china teacups. Over the course of time, the two men..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bride With White Hair II
"...pulled. Forget the moldering Once Upon a Time in China series, this is the real McCoy...."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock and Roll Cop
"...one from Hong Kong and the other from Mainland China, who are forced to work together to nab the..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Conviction
"...in the late Sixties, Fist in the Pocket and China Is Near brought him international attention and a controversial..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exit to Eden
"...use her wholesome looks and TV image as a China Beach heroine to sell John & Jane Public on..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Bodyguard From Beijing
"...of handguns. Li plays a stoic bodyguard from Mainland China who is sent to Hong Kong in order to..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Return to a Better Tomorrow
"...smuggling and murder, flees to the People's Republic of China, where he must fight for his life against hired..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

New Legend of Shaolin
"...legendary Shaolin student turned patriotic revolutionary, who travels across China, fighting injustice with his equally skilled seven-year-old son. In..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

King of the Sea
"...vagabond bent on destroying the British navy during ancient China's opium war. Wai Kwong stars as his rival, determined..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Hail the Judge
"...be more than a little bit helpful in ancient China's wildly amoral courts, has the star reaching such a..."

Aug. 29, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

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