Even if Monster Hunt were billed in America with “from Raman Hui, the supervising animator of everyone’s favorite DreamWorks player, the Gingerbread Man, and co-director of Shrek the Third, comes a magical adventure of man and beast” on the posters, it wouldn’t be enough. But that’s okay, because Hui didn’t make it for American audiences. Instead, it stemmed from a desire back in 2005 to make an animated film in China after spending so much time with Steven Spielberg‘s company learning the ropes. A decade later and the finished live-action-animated hybrid became the nation’s highest-grossing film ever (since beaten by Stephen Chow‘s The Mermaid). Not even the boast of this acclaim could make it a winner stateside, though. It’s simply too weird for western audiences.
That doesn’t mean it’s bad or indecipherable. Hui utilizes many of the same themes from the...
That doesn’t mean it’s bad or indecipherable. Hui utilizes many of the same themes from the...
- 3/10/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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Police Story might just be the greatest action franchise of all time. But which movies are the best in the series?
After his disappointing experience in America filming The Protector, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong determined to make his own cop film his own way. The result - Police Story - kickstarted perhaps the greatest action franchise of all time; a series of films that still deliver thrills of a near-religious magnitude for genre fans.
Aside from the two reboots, the Police Stories revolve around Jackie's maverick Hong Kong cop Ka-Kui Chan (or Kevin Chan, in the English dubs) with frequent appearances from his lovably inept superior 'Uncle Bill' (Bill Tung) and his long-suffering girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung). The story continuity is a little ropey but instead each instalment offers a new, and usually more improbable, case for Ka-Kui to crack.
There's a blend of comedy,...
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Police Story might just be the greatest action franchise of all time. But which movies are the best in the series?
After his disappointing experience in America filming The Protector, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong determined to make his own cop film his own way. The result - Police Story - kickstarted perhaps the greatest action franchise of all time; a series of films that still deliver thrills of a near-religious magnitude for genre fans.
Aside from the two reboots, the Police Stories revolve around Jackie's maverick Hong Kong cop Ka-Kui Chan (or Kevin Chan, in the English dubs) with frequent appearances from his lovably inept superior 'Uncle Bill' (Bill Tung) and his long-suffering girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung). The story continuity is a little ropey but instead each instalment offers a new, and usually more improbable, case for Ka-Kui to crack.
There's a blend of comedy,...
- 1/5/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
What’s the first image that pops in your mind when you hear the name “Jackie Chan”?
For most of us, Chan is an iconic martial artist who always finds a way to make his films action-packed, replete with massive explosions and death-defying stunts, without totally sacrificing humor. However, in his film “Police Story: Lockdown,” Jackie loses the goofy grins and replaces it with intense gazes and an overall pensive look.
The Criminal Avenger, the Hardened Detective, and the Damsel in Distress
The Story Behind the “Lockdown”
Well, you can’t blame Jackie Chan, who portrays Detective Zhong Wen in “Police Story 2013,” for the serious face.
Detective Zhong has been searching for his estranged daughter, Miao, only to find her in a relationship with the seedy nightclub owner, Wu Jiang. Their difference in opinion resulted to an argument, but before he can try and reach out to his daughter, he was knocked unconscious.
For most of us, Chan is an iconic martial artist who always finds a way to make his films action-packed, replete with massive explosions and death-defying stunts, without totally sacrificing humor. However, in his film “Police Story: Lockdown,” Jackie loses the goofy grins and replaces it with intense gazes and an overall pensive look.
The Criminal Avenger, the Hardened Detective, and the Damsel in Distress
The Story Behind the “Lockdown”
Well, you can’t blame Jackie Chan, who portrays Detective Zhong Wen in “Police Story 2013,” for the serious face.
Detective Zhong has been searching for his estranged daughter, Miao, only to find her in a relationship with the seedy nightclub owner, Wu Jiang. Their difference in opinion resulted to an argument, but before he can try and reach out to his daughter, he was knocked unconscious.
- 6/1/2015
- by Mary Ann Simuangco
- AsianMoviePulse
Lian Kao, a Taiwanese student, has gone blind after she kept her contacts in for six months without changing or cleaning them, allowing amoeba to destroy her eyes.
Woman Wears Contacts For Six Months Straight
Kao, 23, wore disposable contacts for six months without cleaning them or replacing them, creating a breeding ground for amoeba in between the contact lenses and her eyeballs.
“A shortage of oxygen can destroy the surface of the epithelial tissue, creating tiny wounds into which the bacteria can easily infect, spreading to the rest of the eye and providing a perfect breeding ground,” said Wu Jiang-liang, director of ophthalmology at Taipei’s Wan Fang Hospital.
The doctor cautioned other contact-users to be sure to use them properly, making sure to remove them, replace them and/or clean them as instructed.
Amoeba Ate Through Cornea
The amoeba reportedly damaged her cornea, essentially eating through her eyeball and blinding her.
Woman Wears Contacts For Six Months Straight
Kao, 23, wore disposable contacts for six months without cleaning them or replacing them, creating a breeding ground for amoeba in between the contact lenses and her eyeballs.
“A shortage of oxygen can destroy the surface of the epithelial tissue, creating tiny wounds into which the bacteria can easily infect, spreading to the rest of the eye and providing a perfect breeding ground,” said Wu Jiang-liang, director of ophthalmology at Taipei’s Wan Fang Hospital.
The doctor cautioned other contact-users to be sure to use them properly, making sure to remove them, replace them and/or clean them as instructed.
Amoeba Ate Through Cornea
The amoeba reportedly damaged her cornea, essentially eating through her eyeball and blinding her.
- 7/15/2014
- Uinterview
The thought of Jackie Chan returning to the Police Story series after a nine year hiatus will have left many viewers in a temporary state of anxiety. The Police Story movies - particularly parts one, two and three - are hugely inventive action comedies starring Jackie at the top of his game. Action hero Chan first appeared as Inspector Chan Ka Kui in 1985, before returning to the series as Senior Inspector Chan Kwok-Wing in an unrelated - mostly worthwhile - 2004 entry. Jackie is getting on a bit now, so it would be unfair to expect the death-defying stunts we've become accustomed to over the years. Instead we get a dark and moody offering from director Sheng Ding, a far cry from their previous collaboration, the quirky action comedy Little Big Soldier. Inside an Industrial factory-turned-nightclub on a busy city street, all the patrons are being held hostage. Among them are...
- 5/20/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
It’s been banned in China for its savage criticism of that nation’s economic and social policies. But its horrors look awfully familiar to us in the West, too. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s been banned in China, and no wonder. Writer-director Zhangke Jia’s quartet of based-on-fact tales of economic and social inequality driving ordinary people to violence is savagely critical of how that nation is racing to catch up with the rest of the industrialized and postindustrialized world. But what we see here looks very familiar indeed: Corruption and injustice creating a circle of disorder and death and protecting those who profit from it? Frustrated citizens made powerless by a vast economic machine that is actively hostile to their needs? No, A Touch of Sin depicts a vast cultural...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s been banned in China, and no wonder. Writer-director Zhangke Jia’s quartet of based-on-fact tales of economic and social inequality driving ordinary people to violence is savagely critical of how that nation is racing to catch up with the rest of the industrialized and postindustrialized world. But what we see here looks very familiar indeed: Corruption and injustice creating a circle of disorder and death and protecting those who profit from it? Frustrated citizens made powerless by a vast economic machine that is actively hostile to their needs? No, A Touch of Sin depicts a vast cultural...
- 5/16/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Though there’s always at least a bit of excitement at the release of any new Jackie Chan film, the announcement of “Police Story 2013” came as a particularly big piece of news, being the sixth instalment in the classic stunt filled series. With Chan having obviously aged since his early days of hanging off buses and it having been some 10 years since “New Police Story”, the film unsurprisingly takes a different direction, director Ding Cheng (“The Underdog Knight”) aiming to mix in more drama and emotion with the action. With support from Liu Ye (“The Last Supper”) and Jing Tian (“Special ID”), the film was a Hong Kong-China production, and like most of Chan’s recent outings has more of a Mainland influence and appeal than his early works. Chan plays Police officer Zhong Wen, who’s in town to meet up with his estranged rebellious daughter Miao (Jiang Tian...
- 5/13/2014
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Here we go, the trailer for Jackie Chan’s Police Story 2013 has finally arrived and i have to say it looks great.
It looks set to deliver some great action scenes and yes Jackie is back in fighting form. I love all the Police Story movies and I’m guessing this is also live up to expectation.
Cast
Jackie Chan as Detective Zhong Wen
Liu Ye as Wu Jiang
Huang Bo
Jing Tian as Miao Miao
Zhang Lanxin
Wang Zhifei
Zhang Xiaoning
Guli Nazha...
It looks set to deliver some great action scenes and yes Jackie is back in fighting form. I love all the Police Story movies and I’m guessing this is also live up to expectation.
Cast
Jackie Chan as Detective Zhong Wen
Liu Ye as Wu Jiang
Huang Bo
Jing Tian as Miao Miao
Zhang Lanxin
Wang Zhifei
Zhang Xiaoning
Guli Nazha...
- 10/29/2013
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Here we go, the trailer for Jackie Chan’s Police Story 2013 has finally arrived and i have to say it looks great.
It looks set to deliver some great action scenes and yes Jackie is back in fighting form. I love all the Police Story movies and I’m guessing this is also live up to expectation.
Cast
Jackie Chan as Detective Zhong Wen
Liu Ye as Wu Jiang
Huang Bo
Jing Tian as Miao Miao
Zhang Lanxin
Wang Zhifei
Zhang Xiaoning
Guli Nazha...
It looks set to deliver some great action scenes and yes Jackie is back in fighting form. I love all the Police Story movies and I’m guessing this is also live up to expectation.
Cast
Jackie Chan as Detective Zhong Wen
Liu Ye as Wu Jiang
Huang Bo
Jing Tian as Miao Miao
Zhang Lanxin
Wang Zhifei
Zhang Xiaoning
Guli Nazha...
- 10/29/2013
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wei Tang, Kara Hui, Zheng Wei, Li Jia-Min, Wu Jiang, Yu Kang | Written by Joyce Chan, Oi Wah Lam | Directed by Peter Chan
Prolific producer and director Peter Chan steps into the wu xia genre with Dragon, which is set in 1917 in early Republican China and tells the story of Liu Jin-xi (Yen) a village paperworker whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper’s life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu (Kaneshiro). Convinced that Liu’s success in fending off the gangsters is less of a fluke and more a sign of his mastery of the martial arts, Xu doggedly pursues the truth. However Xu’s investigation draws the attention of China’s criminal underworld and exposes Liu, and the rest of his village, to danger from the 72 Demons…...
Prolific producer and director Peter Chan steps into the wu xia genre with Dragon, which is set in 1917 in early Republican China and tells the story of Liu Jin-xi (Yen) a village paperworker whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper’s life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu (Kaneshiro). Convinced that Liu’s success in fending off the gangsters is less of a fluke and more a sign of his mastery of the martial arts, Xu doggedly pursues the truth. However Xu’s investigation draws the attention of China’s criminal underworld and exposes Liu, and the rest of his village, to danger from the 72 Demons…...
- 5/3/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"What kind of man are you?" This has been a long time coming, especially because it premiered in Cannes more than a year ago. The trailer is for a film now called simply Dragon, directed by Peter Ho-Sun Cha, originally known as Wu Xia when it premiered, previously called Swordsmen as well. The film stars Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro with Yu Wang, Kara Hui, Wu Jiang. It's a rather expansive, intense, and revealing, but still badass trailer for the martial arts drama that plays kind of like A History of Violence. It's a good film, so this is just a reminder to take a look and check it out once it's available near you. Watch and enjoy! Here's the official Us release trailer for Peter Chan's "Dragon", in high def from Apple: In the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Jin-xi is a papermaker and father of two sons who...
- 10/17/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Already beating box office records is the fantasy sequel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The film’s music is composed by Alexandre Desplat who scored his second Harry Potter film. A soundtrack album featuring Desplat’ score has been released on Watertower Music (click here for our soundtrack announcement including audio clips). To watch a short video from the score’s recording sessions and to listen to an audio interview with the composer, check out our previous article. Also check out Classic FM’s short interview with Desplat talking about his music for the final Harry Potter installment.
Also opening wide is Walt Disney Pictures’ animated film Winnie the Pooh. Henry Jackman composed the score for the movie. A soundtrack album featuring Jackman’s score, the film’s songs written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and an...
Already beating box office records is the fantasy sequel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The film’s music is composed by Alexandre Desplat who scored his second Harry Potter film. A soundtrack album featuring Desplat’ score has been released on Watertower Music (click here for our soundtrack announcement including audio clips). To watch a short video from the score’s recording sessions and to listen to an audio interview with the composer, check out our previous article. Also check out Classic FM’s short interview with Desplat talking about his music for the final Harry Potter installment.
Also opening wide is Walt Disney Pictures’ animated film Winnie the Pooh. Henry Jackman composed the score for the movie. A soundtrack album featuring Jackman’s score, the film’s songs written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and an...
- 7/16/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
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