Reviews written by Howard Chang
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Eye In The Sky (DVD) (US Version)
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(3)Our Price: US$11.49Usually ships within 1 to 2 daysRelated promotions:September 6, 2007 5 Stars for Debutante TsuiThis movie can easily make my 2007 top10 movie list. The casting and storyline are an excellent match. Though both seasoned veterans Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Simon Yam prove to continue presenting their best acting abilities, debutante Kate Tsui proves to be a great addition to the movie. Like many Milkyway films there's a sudden tie in of several seemingly unrelated incidents, which made me love this movie even more.
Though very little suspense can be felt during the first half of the film, the acting and action sequences really pull this film together.Not once did I want to get up to use the bathroom, and in my book that makes a really good film. I highly recommend this film to anyone whose enjoys Milkway's style of cinematic brilliance.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Invisible Target (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Invisible Target (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
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September 6, 2007 Going on my Top 20 HK FilmsDirector Benny Chan, brings yet another nonstop action packed thriller to life with this well cast film. Much should also be accredited to the martial arts choreographer as it has many "Dragon Tiger Gate"-esque style action.
Overall casting is great with Nicholas Tse & Shawn Yue bringing much to the table with their acting abilities. In fact, in the NG one can easily see Nicholas Tse contributing a lot to his performance by actually doing some of his own stunts. Though Jaycee Chan's role could have been played by someone better, I'd have qualms recommending this film to a friend.
The action and storyline kept me very much engrossed in the film, watching and very much intrigued in what will happen next. This is one of those movies I'd put at 19th or 20th place on my top20 list(until another great HK movie comes along).
Definitely a good selection for a night of popcorn and martial arts movies!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Dragon Squad (Hong Kong Version)
September 6, 2007 Dragon PipsqeeksThe name of this movie should be renamed "Dragon Pipsqueeks", all too often average budget movies with allstar casts fall short of expectations. This is one of those movies. This is my first review and I only posted it, because I felt it was necessary to unleash my hatred towards this movie and to spare others from wasting 90 minutes or so of their lives.
Let me just preface this review with a confession. I hate Vanness Wu, his acting is up to par with a dead fish. From what I've heard he was part of an asian boy band. All I can say is, he should have stuck to his day job. His acting in this movie follows suit with his other movie, "Star Runner" just plain rubbish.
Now, with an allstar cast featuring Sammo Hung, Simon Yam and Shawn Yue. One would think this would be a pretty kick butt martial arts movie. Wrong, this film utilizes cliche gun battle scenes that have been done over and over again in asian and western cinema. Nothing about the story adds up. Having an all star team of "kids"(as they put it) battle opposing forces just makes me think the director of this rubbish played too much CS(CounterStrike, its a game. look it up). In fact, all the weapons are commonly used in the game, from blades,mp5s,ak47s,sniper rifles, etc... Nothing tactical or strategic about the way they used these weapons makes it at all interesting. Everyone was just spraying and praying that the bullets would hit someone. In fact there's a semi-long weapons battle where all the weapons were used and after 15 minutes of shooting and god-knows how many bullets, no one is hurt.
One of the worst things about this movie is that there are way too many flash sequences introducing the characters over & over & over again.
The only reason, I even sat through this trash was to see the beautiful vixen Maggie Q, but even her role as a "Vietnamese Sniper" just doesn't sit well with me. Do yourself a favor, read through all the previous reviews and come to your own conclusions. If you feel like torturing your friends buy this movie for them. Otherwise, save yourself from such waste. Check out, "Flashpoint" starring Donnie Yen or "Eye in the Sky" another movie with Simon Yam.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
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