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Old 11-27-05, 01:44 PM
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Pls recc. some good recent HK films

Ok, in the past I was pretty big into HK films, I own/saw, many of the older more acclaimed titles. But for the last 3-4 years, I really haven't kept up with the more acclaimed films (other than the wide US release ones). So what are some of the better HK films of the last 3-4 years that I probably missed?

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Depends on what genres you are looking for, but I really enjoyed the following:

- A World Without Thieves - Drama
- The Classic - Rom. Comedy
- House of Fury - Action/Comedy
- Breaking News - Action/Thriller
- Ke Ke Xi Li - Drama
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The Infernal Affairs trilogy, definitely.
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The Infernal Affairs trilogy, definitely.
I'm glad I visited this thread, as I had missed the review of that set when it first came up! Definitely something I'd be interested in watching/purchasing.

I'm curious though-- both this and The Yakuza Papers seem to get compared to The Godfather (at least in recent reviews I've read). So, how does Infernal Affairs Trilogy stack up against The Yakuza Papers?

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Haven't seen The Yakuza Papers to compare, sorry.
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Originally Posted by Matthew Zolton
Ok, in the past I was pretty big into HK films, I own/saw, many of the older more acclaimed titles. But for the last 3-4 years, I really haven't kept up with the more acclaimed films (other than the wide US release ones). So what are some of the better HK films of the last 3-4 years that I probably missed?

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Matthew Zolton
You haven't missed much from HK. The real quality films coming out of Asia are Korean. I'm sure you've seen a few of these (some are more than five years old), but the following are well worth going out of your way for. You'll find a lot of these on Blockbuster's and HV's new release shelves.

Nobody Knows (Japanese)
Musa (Korean)
Twilight Samurai (Japanese)
Arahan (Korean)
Ong Bak (Thai)
Psitol Opera (Japanese)
Oasis (Korean)
Il Mare (Korean)
Shiri (Korean)
Bichunmoo (Korean)
Azumi (Korean)
Joint Security Area (Korean)
3-Iron (Korean)
Memory of Murder (Korean)
Friend (Korean)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Save the Green Planet, My Sassy Girl and Old Boy generated a lot of buzz, but I didn't care for them.

Good pace to check out new Asian film reviews is www.cityonfire.com.

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Originally Posted by Josh Z
The Infernal Affairs trilogy, definitely.
So true, one of my favorite trilogy`s of the last couple of years. Awesome!
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The Classic - Rom. Comedy : that a Korean Movie too. Gotto agree with Timeandtide tat the current better Asian films are from Korea, very low output from the HK film industry and those films are really not up to the standard of the HK Golden Age (80s to the early 90s)

The better one that I seen recently was SPL (Sha PO Liang), with Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen and Simon Yam in it. Should be released in US pretty soon.

the HK film that I enjoyed was "You Shoot, I shoot" by Ho Cheung Ping. low budget but fun. check the website here http://www.goldenharvest.com/ushooti.../main_eng.html
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Thanks for all of the recommendations. I plan to check out a few of these!

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