Last seen ASIAN movie

[zwoti]

ong bak 3..

[roshiq]

G.P. 506: The Guard Post (2008)

>>: B

[psycho d]

Fallen Angels (1995). Strapping neon lights in the dark underbelly of Hong Kong sets the stage for this uber-hip tale of isolationist tragedy of love-shorn fallen heroes as they try to make their way amongst the cold heartless throngs of civilization. Where connections of life are hostile, our players literally create from scratch a method to link a distant humanity to their otherwise meaningless lives. The result is pure visual bliss. To not be pleasurably mesmerized by this flick is a treason best left without a conviction. The story is a haphazard scramble of lost souls loosely linked by a cinematic art form best left undefined. The direction is just as indescribably perfect, like putting into words the puissance of Mona Lisa's hinting smile. The camera man must have enjoyed a cocktail of methamphetamines washed down with steroids, the result being a wonderfully frenzied complex of voyeuristic energies and incongruous situations whose symbolic import are indelibly brought together in this flick's perfect ending. The only problem was that, as in all of life, the good times all must come to a painful end, a lustful need for more conjugated to an emptiness that life verite' seems unwilling to fulfill.
Genruk

[Angra]

"Ong-bak 3" 3/10

Tony Jaa's nightmare (or trainwreck, if you will) has finally come to an end. Thank God for that.

What we get in this one is, 25 minutes of breaking down, 45 minutes of building up again and 20 minutes of uninspired revenge action. The final fight with Jaa vs. Dan Chupong (again) says it all. Two of Thailands best action stars against each other and not a single cool stunt comes out of it.

I'm certain Jaa is totally drained after this director experience and i'm even more certain we won't see him in a directors seat for a long time. Coz damn..

[Doctor Loomis]

kung fu hustle

[GoreHound13]

Ninja Assasin

[HardCoreKid]

Ninja Assassin 7/10 + A Tale of Two Sisters 8/10

[Monet's Muse]

Meatball Machine

[roshiq]

Ichi the Killer (2001)

One bloody hell of a Yakuza story from Takashi Mike! Specially spectacular in gore department and also the characterization of sadomasochistic don Kakihara!

Waited too long to see this Mike masterpiece and absolutely loved it after watching it yesterday for the very first time.

>>: A-

Visitor Q (2001)

OMG!...OMG!...:eek:

But have to give total credit to Mike for his brave effort in portrayal of such a utterly screwed up dysfunctional family. This extreme showcase may symbolizes the hidden picture of their grief, distances & helplessness that exits between every member of the family & in the society of course, which is again driven crazy by the phenomenon of media exploitation that blurs the difference between reality TV and the nature of reality itself. The only question remains...What are we supposed to feel?

>>: A-

[roshiq]

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

Brilliant! 2 "Woman-in-prison exploitation" films with fascinating art house treatments! Loved the Bava-like colorful style of capturing scenes with surreal sensibilities and undeniably the social & political overtone. In his first film Director Shunya Ito I think to some extent critically tried to explore a darker side or meaning of a national symbol (Flag) in multiple shots which is all about his artistic approach in protesting the corrupted systems; and that continues even in a greater scale in the 2nd film where there's a wonderful little scene just at the beginning of a prison revolt...prisoners thrown their sandals up in the air and just for a moment there we see the hats of the prison guards instead of the prisoner's sandals...! Now that's an ironic touch from a class film maker. A truly visionary, one of a kind experience. Hate to wait for the next 2 installments of the series; hopefully going to watch them very soon.

>>: A