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March 3, 2011
Legendary Assassin (Chung Chi Li and Jacky Wu, 2008)
In Legendary Assassin, following the murder of a triad boss, an assassin is trapped on the small island where the deed occurred due to weather conditions.
November 28, 2010
Bodyguards and Assassins (Teddy Chan, 2009)
In Bodyguards and Assassins, Chinese patriots pledge their lives to safeguard a revolutionary named Dr. Sun as assassins are sent to kill him.
November 28, 2010
Accident (Pou-soi Cheang, 2009)
Accident devolves into a too simplistic whodunit, where the director tries to dazzle us with his technical mastery and film knowledge.
December 30, 2011
Underwater Love (Shinji Imaoka, 2011)
Underwater Love serves instead as an odd artistic work on sexuality, the film medium, and the way we’ve been conditioned to respond to it.
November 24, 2010
Crows Zero 2 (Takashi Miike, 2009)
In Crows Zero 2, the Miike cool is in full display in the characters,modern day warriors haunting the streets of Tokyo in search of a good fight.
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