current faves?

[all_indie]

i'd normally liked asian movies on the slightly sillier side (jackie chan, etc.) but last week, my friend at umvd let me borrow "purple butterfly" (starring the GORGEOUS zhang ziyi :p ) and it's such a gorgeous, tragic movie...it kinda reminds of japanese films like "dolls" and "last life in the universe" with it's slow pace and amazing visuals...if u want more info, u can go here (http://www.palmpictures.com) and check em out....i REALLY love "purple butterfly". :) lemme know if u have any other recommendations.

[Starchaser107]

Yes , I reccommend that you keep your roving eyes off my zhang xiyi if you know what's good for you!!! :mad:

:D

[PangQuan]

Fulltime Killer ~ serious, semi action movie. A new assassin in the asian market has his sights set on the number one spot. Starring Andy Lau and Takashi Soromachi

Pistol Opera ~ a film by Japanese director Suzuki Seijun starring Esumi Makiko. It is a remake and/or sequel of Suzuki's 1967 Branded to Kill. The plots of both films involve a third-ranked assassin deposing of the top-ranked assassin to claim his/her throne.

If you have not seen Shaolin Soccer yet, you need to. Funny as all Hel!

Versus (one of my personal all time favs) ~ There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection. A pair of escaped convicts meet up with a group of gangsters by a remote forest road. After an arguement over a girl the mobsters have kidnapped, shots are fired and one of the gangsters is killed. The standoff is cut short, however, when the dead man suddenly springs to life and starts trying to kill his former friends. The zombie eventually goes down in a hail bullets, but their problems aren't over. It seems the gangsters have been using this forest to dispose of of their victims, all of whom are now looking to settle some old scores. A Forest to Hell comes Alive with Death.

[Starchaser107]

versus wasn't too bad, just a bit wierded out. for whatever reason japan is obsessed with demons and demonic themes, oh well. the martial arts in thatfilm wasn't that bad though.

i don't like picking favourites, but recently i've liked house of the flying daggers and ong bak. for different reason and by different means i think they both brought some integrity into thier films respectively.

[Vash]

Brother was good.

Need to see the new police story, House of Flying Daggers, Ong Bak.

Hero was good.

Haven't seen many lately.

[norther practitioner]

New Police story is good. Flying daggers I enjoyed, except the ending.

[CaptinPickAxe]

Has anyone seen Ichi the Killer? I was so close to picking that up, but had never seen it or heard anything about it. The explaination on the back made it sound like a great movie, but it was close to $30

[Starchaser107]

ICHI the killer.
if you're looking for martial arts in a film, Ichi the killer is not the way to go.
It is definately a very bizarre and grotesque movie. Very very wierd film. It's so weird that you'll either like it while still finding it odd, or totally hate it and still find it odd.
I don't want to give away too much of the film. Or any of it for that matter.
For me it was Mr. Kakahari that made the film worth watching and not Ichi.
don't watch this film if you have a weak stomach or if you're young and imressionable. Definately not a show for the kiddies.

[Jhapa]

few foreign(asian) films i have seen that i really liked is "2009: Lost Memories - futuristic movie about what would our world would be like if germany and japan won WWII, "Star Runner" - martial arts/love story movies, nice ma seens, "Musa: The Warrior" Zhang Ziyi is in it, "Returner", another futuristic but an awesome movie, and "So Close" with Shu Qi(yum yum).

those are few that i could find through my collection. if it's asian movie, i'll usually watch it.

[all_indie]

hey, pangquan...have u ever seen "bright future"? it's a super scary japanese film (and one of my favorites). it involves yakuzas and a jellyfish :) . it's another one of the movies from umvd so u can get more info at this same site (http://www.palmpictures.com). i'll make sure to check out "versus" :D .

[PangQuan]

No I havent seen that one yet. I will have to check it out. Im always down for feaky yakuza movies. :) thanks

[Jhapa]

"purple butterfly" (starring the GORGEOUS zhang ziyi :p ) and it's such a gorgeous, tragic movie....

i just saw that, it was a very good movie.

[mickey]

Greetings,

Full Time Killer was great! I was rolling on the floor laughing at the Bill Clinton segment. Fantastic.

mickey

[Shaolinlueb]

andy lau's new movie, a world without theives is a decent flick. typical lau movie though. :rolleyes:

current fav asian movie? i dont know the name of the porno i jsut download it :p :p :p :p :p :eek: ;) :cool:

[sk8fool]

has anyone seen 2LDBK? It's not really martial arts although its a pretty good indie japanese movie. I also liked Iron Monkey and recently seen the old Masta Killer (enter the 36th Chamber of Shaolin)

[doug maverick]

i really like this film called jiang hu with andy lau, it's a really creative flick with some amazing visuals it also stars basically the whole cast from infernal affairs.

another good flick i just recently saw was john woo's bullet in the head, it goes down as the greates film i've ever laid eyes on hands down, it revolves around three friends and there mis-adventures in hong kong and vietnam simon yam was casted against type in this film as a bad ass hell hitman, and he was great, the hole film is really great the action is realistic and the depiction of veitnam, during the war, is almost close to apocalypse now.