Wu Xia (2011)

Wu Xia (2011)

The cinematography is beautiful, from the lush green hills to the bright olive waters that house the grass stalks where the serenity is only broken by kung fu practitioners battling each other for the right to live.  The choreography is as clean as it gets, making sure that we don’t miss any breaks, blocks or punches. The fighting was Wing Chun styled with...

Red Cliff (2008)

Red Cliff (2008)

Director John Woo’s Red Cliff is a dramatically poetic movie based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms a historical novel written by Luo Guonzhang. If you aren’t familiar with the Three Kingdoms story – it chronicles the ambitions of three men, love and the wonderful Generals that followed their lead. The three men are Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Cao Cao....

House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers

Ok seriously, after browsing my other favorite movie site: comingsoon.net, I happened upon this upcoming movie “House of Flying Daggers”. Seeing that it was an import, I tried my luck on EBay and had a copy sent to my home immediately. My expectations were a bit high being that Zhang Ziyi was in it and also Takeshi Kaneshiro from “The Returner”. I am...