295 CREATION : ' Silver Screen Heroes II '

Shaw Brothers

' Silver Screen Heroes II ' ...


Forever
Alexander Fu Sheng (傅声) ...


Cool
Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽) ...


Aggressive
Gordon Liu (刘家辉) ...


in
ACTIONS !

294 SB SWORDSPLAY '60s : ‘ The Assassin ‘

‘ The Assassin ‘

Cast : Jimmy Wang Yu , Chiao Chiao
Director : Chang Cheh

Synopsis

Set in the period of the Warring States, an official planned to take revenge on a corrupted high-ranking premier for the murder of his son. Thus he went in search for the greatest assassin of the time, Nie Zheng who could accomplish the mission only after his mother’s death and his sister’s marriage ….

Rating : 4 stars of 5

293 SB DRAMA : ‘ The House of 72 Tenants ‘

‘ The House of 72 Tenants ‘

Cast : Hu Chin, Yueh Hua, Ching Li

Director : Chu Yuan

Synopsis

A landlady and her sleazy husband tried to exploit their 72 tenants in whatever way they deemed fit, thus their conflicts with the tenants escalated daily. The 72 tenants pulled themselves together and ready to battle the irredeemable couple …

A satirical comedy with exaggerated humor, thumps up!

Rating : 4 ½ stars of 5

292 REVIEW : ‘ Forever And Ever ‘

‘ Forever And Ever ‘

Cast : Ivy Ling Po , Lin Yu
Director : Lo Wei

Synopsis

A poor scholar was manipulated into marrying a nobleman’s reluctant daughter. For three months, the couple did not consummate their relationship. Soon the wife revealed her hesitation as she was stricken with a contagious disease ….

Rating : 2 stars of 5

291 HK MOVIE '00s : ‘ Naked Weapon '

‘ Naked Weapon '

Type :
Action

One-word description :
Action-thrills

Stars :
Dianel Wu , Maggie Q , Cheng Pei-pei

Director :
Tony Ching

About :
A girl was kidnapped since young and trained to become a professional killer. Many years later, she spotted her mother during a mission ……

Main reason to see this movie :
Brilliantly staged fighting scenes !

Rating :
3 ½ stars of 5

290 CREATION : ' Romancing Once More III ... Ching Li & Ling Yun '

Romancing Once More III ...

... ' CHING LI & LING YUN '

Wherever you go ,

Whatever you do ,

I will be right here waiting for you ...

Whatever it takes ,

Or how my heart breaks ,

I will be right here waiting for you ...

289 SB SWORDSPLAY '70s : ‘ The Heroic Ones ‘

‘ The Heroic Ones ‘

Cast : David Chiang , Ti Lung , Chin Han , Lily Li , James Nan
Director : Chang Cheh

Synopsis

A Mongol king and his thirteen princely sons battled for control of the lands of ancient China against a fearsome army. Led by the thirteenth prince, they powered their way into the enemy’s territory …

Meanwhile a manipulative lord who was once being humiliated by the Mongol king and his princely sons, devised a scheme to assassinate them …

Rating : 4 stars of 5

288 SB KUNG FU : ‘ Dirty Ho ‘

‘ Dirty Ho ‘

Cast : Wang Yu, Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh
Director : Liu Chia-liang

Synopsis

A boisterous ruffian met a prodigal prince and was reluctantly apprenticed himself to the martial arts trained prince. However, when several killers-in-disguise targeted to assassinate the prince, the duo collaborated and fought back to the palace to challenge the mastermind …

Rating : 4 stars of 5

287 REVIEW : ‘ Beyond The Great Wall ‘

‘ Beyond The Great Wall ‘

Cast : Lin Dai , Chao Lei
Director : Li Han-hsiang

Synopsis

During the Han Dynasty, the Emperor selected his concubines through their portraits. Many concubines bribed the artist except one, the tragic legendary beauty Wang Chao-chun. Her portrait was thus being sabotaged and thereafter she suffered in loneliness for three years until one night when she was playing a melancholy note of pipa and caught the Emperor’s attention ….

Rating : 4 stars of 5

286 HK MOVIE '00s : ‘ Gen-Y Cops ‘

‘ Gen-Y Cops '

Type :
Action

One-word description :
Action-thrills

Stars :
Stephen Fung , Edison Chen

Director :
Benny Chan

About :
When discovered being framed for the theft of a futuristic robot, three young cops determined to find the mastermind behind the crime…

Main reason to see this movie :
Highly entertaining despite some script deficiencies.

Rating :
4 ½ stars of 5