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The Heroic Trio and Executioners (Johnnie To & Ching Siu-tung, 1993)

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The Heroic Trio and Executioners (Johnnie To & Ching Siu-tung, 1993)

The Shaolin Cinematic Universe

The Odd One Dies

The Shaolin Cinematic Universe

This was originally commissioned by the Vulgar Cinema website in July 2014, and was published in December 2015. Then, after that site disappeared, it was revised and republished at Frame.land in May 2019. Now that site too appears to be defunct, so I'm posting it once again

Easy Money (Stephen Shin, 1987)

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Easy Money (Stephen Shin, 1987)

Police Story 3: Supercop (Stanley Tong, 1992)

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Police Story 3: Supercop (Stanley Tong, 1992)

Stanley Tong Capsule Reviews

Stanley Tong Capsule Reviews

Police Story 3: Supercop (Stanley Tong, 1992) — March 3, 2018 At what point do you think Jackie Chan realized Michelle Yeoh was going to upstage him in every scene? He already had to contend with a vastly overqualified Maggie Cheung, and you just know he didn’t give Yuen Wah

The Tai Chi Master (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993)

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The Tai Chi Master (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993)

Project S (Stanley Tong, 1993)

Project S (Stanley Tong, 1993)

This sequel to Police Story 3: Supercop, also known as, appropriately enough, Supercop 2, focuses on Michelle Yeoh’s character from that film, with the same director (Stanley Tong) and Jackie Chan reprising his role in a single scene (in which he foils Eric Tsang’s jewel robbery attempt while

Michelle Yeoh Capsule Reviews

Michelle Yeoh Capsule Reviews

Magnificent Warriors (David Chung, 1987) — December 20, 2013 A self-consciously Hollywood-esque period adventure with Michelle Yeoh as an Indiana Jones-inspired hero who helps a small town (set ostensibly somewhere like Bhutan) resist the Japanese with the help of Richard Ng and Derek Yee. Relentlessly-paced, with a series of show-stopping action

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Yuen Woo-ping, 2016)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Yuen Woo-ping, 2016)

A straight-to-Netflix multinational English language collaboration that is the sequel to the highest-grossing foreign language film in American history, Sword of Destiny reunites star Michelle Yeoh with the action choreographer from the first film, Yuen Woo-ping. Belonging more rightly to the CGI-driven Chinese wuxias of the 2010s (and the cheaper

The Heroic Trio (Johnnie To, 1993)

The Heroic Trio (Johnnie To, 1993)

Before becoming a renowned auteur, a favorite of critics and film festivals the world over, Johnnie To was known primarily in the West for the two films he made in 1993 in collaboration with director and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung. The Heroic Trio and Executioners star Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung,

Yes, Madam! (Corey Yuen, 1985)

Yes, Madam! (Corey Yuen, 1985)

Of the members of the Seven Little Fortunes Peking Opera troupe to become major figures in the Hong Kong film industry in the last 20 years before the colony’s handover to China, Corey Yuen is the least well known. Unlike Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao, he stayed

Royal Warriors (David Chung, 1986)

Royal Warriors (David Chung, 1986)

I’m a little unclear on whether or not this 1986 film is In the Line of Duty or In the Line of Duty 2. Wikipedia says it’s the second one, after 1985’s Yes, Madam!. The IMDb says it’s the first one and uses “In the Line

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)

I still think this is a pretty great movie, almost 15 years after it proved to be a surprise hit, thanks in no small part to Sony Pictures releasing it uncut in its intended form (ahem, Harvey Weinstein). That it lost Best Picture to Gladiator is one of the underrated