As Tears Go By 1988  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man, Ronald Wong, Lam Kau, William Chang
Hong Kong gangster Wah (Andy Lau) has always protected his protege, Fly (Jacky Cheung). But, now Wah has fallen in love with his cousin, Ngor (Maggie Cheung), and is reassessing his life. The decision could leave the short-fused Fly out in the cold.
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Days of Being Wild 1991  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Danilo Antunes, Hung Mei-Mei, Ling Ling Hung, Tita Munoz, Alicia Alonzo
Director Wong Kar Wai's second film is set in 1960s' Hong Kong where handsome Yuddy (Leslie Cheung) dallies with two women unable to choose between them. Yuddy was raised by his ex-prostitute aunt (Rebecca Pan) who would not reveal the name of his birth-mother–until she makes plans to move to the U.S. When Yuddy learns that his birth-mother is in the Philippines, he heads there in pursuit.
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Drunken Master II 1994 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy
aka: The Legend of Drunken Master
Director: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Ti Lung, Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Lau Kar-Leung, Ken Lo, Gabriel Wong, Chin Kar Lok, Ho Wing-fong, Cheung Chi-Kwong, Felix Wong, Chia-Liang Liu, Kar Lok Chin, Ho-Sung Pak, Siu-Ming Lau
The ultra-creative Jackie Chan brings his mastery of fighting prowess to the screen in this film honoring the movie that made him famous: "Drunken Master." Once again, Wong Fei-Hung (Chan) deals with crime in his own unique way–this time against embassy workers who are stealing Chinese artifacts.
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Fulltime Killer 2001 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Johnny To, Wai Ka Fai
Cast: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Sherrie Ying, Suet Lam, Teddy Lin
O (Takashi Sorimachi) is a top assassin and an introspective loner. He is also despondent over the murder of his lover. Along comes Tok (Andy Lau), an outgoing assassin, who strives to surpass O as the number-one assassin. Their paths are destined to cross when Tok goes after O's new girlfriend (Kelly Lin) and taunts O. Lots of action.
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House of Flying Daggers 2004 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Song Dandan
During the days of the corrupt Tang Dynasty, local police agents Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) are assigned the job of locating the leaders of a revolutionary group: The Flying Daggers. Leo arrests a blind dancer, Mei (Zhang Ziyi), who works at the Peony Pavilion because he thinks she has ties to the Flying Daggers, and then Jin helps her break out of prison believing that she will lead him to the Flying Daggers. But, while helping her find her way home, Jin falls in love with Mei and now must consider whether or not he can betray her trust. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Cinematography.
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Infernal Affairs 2002 R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng, Kelly Chen, Shawn Yue, Elva Hsiao, Chapman To, Lam Ka Tung
Ming (Andy Lau) and Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) become friends at the police academy, but Yan is expelled. Yan's expulsion is actually a ruse to enable him to infiltrate the Triad Bureau, a crime syndicate. Meanwhile, Ming is actually a Triad member who is assigned to infiltrate the police department. Both are successful in their undercover roles and rise to positions of authority. When both organizations learn that moles are present in their midst, Ming and Yan are assigned to find the moles. A good flick.
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Moon Warriors 1993 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Kenny Bee, Maggie Cheung, Chang Yi, Kelvin Wong
After a humble fisherman, Fie (Andy Lau), helps a fugitive prince, Yen (Kenny Bee), a friendship is established. When Yen's usurping brother attacks, Yen sends Fie to get Yen's betrothed (Anita Mui). On the way back, Fie and the fiancee fall in love. Good action.
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The Prisoner 1990 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Island of Fire
The Burning Island
When Dragons Meet
Director: Chu Yin-Ping
Cast: Jackie Chan, Barry Wong, Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Wang Yu, Ko Chun-hsiung, Tou Chung-Hua, Yeh Chuan Chen, Ken Lo, Jack Kao
A good cast contributes to this tale that is different from the martial arts flicks usually attributed to Jackie Chan–in fact, he is a supporting actor, though first-billed. A policeman (Tony Leung Kar-Fai) goes undercover in a prison to get the goods on a possibly corrupt warden. He finds that the warden fakes executions of inmates and then has them trained as assassins.
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| 1. As Tears Go By (1988)
2. Boat People (1982)
3. Days of Being Wild (1991)
4. Drunken Master II (1994)
aka: The Legend of Drunken Master
5. Fulltime Killer (2001)
6. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
7. Infernal Affairs (2002)
8. Moon Warriors (1993)
9. The Prisoner (1990)
aka: Island of Fire
aka: The Burning Island
aka: When Dragons Meet
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