The Beautiful Country 2004  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Damien Nguyen, Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Bai Ling, Temuera Morrison, Chapman To, Mai Thi Hoa, Dins Xuan Phuc, Thu An Nguyen, Van Hai Nguyen
Binh (Damien Nguyen) is the son of American soldier Steve (Nick Nolte) and his Vietnamese mother, Ling (Bai Ling). With his half brother in tow, Binh leaves his foster family in their remote village determined to find his birth parents.
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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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Initial D 2005  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak, Ralph Rieckermann
Cast: Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Jay Chou, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Chapman To, Tsuyoshi Abe, Anne Suzuki, Kenny Bee, Liu Keng Hung, Jordan Chan, Kiyohiko Ueki, Kazuo Yashiro
Eighteen-year-old Takumi (Jay Chou) delivers tofu for his father's (Anthony Wong Chau-San) restaurant. But, what Takumi really wants to do is race like his father did up until five years ago. Tokumi has mastered the art of "drifting," which involves getting cars around corners fast while skidding. One day, Takumi has a run-in with ace driver Takeshi (Shawn Yue), and the race is on when Takumi races Takeshi down Mt. Akina on a mountain road.
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| 1. The Beautiful Country (2004)
2. Infernal Affairs (2002)
3. Initial D (2005)
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