The Bodyguard from Beijing 1994  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Defender
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jet Li, Christy Chung, Kent Cheng, Ngai Sing, Leung Wing-chung, Ng Wai-kwok, William Chu, Corey Yuen, Collin Chou
In this Cantonese version of "The Bodyguard," Beijing bodyguard Hui Ching-yeung (Jet Li) is sent to protect Michelle Yeung (Christy Chung) who has witnessed a murder by a corrupt businessman. As Hui fights off hit men while saving Michelle's life, he begins to fall in love with her. Now, complications really arise. Also dubbed in English.
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 The Chinese Connection 1972  R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Fist of Fury
The Iron Hand
Director: Lo Wei
Cast: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Maria Yi, James Tien, Tien Feng, Huang Chung-Hsin, Han Ying-Chieh, Lo Wei, Riki Hashimoto, Wei Ping-Ao, Robert Baker, Fu Ching Chen, Chin San, Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen
China in the early 1900s is the setting for this violent, but good, Bruce Lee effort. Kung fu student Chen (Bruce Lee) returns to Shanghai and becomes involved in solving his teacher's murder while dealing with racial hatred.
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DOA: Dead or Alive 2006  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Kane Kosugi, Matthew Marsden, Eric Roberts, Steve Howey, Brian J. White, Kevin Nash, Collin Chou
Based on the popular video game, DOA, this story begins when Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly), Christie Allen (Holly Valance), Kasumi (Devon Aoki), and Helena Douglas (Sarah Carter) are invited to participate in DOA, a secret, invitational-only martial arts contest on a remote Asian island. They are flown in by private jet and then to qualify must bail out, swim to shore, and check in at DOA headquarters. With a $10 million prize at stake, fights come in quick succession in this action-filled story.
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Eastern Condors 1986 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah, Haing S. Ngor, Wu Ma, Melvin Wong, Angela Mao, Charlie Chin, Kwok Keung Cheung, Corey Yuen, Chan Lung
Prisoners will be given their freedom provided they take on a suicidal mission to destroy weapons (inadvertently left behind when the U.S. left Vietnam) before the Vietcong can get them. Along the way, they pick up three female freedom fighters and "Rat" (Yuen Biao), a martial arts fighter. Lots of action.
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Fong Sai-Yuk 1993 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jet Li, Michelle Reis, Josephine Siao, Chu Kong, Chan Sung-yun, Sibelle Hu, Adam Cheng, Chiu Man Cheuk, Li Jia Xing
Father Fong (Chu Kong) is a member of The Red Lotus Flower Society, which is dedicated to overthrowing the evil Manchu emperor. Fong's son Fong Sai-Yuk (Jet Li) is a martial arts expert who wins the beautiful Ting Ting (Michelle Ries) in a contest. During the prenuptial dinner, the governor makes a surprise appearance and recognizes he is in a room filled with his enemies. Fighting ensues, and Father Fong is arrested. Now it is up to Sai-Yuk to save his father.
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Heart of Dragon 1985  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The First Mission
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Emily Chu, Yuen Wah, Mang Hoi, Melvin Wong, Corey Yuen, Lam Ching-Ying, Chin Kar Lok, Chan Lung, James Tien, Phillip Ko
In a change of pace for Jackie Chan, drama plays a bigger role than martial arts action–though there are good fight scenes. Fung (Jackie Chan), a police investigator, longs to become a sailor, but instead he must take care of his mentally challenged brother Dodo (Sammo Hung) with the help of Fung's wife, Jenny (Emily Chu). When Dodo is kidnapped after inadvertently getting in the middle of a gangland struggle, Fung must act.
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High Risk 1995 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Corey Yuen, Wong Jing
Cast: Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Yau Chingmy, Wu Ma, Charlie Yeung, Valerie Chow, Billy Chau, Kelvin Wong
Two years ago, big-time criminal "The Doctor" (Kelvin Wong) killed Kit Li's (Jet Li) wife and son. Li now works for an inept martial arts movie star, Frankie Lane (Jacky Cheung), as his stunt double. When Li accompanies Lane to a party, he runs into "The Doctor" once again. "The Doctor" is engineering a jewel heist; violence ensues, including Li getting hold of a police helicopter and crashing into the penthouse where the robbery is in progress.
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Jet Li's The Enforcer 1995 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: My Father is a Hero
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jet Li, Anita Mui, Tse Miu, Rongguang Yu, Corey Yuen, Ken Lo, Damian Lau, Hen-Chow Lo, Bonnie Fu, Henry Fong, Collin Chou, Mary Ellen Dunbar, Victoria Hoffman, Martin Spanjers, Fred Tatasciore
One last mission awaits the veteran undercover agent Kung Wei (Jet Li). While in Hong Kong on his assignment, his wife dies back in China. A tough Hong Kong cop, Inspector Fong (Anita Mui), is in China checking on Kung Wei's identity, and, when she brings Kung Wei's young son (Tse Miu) to Hong Kong, the game of deception gets rougher.
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The Master 1989 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Jet Li, Yuen Wah, Crystal Kwok, Jerry Trimble, Mark Williams, Anne Rickets, Rueben Gonzales, Guy Fadollone, Derek Annunciation, Corey Yuen, Henry Penzi
Yes, Jet Li is always fun to watch, but this is one of his weakest films. He arrives in San Francisco to help an uncle, but it isn't long before he takes on the entire criminal element of the city.
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The New Legend of Shaolin 1994 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Legend of the Red Dragon
Director: Wong Jing, Corey Yuen
Cast: Jet Li, Yau Chingmy, Chi Chuen-Hua, Deannie Yip, Tse Miu, Wong Jing, Chen Sung Young, Damian Lau, Wang Lung Wei
While warrior Hung Hei-Kwun (Jet Li) and his young son Chan Kan-Nam (Damian Lau) travel around China, they are hired as bodyguards for a wealthy merchant. Unbeknownst to the merchant, his fiancee Red Bean (Yau Chingmy) and her mother (Deannie Yip) are members of a gang of thieves. Meanwhile, Hung Hei-Kwun and Red Bean become attracted to each other and join forces to protect their children from an evil monster.
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No Retreat, No Surrender 1985  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Kurt McKinney, J.W. Fails, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kathie Sileno, Charlie Sparks, Dale Jacoby, Peter Cunningham, Timothy D. Baker
When a teenage boy continues to be beaten by kung-fu students, he must find a solution–quickly!
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Once Upon a Time in China IV 1993  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Chiu Man Cheuk, Rosamund Kwan, Xiong Xin Xin, Max Mok, Chin Kar Lok, Zhao Wenzhuo
Cheuk Man Chiu takes over the role of Wong Fei-hung that was originated by Jet Li in earlier "Once Upon a Time in China" films. The evil Western influence is, again, the subject, and Wong, again, seeks solutions for his people. 1 User Review
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| | much more energetic wong fei hung | Anonymous 03/15/2007 | | Great fight scenes, should have been more popular than now. Rumors said he's now working on a role in Hollywood. |
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So Close 2002 R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Shu Qi, Vicki Zhao, Karen Mok, Song Seung-heon, Michael Wei, Ricardo Mamood, Shek Sau, Wan Sie Lun, Lam Ki Yan, Josephine Ho
Hong Kong sisters Lynn (Qi Shu) and Sue (Vicki Zhao) are contract killers using hi-tech methods–as was the case when they murdered a wealthy computer financier. U.S.-trained forensics expert Hong Yat Hong (Karen Mok) confronts them and is determined to end their killing spree. Martial arts action ensues.
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Thunderbolt 1995 R, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Michael Wong, Thorsten Nickel, Chor Yuen, Wu Oi-Yan, Chung-Han Man, Yuzo Kayama, Chin Kar Lok, Ken Lo, Corey Yuen
Expert auto mechanic Foh (Jackie Chan) works at his family's small business but spends his free time helping police investigate illegally upgraded cars. Now, a race car driver, Warner "Cougar" Kaugman (Thorsten Nickel) who Foh helped put away, breaks out of prison and kidnaps Foh's sisters. Cougar's demand for return of the sisters is that Foh race against him in northern Japan's Sendai Grand Prix–and the race is on.
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The Transporter 2002 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand, Ric Young, Doug Rand, Didier Saint Melin, Tonio Descanvelle, Matthieu Albertini, Laurent Desponds, Vincent Nemeth, Adrian Dearnell, Jean-Yves Bilien, Jean-Marie Paris, Alfred Lot
Frank's (Jason Statham) job is that of a transporter who moves goods without asking questions. But on this job, while driving around in France, Frank breaks the rules by opening the package in his trunk and discovering a beautiful Asian, Lai (Qi Shu), who has her own axe to grind–and she does, with Frank's help.
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| 1. The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
aka: The Defender
2. The Chinese Connection (1972)
aka: Fist of Fury
aka: The Iron Hand
3. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
4. Eastern Condors (1986)
5. Fong Sai-Yuk (1993)
aka: The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
6. Heart of Dragon (1985)
aka: The First Mission
7. High Risk (1995)
8. Jet Li's The Enforcer (1995)
aka: My Father is a Hero
9. The Master (1989)
10. The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
aka: Legend of the Red Dragon
11. No Retreat, No Surrender (1985)
12. No Retreat, No Surrender, Part 2 (1989)
13. Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
14. So Close (2002)
15. Thunderbolt (1995)
16. The Transporter (2002)
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