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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Bullet in the Head 1990  N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Fennie Yuen, Yolinda Yam, Chung Lam, Shek Yin Lau, John Woo
The Vietnam War was raging in 1967, and John Woo uses this setting for another of his epic productions. Three friends in Hong Kong are not only on the run but feel stifled by the archaic Hong Kong rule. Thus, they flee to Vietnam where they intend to make money on the crime scene. Instead, they become involved with wartime events that challenge their friendship and lives.
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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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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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Once Upon a Time in China 1991  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung, Kent Cheng, Wu Ma, Simon Yam
In 1875, when colonial powers were moving into China, Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li) contributed to the effort to save Canton; he began using his healing clinic to train locals in the art of kung fu. When the school is attacked and set afire, Wong and his assistants–Buck Teeth Soh (Jacky Cheung) and Porky Lang (Kent Cheng) first protect the beautiful Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan) and then set about righting the wrongs of Westernization.
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| 1. As Tears Go By (1988)
2. Bullet in the Head (1990)
3. Days of Being Wild (1991)
4. High Risk (1995)
5. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
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