 Around the World in 80 Days 2004  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Robert Fyfe, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, David Ryall, Roger Hammond, Adam Godley, Karen Mok, Howard Cooper, Daniel Hinchcliffe, Wolfram Teufel, Will Forte
In this production of Jules Verne's story, Steve Coogan takes on the role of the eccentric Phileas Fogg who hires valet Passepartout (Jackie Chan) to accompany him on a trip–by horse, train, hot-air balloon, and ship–around the world in 80 days. Lots of fun and action, especially Chan's martial arts.
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 Black Mask 1996 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Daniel Lee
Cast: Jet Li, Lau Ching Wan, Karen Mok, Francoise Yip, Kong Lung, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Xin Xin Xiong, Moses Chan, King-fai Chung, Ken Lok, Lawrence Ah Mon, Sze Mei Yee, Roy Szeto
Michael (Jet Li) was once a member of a test project for a government experiment to create superhuman men and women. The project was abandoned, and Michael now works as a Hong Kong librarian and uses the name, Simon. When gang murders take place that have the markings of his former comrades in the experiment, Michael dons a Black Mask and fights the villains. The action scenes are superb.
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Fallen Angels 1995  R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok, Yuk-ho Wu, Toru Saito, Chan Fai-hung, Man-Lei Chan, To-hoi Kong, Lee-na Kwan
Director Wong Kar Wai is at it again with stimulating sights and sounds. Rather than a detailed plot, this is really a character study of late-night lonely people in today's Hong Kong. There is the hit man who has had enough of his trade, his female "agent" he has never met, the mute who reopens closed shops in the middle of the night, and the bleached blonde who is searching for someone to love.
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 Shaolin Soccer 2001 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy
Director: Stephen Chow
Cast: Stephen Chow, Wei Zhao, Ng Man Tat, Tse Yin, Li Hui, Karen Mok, Wong Yut Fei, Cecilia Cheung, Tin Kai Man, Vincent Kok
Former soccer star "Golden Leg" Fung (Ng Man Tat) joins forces with "Mighty Steel Leg Sing" (Stephen Chow), and they form a soccer team with Sing's fellow Shaolin monks. They find that their knowledge of Kung Fu is a great asset and enter a tournament that offers $1 million as the grand prize. Lots of action and good comedy.
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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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The Twins Effect 2003  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Vampire Effect
Director: Dante Lam
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Edison Chen, Jackie Chan, Mickey Hardt, Josie Ho, Karen Mok, Ricardo Mamood, Maggie Lau
If a vampire can drink the blood of all the royal vampire families, then the vampire will become omnipotent. And Duke Dekotes (Mickey Hardt) is on the verge of accomplishing the task; only Prince Kazaf (Edison Chen) remains to be dealt with. But the famed vampire slayer, Reeve (Ekin Cheng), and his new partner, Gypsy (Gillian Chung), are on the case. Reeve is captured, so his sister, Helen (Charlene Choi), takes his place and the two young women have a rousing good time as they fight to save the world.
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| 1. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
2. Black Mask (1996)
3. Fallen Angels (1995)
4. The King of Comedy (1999)
5. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
6. So Close (2002)
7. The Twins Effect (2003)
aka: The Vampire Effect
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