All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard 1993  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Water Margin: The True Colors of Heroes
Director: Billy Chan
Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Elvis Tsui, Lau Shun, Wu Ma, Joey Wong, Lap-Man Sin, Austin Wai, Lam Wai, Lau Ching Wan, Wang Zuxian
Martial arts expert Lin Chung (Tony Leung Kar-Fai) and friend Lu Chien (Lam Wai) set off on a suicide mission to defend the honor of Lin Chung's murdered wife (Joey Wong).
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Double Vision 2002  R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Chen Kuo-fu
Cast: David Morse, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Rene Liu, Leon Dai, Yang Kuei-Mei, Huang Wei-Han, Sihung Lung, Brett Climo, Doug Penty
A suspected criminal confesses after police use violence on him. When the murders continue, the local authorities call in the FBI. Agent Kevin Richter (David Morse) teams with local Taiwan officer Huang (Tony Leung Kar-Fai), and the pair set out to solve the case. A mixture of thriller/mystery/martial arts/action.
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Farewell China 1990 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clara Law
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Hayley Man
Li (Maggie Cheung) is granted a visa to continue her education in America. She has a tough time of it in New York, but needs to stay to complete her education. Her husband, Nansan (Tony Leung Kar-Fai), sneaks into the U.S. after Li's letters tell of her difficulties. The film follows Nansan as he searches for Li in a depressingly depicted NYC.
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L'Amant 1991 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Lover
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Frederique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Xiem Mang, Philippe LeDem, Ann Schaufuss, Tania Torrens
A young French girl is returning to boarding school in Indochina in the late 1920s when she eyes a wealthy Chinese businessman. They are soon in bed having the time of their lives, but soon the racial and class differences come into play–not to mention their difference in age. The French-language version has more explicit sex than the English-language version.
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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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Three... Extremes 2004  R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook
Cast: Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Bai Ling, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Lee Byung-hun, Lim Won-hie, Kang Hye-jeong, Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe, Mai Suzuki, Yuu Suzuki
Three short, horror stories with the theme of mortality contribute to this film, which brings together three of Asia's most extreme directors.
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Zhou Yu's Train 2002 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Sun Zhou
Cast: Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Sun Honglei, Zhixiong Li
Ceramics painter Zhou Yu (Gong Li) spends her spare time riding the rails to visit her lover, poet Chen Quing (Tony Leung Ka Fai). On one train ride, she meets veterinarian Zhang Qiang (Sun Honglei), and a torrid affair takes place–only to end when the lure of Chen Quing resurfaces.
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| 1. All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard (1993)
aka: The Water Margin: The True Colors of Heroes
2. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Shanghai (1989)
3. Double Vision (2002)
4. Farewell China (1990)
5. L'Amant (1991)
aka: The Lover
6. The Prisoner (1990)
aka: Island of Fire
aka: The Burning Island
aka: When Dragons Meet
7. Three... Extremes (2004)
8. Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
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