Butterfly Lovers 1994  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Lovers
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Charlie Yeung, Nicky Wu, Carrie Ng, Elvis Tsui, Lau Shun, Suen Hing, Lau Shui-Kei, Hau Ping-Ying, Shin Hoi-Yung, Koon Koon, Sam Yuen
In ancient China, Chu Ying-tai (Charlie Yeung) disguises herself as a boy in order to attend a male boarding school. She meets Liang (Nicky Wu) who thinks she is a boy, and the two fall in love. Based on an opera/tragedy.
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Double Team 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman, Natacha Lindinger, Valeria Cavalli, Jay Benedict, Joelle Devaux-Vullion, Bruno Bilotta, Mario Opinato
Counterterrorist Jack-Paul Quinn (Jean-Claude Van Damme) joins forces with weapons supplier Yaz (Dennis Rodman) to retrieve Quinn's wife and son from the clutches of the diabolical Stavros (Mickey Rourke). Along the way they dodge land mines and battle a tiger.
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Knock Off 1998  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon, Michael Wong, Paul Sorvino, Carman Lee, Glen Chin, Jeff Wolfe, Moses Chan
When the Russian mafia threatens to blow up the world using microchip bombs, smuggled in the jeans manufactured by Marcus Ray's (Jean-Claude Van Damme) Hong Kong company, Ray steps in with his partner, Tommy Hendricks (Rob Schneider). Then the real killing begins–until the body count is impossible to determine. Speaking of bombs,...
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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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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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Once Upon a Time in China II 1992  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Donnie Yen, David Chiang, Max Mok, Xiong Xin Xin, Zhang Tie Lin, Paul Fonoroff, Yan Yee Kwan
In this sequel, the year is now 1895, Westernization is still forcing changes in China, and Wong Fei-hung continues to protect Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan)–all the time dealing with fanatics. In this story, the dangerous White Lotus Cult will stop at nothing to force all Westerners from Chinese soil. Wong ends up right in the middle of this dangerous situation.
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Once Upon a Time in China III 1993 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Lau Shun, Xiong Xin Xin, Max Mok, John Wakefield
In an effort to impress Western diplomats, the Dowager Empress has announced a martial arts contest. At the same time, Wong Fei-hung's (Jet Li) lady friend Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan) (they finally announce their engagement in this film) takes a picture of an assassination, which leads to evidence that the Russians will stop at nothing to prevent China from ceding the Liaohung Peninsula to Japan. Wong learns that a Russian assassin plans to kill President Li during the Empress' martial arts contest. Now it rests upon Wong to prevent the murder.
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Once Upon a Time in China V 1994 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Chiu Man Cheuk, Rosamund Kwan, Max Mok, Xiong Xin Xin, Kent Cheng, Roger Kwok, Jean Wong
Chiu Man Cheuk continues in his role of Wong Fei-hung in this "Once upon a Time in China" adventure. Using the turmoil created by the influx of Western nations on China's soil, pillaging pirates enjoy success–until Wong, aided by his students and Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan), gets involved in the fray.
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 Time and Tide 2000 R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo, Cathy Chui, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Couto Remotigue Jr., Jack Kao, Tsui Hark
In this better-than-average action-filled thriller, drug cartels and a lesbian police woman stand in the way of a 21-year-old Hong Kong native, Tyler (Nicholas Tse), who dreams of a new life in South America.
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 Twin Dragons 1992 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Nina Li Chi, Anthony Chan, Philip Chan, Sylvia Chang, Alfred Cheung, Jacob Cheung, Tung-Jo Cheung
Jackie Chan plays twin brothers–Na Yau and Die Hard–separated at birth, whose lives have taken diverse paths: one twin is a classical musician, the other a car mechanic. But those paths turn and converge in Hong Kong where the twins get mistaken for each other.
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| 1. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Shanghai (1989)
2. Butterfly Lovers (1994)
aka: The Lovers
3. Double Team (1997)
4. Knock Off (1998)
5. The Legend of Zu (2001)
aka: Zu Warriors
6. The Master (1989)
7. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
8. Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
9. Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)
10. Once Upon a Time in China V (1994)
11. Time and Tide (2000)
12. Twin Dragons (1992)
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