Treasure Hunt (1994)
Sep 14, 2002Hong Kong Comedy-Romance/Magical Girl
Rather silly and plotless Hong Kong comedy with Chow Yun Fat as a CIA agent encountering a magical girl at a monastery in China
Chow Yun Fat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Dec 11, 2000Flying Swordsmen Fantasy
Sensational hit that introduced most of the West to the Wu Xia film. Directed with elan by Ang Lee, there comes a sublimely graceful poetry in the film's imagery of sword combatants dancing up walls and flying through the air
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Aug 20, 2003Martial Arts Fantasy
Painfully derivative US-made attempt to jump aboard the popularity of Wu Xia following The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. There are talented people involved who should have known better
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
Jul 25, 2007Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler
Third of the Pirates of the Caribbean films and purportedly made without a completed script, this becomes bloated and sprawling
Dragonball: Evolution (2009)
Apr 14, 2009Anime in Live-Action/Martial Arts Superheroes
Disastrous and miscalculated live-action Hollywood version of the anime series. which turns the characters into just regular teenagers. Nobody involved seems to be making any effort.
The Monkey King (2014)
Sep 8, 2014Epic Chinese Legend
Enjoyably colourful and silly retelling of the classic Chinese legend. This is one Wu Xia film that leaps aboard the CGI and 3D bandwagon to create a wildly fantastical airbrushed world that comes out resembling a flying swordsman film by way of Avatar