John Nieves

John Nieves

Favorite films

  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Back to the Future

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  • Shaolin Wooden Men

    ★★★

  • Police Story 3: Super Cop

    ★★★★

  • Police Story 2

    ★★★★

  • One of Them Days

    ★★★½

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  • Shaolin Wooden Men

    Shaolin Wooden Men

    ★★★

    Your typical kung fu revenge movie with some good fight choreography that puts a very young (and not yet famous) Jackie Chan's athleticism on display. The 2k transfer done here is fantastic. Nice to see these old flicks have such great PQ.

    Interesting to see Jackie Chan do this thing before he became the entertainer that we all know.

  • Police Story 3: Super Cop

    Police Story 3: Super Cop

    ★★★★

    Watched the Hong Kong cut of this movie for the first time in its original language, which is 6 minutes longer. 

    While still great, I oddly still prefer the US cut more. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I find that the US cut's soundtrack is punchier, the surround mix is better despite it not being an Atmos track like the HK cut, and I actually I prefer the English dub.

    Both Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh dubbed over themselves on…

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  • Police Story

    Police Story

    ★★★★

    I want to see the body count tally but not of characters in the movie, the stun men that made this.

  • Police Story 2

    Police Story 2

    ★★★★

    If I could amend my score of the original movie, I think I would give Police Story 1 a 4.5 and this one an 4.  

    I liked that this one had more to the plot, but some parts of it dragged for a little too long. Two hours for this type of movie is on the longer side and there were parts of the story that were either not necessary to the overall narrative, or could have been condensed…