MartinGl

MartinGl

Favorite films

  • A Chinese Ghost Story
  • Star Wars
  • Aliens
  • Notorious

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  • Ninja Resurrection

    ★★★

  • The Berlin Conspiracy

    ★★½

  • Ulterior Motives

    ★★★

  • Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma

    ★★★

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  • Panda Plan

    Panda Plan

    ★½

    Panda Plan is a Die Hard knock off in a zoo with a panda where Jackie McChane uses only the lamest and slowest moves to protect the cuddly bear from attackers. These evil mercenaries work for an Arab sheik and try to kidnap our furry friend. The movie starts somewhat entertaining but becomes unbearable rather fast. Jackie's fights might be his worst yet. Even when he's being doubled (in most of the action scenes) his moves are lethargic and powerless,…

  • A Legend

    A Legend

    And it seemed like such a promising idea: One of Jackie Chan's most beloved all-time classics, The Myth, finally getting a sequel/remake by the director of Rumble In The Bronx who in recent years has proven with films like Kung Fu Yoga and Vanguard that he's still one of the great auteurs of contemporary cinema. And as the icing on the cake we would get a deep-faked young Jackie Chan in all his Playstation 3 cut scene glory, kicking and…

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  • Heroes Shed No Tears

    Heroes Shed No Tears

    ★★★½

    The rating is for the Sunset Warriors cut (John Woo's original cut of what was later released as "Heroes Shed No Tears") which improves the movie by removing some sleaze and some comedy and adding a couple of cool action scenes. It doesn't result in a fundamentally different experience, though, it's still an action-packed but highly uneven movie, sometimes exciting and thrilling, sometimes overly melodramatic, sometimes outright schlocky.

  • Zen of Sword

    Zen of Sword

    ★★★★

    I love this little known wuxia gem produced by "Black Cat"-director Stephen Shin with a cast and crew largely composed of former D&B film personnel. "Zen Of Sword" is a typical but untypically well told wuxia actioner where star-crossed lovers have to fight each other, a seemingly doomed romance amidst political turmoil, full of of explosive fights excitingly choreographed by Philip Kwok, of blue-lit night scenes and of sentimental melodies. The movie doesn't have the budget of Tsui Harks "Swordsman"-trilogy…

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