Released Date:
1985-08-16
Languages:
Mandarin, English, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Polish
Countries:
USA, France
Runtime:
134 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (9737 Reviews)
Director:
Michael CiminoRobert Daley (novel)
Oliver Stone (screenplay)
Michael Cimino (screenplay)
Using unprecedented degrees of violence, young Joey Tai becomes the head of Chinese mafia in New York and undisputed leader of the Chinese community. Stanley White, the most decorated cop in New York and a Vietnam veteran, is put in charge of Chinatown. Both men are prone to breaking long-established rules and both men are unlikely to make compromises with each other, which leads to unavoidable and bloody conflict.
Released Date:
1988-04-15
Languages:
English, Mandarin, Japanese, Russian
Countries:
China, Italy, UK, France
Runtime:
163 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (64788 Reviews)
Director:
Bernardo BertolucciMark Peploe (screenplay)
Bernardo Bertolucci (screenplay)
Enzo Ungari (initial screenplay collaboration)
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Released Date:
1993-10-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
101 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (6370 Reviews)
Director:
David CronenbergDavid Henry Hwang (play)
David Henry Hwang (screenplay)
During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mid-1960s, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera. Interwoven with allusions to the Puccini opera "Madama Butterfly", a story of love and betrayal unfolds.
Released Date:
1994-07-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
(17614 Reviews)
Director:
Russell MulcahyWalter B. Gibson (character The Shadow from stories)
David Koepp
Based on the 1930's pulp fiction and radio drama series, the film pits the hero against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
Released Date:
2001-08-03
Languages:
English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Countries:
USA, Hong Kong
Runtime:
90 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (148642 Reviews)
Director:
Brett RatnerIt's vacation time for Det. James Carter and he finds himself alongside Det. Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot by L.A. crime boss Steven Reign and Triad Ricky Tan, an ex-cop who played a mysterious part in the death of Det. Lee's father. Throw in a power struggle between Tan and the gorgeous but dangerous Hu Li and the boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella. Then again, it may turn up more excitement than Carter was looking for during his vacation.
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