Aug 17, 2002 Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth by Hideaki Anno (Review) If you want to start getting into Evangelion, this is not, I repeat, not the place to start.
Jul 19, 2002 Movies Legend of the Wolf by Donnie Yen (Review) Donnie Yen’s directorial efforts are so self-assured, so blatant, and so… bad.
Jun 16, 2002 Anime Movies Spriggan by Hirotsugu Kawasaki (Review) Enter Spriggan, the Commando of the anime world, with an Indiana Jones twist.
Jun 15, 2002 Movies Fist of Fury by Various Artists (Review) This two-hour distillation of the 30-episode TV series is an incoherent mess.
Apr 20, 2002 Movies Shiri by Kang Je-Gyu (Review) This attempt to outdo Hollywood blockbusters ends up looking an awful lot like a Hollywood blockbuster.
Apr 20, 2002 Movies Fist Power by Aman Chang (Review) This movie won’t even meet the standard of a “so bad it’s good” movie.
Mar 23, 2002 Movies The Bride with White Hair by Ronny Yu (Review) This visually striking martial arts fantasy is ultimately about the consequences of putting individual desires before all else.
Feb 23, 2002 Movies The Prodigal Son by Sammo Hung (Review) The Prodigal Son’s martial arts displays are hampered by wild mood swings between goofiness and stomach-churning violence.
Feb 23, 2002 Movies Brotherhood of the Wolf by Christophe Gans (Review) On its surface, “Brotherhood of the Wolf” should not work.
Feb 5, 2002 Movies A Better Tomorrow by John Woo (Review) If you want to see how Woo’s incredible style began and how much it has since matured, watch A Better Tomorrow.
Jan 17, 2002 Movies Invincible Pole Fighter by Lau Kar-Leung (Review) There’s something tragic and disturbingly violent that keeps this from being just another chopsocky flick.
Jan 11, 2002 Anime Blood: The Last Vampire by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (Review) Blood: The Last Vampire is a visually stunning, haunting animation whose only real weakness is that, well, it doesn’t really have much of plot.
Dec 24, 2001 Movies Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Peter Jackson (Review) It’s a powerful movie that made me richer for having seen it.
Dec 16, 2001 Movies Ballistic Kiss by Donnie Yen (Review) Ballistic Kiss makes a pretty convincing argument for loving a film for its style rather than its substance.
Nov 11, 2001 Movies The One by James Wong (Review) Not one of Jet Li’s crown jewels, though it’s certainly a far cry better than the pathetic Romeo Must Die.
Nov 11, 2001 Movies Fulltime Killer by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai (Review) Brilliantly acted and paced hitman action movie that runs out of steam well before the credits.
Nov 10, 2001 Movies Shaolin Soccer by Stephen Chow (Review) Simply describing this film as a movie about a bunch of Shaolin monks playing soccer might be accurate enough, but it barely scratches the surface.
Nov 8, 2001 Movies Kung Fu Genius by Wilson Tong (Review) Yes, it’s silly and cheesy, but what else do you expect from a kung fu movie with the “duck” style?
Oct 3, 2001 Movies Supercop 2 by Stanley Tong (Review) A muddled, fairly uninvolving mess of a movie.
Oct 3, 2001 Movies Bullet in the Head by John Woo (Review) A very powerful movie that shows, in often brutal detail, the effects of war on the friendship of three young men.