Mark Savage's Top Ten Hong Kong Movies
FULL CONTACT "Brilliant and brooding"
A FISHY STORY "Truly magical and musical"
THE KILLER "A visceral, cinematically rich masterpiece"
FONG SAI YUK "Ultra-inventive martial arts spectacular"
DOCTOR LAMB "Subversive, beautiful, gorgeously photographed and
scored horror"
BULLET IN THE HEAD "Gut-wrenching, emotionally draining action
epic"
RIKKI-O "Unforgettable"
DRUNKEN MASTER 2 "Chan's greatest achievement"
EASTERN CONDORS "Sensational!"
HARD-BOILED "Unique, stunningly directed action tragedy"
and runners-up
Man Behind the Sun "Amazing"
Pedicab Driver "Stylish, hardcore action"
Burning Ambition "Ruthless, rousing action epic"
In the Line of Duty 3 "Dazzling action with a dark undercurrent"
Just Heroes "Often ignored Woo classic"
The Untold Story "Graphic, ghoulish horror"
A Chinese Ghost Story "Stunning, stylish fantasy"
The Iceman Cometh "Masterpiece of choreography"
Red Dust "Emotion-charged, stunningly directed drama"
A Home Too Far "Truly stunning war film" (LD/VCD versions are all cut
-- insist on theatrical print only)
31 Jan 2000 © Mark Savage
MARK SAVAGE is, among other things, the director of the documentary The
Making of Jackie Chan's Mr Nice Guy and the feature film Masked Avenger Versus
Ultra-Villain in the Lair of the Naked Bikini (a genre pic heavily inspired by Rikki-O-type
Hong Kong movies and Japanese "Pink" and "Ero-Gro" films - get it on
NTSC video from Alternative Cinema). His
feature film Sensitive New Age Killer was
released in 2001.
