by Sebastian Kluth
Many reviewers say that this film is Zhang Yimou's best since House of Flying Daggers. Others claim it might be his best since Hero. Some people even try to convince you it's his greatest effort since To Live released twenty-four years earlier. I believe...
Lire la suiteIndia's Most Wanted is a gripping thriller based upon true events that follows a team of five Indian undercover agents who try to track down a Pakistani terrorist who hides under a false identity in Nepal. If you expect a gripping action movie, you might...
Lire la suiteSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island is the last part of the so-called Samurai trilogy about accomplished artist, author, fencer, philantrophist and philosopher Miyamoto Musashi. While the first movie focused on the protagonist's challenging life as a teenager...
Lire la suiteSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple is the second part of the so-called Samurai trilogy by Inagaki Hiroshi about legendary historical figure Miyamoto Musashi who was a highly accomplished samurai who wasn't only a great fighter but also an intellectual...
Lire la suiteSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto is the first part of the Samurai trilogy by director Inagaki Hiroshi featuring lead actor Mifune Toshiro based upon based the novel by Yoshikawa Eiji about the famous philospher, duelist and author of The Book of Five Rings....
Lire la suiteFireworks is a beautifully shot philosophical drama that is both nihilistic and life-affirming at the same time. It tells the story of a police officer whose life takes a turn for the worse when a routine mission goes wrong, killing one of his partners,...
Lire la suiteBoiling Point, originally titled 3 to 4x October in reference to a baseball game shown in the movie, is the first film where Takeshi Kitano was in full charge as writer, director and actor. The movie is quite experimental as it is a mixture of a gangster...
Lire la suiteKesari is an epic Indian war movie based upon true events that tells the story of the Battle of Saragarhi when an outpost of the British Indian Army consisting of twenty-one soldiers needs to fight off thousands of Pashtun tribesmen. The film doesn't...
Lire la suiteThere are few movies that have moved me as much as Hotel Mumbai. Based upon true events, it shows how Pakistani Islamist terrorists attack numerous locations in the Indian metropolis of Mumbai. The showdown takes places in the prestigious Taj Mahal Palace...
Lire la suiteViolent Cop is the first directorial work of comedian and television host Takeshi Kitano. He wasn't even supposed to do this job but when the initially hired director pulled out of the project due to scheduling conflicts, Takeshi Kitano took over and...
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