I second the endorsement of Wu Xia. Terrific martial artistry courtesy Donnie Yen, and excellent performance by Kaneshiro Takeshi as the persistent cop.
On that note, good Asian action (including martial arts) flicks I saw in 2012: - The Bullet Vanishes, with Nic Tse and Lau Ching-wan. Action-packed period murder mystery set in 1930s China. It's just out on DVD. Much better than Nic Tse's other release earlier this year, The Viral Factor, co-starring Jay Chou, which is entirely avoidable. - Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Tsui Hark-produced wuxia fantasy with Jet Li - Painted Skin: The Resurrection, with Zhou Xun, Vicky Zhao, and a surprisingly decent Aloys Chen. Who was also pretty good in Flying Swords, above. I'm revising my opinion of his acting abilities. - Motorway, with Shawn Yue and Anthony Wong - Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, directed by Miike Takashi. Not as actiony as 13 Assassins, but an excellent and intelligent remake of the 1962 film, Harakiri. Truly outstanding performance in the lead role by Ichikawa Ebizo, the Kabuki superstar. Cheers Divya Sent from my iPad On 21 Dec 2012, at 19:24, Ashwin Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 1 October 2012 13:42, Venkatesh Hariharan <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > To that list of movies, add "The Banquet" a stylishly mounted Chinese >>> > adaptation of Hamlet. >>> >>> Is this the same movie which is also "The Legend of the Black Scorpion" ? >> >> I am not sure if it is the same movie. I happened to catch this at a Chinese >> movie festival in Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi by sheer luck. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xia_(film) - this movie is excellent. It > stars one of my favorites Takeshi Kaneshiro. > > ~ashwin
