The Thieves

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Ajia

The Theives
           –Recommended–

AKA: Dodookdeul
Director: Choi Dong-Hun
Writer: Choi Dong-Hun, Lee Gi-Cheol
Producer: Kim Sung-Min, Jung Moon-Goo
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Genre: Crime | Action | Heist
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot: Popie (Lee Jung-Jae), Yenicall (Gianna Jun), Chewingum (Kim Hae-Suk) and Zampano (Kim Soo-Hyun) are a team of professional thieves in South Korea. After they score a valuable antique vase, they hear from Macao Park (Kim Yun-Seok) in which he proposes a highly lucrative new job in Macau. Meanwhile, Pepsee (Kim Hye-Soo) is released from prison on a special pardon.

A few years back Macao Park, Pepsee and Popie worked together as a crew. Macao Park and Pepsee were also in a romantic relationship. Then, while stealing gold bars, Macao Park’s cable snapped in a elevator shaft and he disappeared with the gold bars. Pepsee was arrested shortly afterwards.

Now, Popie, Yenicall, Chewinggum and Zampano head off to Hong Kong to work with Macao Park. What Macao Park doesn’t know is that Pepsee is also coming with them.

In Hong Kong, a separate crew awaits for the Korean thieves. The four Hong Kong thieves consists of Chen (Simon Yam), Andrew (Oh Dal-Su), Julie (Angelica Lee) and Johnny (Kwok Cheung Tsang). When the Hong Kong and Korean teams finally meet, tension rises immediately between the two groups. Macao Park then enters the meeting and lays out the plan. Their goal is to steal the “Tear of Sun” diamond. The diamond itself is currently in the possession of ruthless criminal Wei Yong. Furthermore, the diamond is stashed safely in the suite room of a Macau casino & resort. Macao Park also lays another bombshell. He can easily sell the “Tear of Sun” diamond for $20 million dollars.

Now the two teams work together in what will surely turn out to be the heist of their lives, but the 10 thieves all have their own agendas.



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A Werewolf Boy

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Ajia


           –Recommended–

AKA: Neukdae Sonyeon
Director: Jo Sung-Hee
Writer: Jo Sung-Hee
Producer: Lee Young-Suk
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Genre: Romance / Fantasy
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot: A mother moves with her older daughter (Park Bo-Young) and younger daughter (Kim Hyang-Gi) to a large home in the country side. The older daughter suffers from a lung ailment and her doctor advised the family to move out into the country side. The home is provided by Ji-Tae (Yoo Yeon-Seok), the son of a business partner who worked with their deceased father.

While the family gets acclimated to their new surroundings, the older daughter makes a remarkable discovery. Within a locked room in the barn lives a wild boy (Song Joong-Ki). The family takes him in believing he is just an orphan with little social skills. The boy with little social skills begins to take an interest in the oldest daughter. Meanwhile, Ji-Tae has his own plans in marrying the oldest daughter. What’s the secret behind the wild boy?



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A Company Man

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Ajia

A Company Man
           –Recommended–

Director: Lim Sang-Yoon
Writer: Lim Sang-Yoon
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Genre: Action / Thriller
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot: Hyeong-Do (So Ji-Sub) is an assassin for a company that masquerades as a metal trading company. One day, he takes on a job partnering with a man Hyun-Yi, who is he is to kill afterwards. Hyun-Yi asks a favor to Hyeong-Do which is to give money to his family.
Hyeong-Do visits Hyun-Yi’s home where he meets Hyun-Yi’s wife Su-Yeon (Lee Mi-Yeon). Su-Yeon is a former singer whom Hyeong-Do admired in the past. Guilt, an unknown feeling up to this point for Hyeong-Do, begins take over Hyeong-Do.
When Hyeong-Do’s company realizes that Hyeong-Do hasn’t taken out Hyun-Yi as planned, Hyeong-Do becomes quickly becomes their target …



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Fearless (Director’s Cut)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Ajia

Fearless
           –Recommended–

AKA: Huo Yuan Jia
Genre: Martial Arts
Year: 2006
Country: China / Hong Kong / US
Director: Ronny Yu
Language: Mandarin

Plot: Martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, defining the true spirit of martial arts. His self-discovery, and the choices he made, inspired his nation. The son of a great fighter who did not wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, the bullied Huo Yuanjia resolves to teach himself how to fight – and win. Years of training enable him to ace match after match in his home region of Tianjin. But as his fame as a martial arts master grows, so does his pride. After an ill-advised fight leads to another master’s death, members of Huo’s family are slain in revenge. Grieving and ashamed, Huo wanders the country in shock. Near death, he is rescued by women from an idyllic village, and is offered simple kindness and generosity that help him heal and regain his equilibrium over a period of several years. Huo realizes that the future of martial arts lies in sportsmanship and not brutality, and he rejoins society to apply what he has learned. Returning to Tianjin, Huo takes steps to come to terms with his past and restore his family’s name. His evolving, graceful Mizong (Missing) Fist method of fighting brings Huo renewed success, and he forms the progressive Jingwu Sports Federation. Taking note, duplicitous members of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce engineer a Shanghai tournament pitting Huo against four fighters, each representing the major foreign powers in China. Huo commits to the bout and faces off against, respectively, a British boxer, a Spanish swordsman, a Belgian soldier, and a Japanese martial artist. What happened that day in 1910 has never been, and will never be, forgotten in China.

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IP Man 2

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Ajia

IP Man 2

Year: 2010
Cast: Donnie Yen Ji-Dan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Huang Xiaoming, Lynn Xiong, Simon Yam Tat-Wah, Calvin Cheng, Dennis To Yue-Hong
Directed: Wilson Yip
Genre: Action | Biography | Drama | History
Country: Hong Kong | China
Language: Cantonese | Mandarin

Plot: IP Man 2 is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role. Continuing after the events of the earlier film, the sequel centers on Ip’s movements in Hong Kong, which is under British colonial rule. He attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun, but faces rivalry from other practitioners, including the local master of Hung Ga martial arts.

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IP Man

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Ajia

IP Man
         –Recommended–

Date: 2008
Directed: Wilson Yip
Genre: Action | Biography | Drama | History
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin | Japanese

Plot: Ip Man opens in 1930s Foshan, a town steeped in Kung Fu heritage and lined with an abundance of martial arts schools. The undisputed toast of Foshan though is Ip Man (Donnie Yen), known not only for his superb martial arts, but also for his great humility and integrity. Content with his wealthy, low-key life with his wife (Lynn Xiong Dai Ling) and son, Ip Man refuses to take disciples, though he is at times forced to give sound beatings to rash challengers. Everything changes, however, when war hits. There’s no more time for martial arts as Ip Man works hard to support his family through this time of poverty and oppression. But he can stay silent no longer when a Japanese general (Ikeuchi Hiroyuki) begins challenging Chinese martial artists to fatal duels.

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Kung Fu Hustle

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Ajia

Kung Fu Hustle
           –Recommended–

Release Date: 2004
Director:Stephen Chow
Country: China | Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action | Comedy

Plot:
It is 1940′s China, and gangs rule the city. The most notorious of them all is the axe gang, lead by the insane Brother Sum. A slum called Pig Sty Alley is the only area safe from the Axes because the people there are so poor. Soon, wannabe gangster Sing and his pal Bone attempt to extort money out of a barber and fail, drawing the real Axe Gang to Pig Sty. However, it turns out that there are several kung fu masters living in the slum, and soon the two sides are enemies. As the plot thickens, Sing must decide, should he become a mobster, or save the day?

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CJ7

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Ajia

CJ7

Year: 2008
Directed: Stephen Chow
Genre: Comedy | Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Cast: Stephen Chow, Min Hun Fung, Chi Chung Lam, Shing-Cheung Lee, Jiao Xu, Kitty Zhang Yuqi

Plot: Ti labors every day to provide for his young son Dicky. Dicky doesn’t fit in with his classmates because he wears tattered clothes and doesn’t own the latest electronic gadgets. One night, Ti searches the junkyard for a special toy for his son and discovers a mysterious orb. When he brings it home for Dicky to play with, the orb reveals itself to be a shape-shifting creature with extraordinary powers. Armed with his new, out-of-this-world friend, Dicky seizes the opportunity to impress his fellow students for the first time. But his mischievous pet has ideas of its own.

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Protege

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Ajia

Protege

Release Date: 04/04/2007
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama | Thriller | Action

Plot: Nick (Daniel Wu), an undercover in the heart of Asia’s lucrative heroin trade, is a protege to drug lord Quin
(Andy Lau). In 8 years he eventually gains his trust and next in line to take over from his ill mentor.
As Nick infiltrates the syndicate to get enough evidence to arrest the retiring Quin, the unwritten law of brotherhood blurs with his professional duties. Thrown in the mix is his attachment to a domestic fracas involving a junkie mother Fan (Zhang Jing Chu) and her daughter, together with her dealer husband. He is confused when he deals with human emotions, of deep friendship, trust and betrayal in the illicit business.

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Old Boy

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Ajia

Old Boy

Released: 2003
Producer: Lim Seung-yong
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Starring: Choi Min-Sik, Yoo Ji-Tae, Gang Hye-Jung

Plot: On the day of his daughter’s birthday, Ho Dae-su (Min-sik Choi) gets completely drunk and is arrested. His best friend No Joo-hwan (Dae-han Ji) releases him from the police station, and while calling home from a phone booth, Dae-su vanishes. Indeed he has been abducted and imprisoned in a room for fifteen years. One day, he is suddenly released, receives clothes, money and a cellular and meets the Japanese chef Mido (Hye-jeong Kang), and they feel a great attraction for each other. However, Dae-su seeks for his captor and the reason of his long imprisonment.

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