![]() I certainly expected more from such a highly regarded film, but I have seen many better – most of which have been criminally overlooked in favour of style-over-substance features such as this one. It will certainly impress most HK newbies on first viewing, but once the novelty has worn away, it is more likely to collect dust than be watched repeatedly. Yu’s extravagant use of colour and innovative camera techniques are extremely pleasing, but in no way make up for the lack of depth missing from the rest of the film. It sounds as if I hate the film, but this is not the case. Even films with less or similar action like ‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ leave the viewer more fulfilled. Crime An undercover cop trained in martial arts tries to rescue his criminal brother from the grip of a gang led by a kung fu expert.Much of it is in the new wave, wirework style – popular in the early 90’s – but in no way matches up to the standard of Yuen Woo Ping or Ching Siu Tung styling far superior action at the same time. Martial Outlaw (1993) Full Movie Jeff Wincott Gary Hudson Vladimir Skomarovsky TheArchiveTV 159K subscribers Subscribe 4. A DEA agent (Jeff Wincott) and his policeman brother (Gary Hudson) clash, as one enforces the law while the other breaks it. Plot and performances are often overlooked in most HK productions in favour of the action, which I usually don’t mind. The rest of the cast merely mood, brood or over-act their way through the 90 minutes, and some become extremely irritating. Brigitte Lin is excellent, as always, but she is the only one. The plot is interesting on a superficial level, but it is not fleshed out well by most of the cast or the director. Martial Outlaw is a 1993 action/martial arts film written by Thomas Ritz, produced by Pierre David, directed by Kurt Anderson and stars Jeff Wincott, Gary Hudson and Richard Jaeckel in his final film appearance before his death in June 1997. However, while it is certainly visually appealing, there appeared to be nothing more beneath the surface. 'Honor Among Strangers' is part one of a crossover with Walker, Texas Ranger, wherein Sammo teams up with Cordell Walker to apprehend a hate-mongering former military officer who later escapes Walkers custody in the Walker, Texas Ranger episode 'The Day of Cleansing' to which he summons Sammo to Dallas to help catch him again. A film of the acclaimed novel by Lualhati Bautista, tracing the lives of a middle-class Filipino family during martial law under Marcos (19721981), mostly. ![]() ![]() ![]() A worldwide cult classic and a box-office hit in Hong Kong, ‘BWWH’ is widely regarded as a visual masterpiece from director Ronny Yu, who has since moved onto Hollywood with relative hits such as ‘Bride of Chucky’ and ‘The 51st State’. ![]()
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