Oltre alla SARS e all'influenza aviaria ogni tanto dall'oriente arrivano anche film d'azione pescati, più o meno a caso dai grandi distributori occidentali, tra l'enorme produzione locale.
Mercato particolarmente florido è quello di Hong Kong che io, ultimo baluardo difensore dell'Impero di Sua Maestà la Regina, mi
rifiuto di riconoscere come territorio cinese.
Qualche giorno fa ho rivisto
So Close, che fa parte del filone tecno-maraglio/sci-fi con un bel po' di fan service (altrimenti perché selezionare attrici carine?)
Personalmente ho un rapporto di amore-odio verso il genere: trovo difficilmente digeribile le classica figura dell'uber-hacker che in 5 minuti - usando un programma che è un salvaschermo - scova password, viola sistemi, prende il controllo di porte, cancelli e teiere. Mi fa un po' specie anche l'uso di gadget troppo maragli come tacchi con l'arpione o occhiali con gas nervino, ma posso passarci sopra; discorso analogo per certe scelte stilistiche quali il vento nei capelli (al chiuso) per sottolineare la figaggine del protagonista di turno.
Ok, sospensione dell'incredulità - massima potenza: restando sul vago per non spoilerare troppo, il film segue la storia di due sorelle (
Qi Shu è davvero molto bella e anche
Vicki Zhao - quella dei
pandolci in
Shaolin Soccer - non è male), assassine a pagamento, che si ritrovano invischiate nello scontro di potere interno ad una grande compagnia informatica. Nella vicenda si inserisce anche la polizia, che indaga sull'omicidio di un importante dirigente.
Sullo sfondo, anche le loro storie sentimentali, l'omicidio dei genitori e la loro rivalità personale.
Una trama non banale, con alcuni momenti fuori dagli schemi, che fa da contorno ad un buon numero di scontri a colpi di arti marziali coreografati ed eseguiti
da dio; memorabili i combattimenti nel parcheggio sotterraneo con doppio ostaggio e quello finale con spade e bambù. Certi registi che si riducono a fare polpettoni sentimental-guerreschi con pessime scene di lotta per venire incontro ai
presunti gusti occidentali (vedi il fetente e sconclusionato
Le Sette Spade), dovrebbero prendere appunti.
Voto 8 (oddio, forse 7.5 era più giusto, ma
IMDb non ammette mezzi voti ed io ormai ne sono succube
)
Da vedere; magari anche solo a noleggio, visto che in giro l'ho visto in vendita alla folle cifra di 30 euro, ma da vedere.
Zhao, Vicki
Nome di battesimo: Wei, Zhao
Data di nascita: 12 March 1976
Altezza: 5' 5¼" (1.66 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:In 1999, Vicki Zhao won Golden Eagle Awards "Best Actress Award" which is China highest TV drama award. In 2001, she won Best Actress Award and People's Choice Award in Taiwan Online voting. In 2002, she won two "Best Supporting Actress nominations" in Taiwan Golden Horse Award and Asia Pacific Film Festival. In 2004, she won "Best Actress nomination" and "People's Choice Award (Actress)" in the 11th Beijing College Student Film Festival. She won "Best Actress nomination" and "People's Choice Award (Actress)" in the 4th Chinese Media Film Awards; and "Best Actress Nomintaion" in Hundred Flowers Awards. In 2005,Zhao Wei won the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival "Best Actress Award."Then she won the 10th China Movie Academic Society Prize(aka Golden Phoenix Award)--"Committee Award" in August.Then Zhao Wei won the 11th China highest government award-China Movie Awards(aka Huabiao Awards) "Best Actress Award"(shared with Ziyi Zhang).Today, Zhao Wei is one of Chinese directors' favorite actresses. For instance, He Ping, Ann Hui, Wong Kar-wai and Jiang Wen.She also is a pop singer. In 1999-2001, her 4 albums sold more than 3,700,000 records in Aisa, but critics thought those record were just so so. In November 2004, her newest album "Piao(Afloat)" sold more than 300,000 only in 10 days (China mainland), and most of the critics praised her. In2005, she won Peshi Chart Music Awards "Most Popular Female Singer (mainland)", Sprite Music Awards "Most Versatile Entertainmenter Award"and Music Radio China's Top Chart Awards "Most Popular Mainland Female Singer".Was ranked 2nd of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Singapore (2002). Was ranked 15th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Singapore (2003). Was ranked 2nd of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Singapore (2004). Was ranked 10th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Thailand (2003). Was ranked 3rd of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Thailand (2004).Was ranked 50th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Malaysia (2005).Forbes magazine's China edition recently ranked her the third most popular celebrity after NBA player Yao Ming and actress Ziyi Zhang. [2003] Forbes magazine's China edition recently ranked her the forth most popular celebrity after Yao Ming, Ziyi Zhang, Liu Xiang. [2004]
Trivia random: Was banned (and ostracized) in China after being photographed wearing a dress made from a Japanese Battleflag.
Citazione random: "Life is made up of a large tragedy and many tiny moments of joy. What I can do is slowly accumulate these tiny moments of joy, and use them to face tragedy." - on the pressures placed on her being in the entertainment industry.
Qi jian (2005)
Regista: Hark TsuiScrittore: Chi-Sing Cheung,
Chun Tin-NamGenere: Action
Valutazione: 6.1/10 (552 voti)
Durata: Canada:150 (Toronto International Film Festival) min
Paese: SouthKorea, HongKong, China
Lingua: Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean
Cast:Trama:In the early 1600's, the Manchurians have taken over sovereignty of China and established the Ching Dynasty. While many nationalist revolts still brew within the martial artists' community, the newly set-up government immediately imposes a Martial Arts Ban, forbidding the practice of martial arts altogether in order to gain control and order. Wind Fire (Sun Hong-Lei), a surrendered military official from the previous dynasty, sees this as an opportunity to make a fortune for himself by helping to execute the new law. Greedy, cruel, and immoral, Wind Fire ravages the North-western China, and his next goal is to attack the final frontier, Martial Village. Fu Qingzhu, a retired executioner from the previous dynasty, feels the need to put a stop to this brutality and sets out to save Bowei Fortress. He brings Wu Yuanyin and Han Zhiban from the village with him to Mount Heaven to seek help from Master Shadow-Glow, a hermit who is a master of swords and leads a group of disciples of great swordsmanship. Master Shadow-Glow agrees to help, and orders four of his best disciples to go. Together with Chu Zhaonan, Yang Yunchong, Mulong, and Xin Longzi, the SEVEN SWORDS is formed and their heroic journey begins. As they lead the entire village to the road of a safer place, they begin to encounter mysterious confusion. Food and water is poisoned, and trails of escape are marked with signs leading the enemy to them. They soon realize that there is an undercover spy, and the SEVEN SWORDS must identify him/her before Wind Fire's army gets to them. Between this narrow gap of life and death, the situation is further complicated by the blossoms of love.
Trivia random: The opening film of the 2005 Venice Film Festival.
Siu lam juk kau (2001)
Regista: Stephen ChowScrittore: Stephen Chow,
Kan-Cheung TsangGenere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Valutazione: 7.3/10 (8386 voti)
Durata: 113 min
Paese: HongKong, China
Lingua: Cantonese
Cast:Trama:After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Trivia random: Banned in mainland China because it did not await certification before being released in Hong Kong.
Chik yeung tin sai (2002)
Regista: Corey YuenScrittore: Jeff LauGenere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.8/10 (1277 voti)
Durata: UK:110 min
Paese: HongKong
Lingua: Cantonese, English
Cast:Trama:The brothers Chow Nunn and Chow Lui's giant computer company is facing a tense crisis - a powerful computer virus is rapidly wiping out their computer network. At the last minute a cyber-friend arrives to join the battle. The mysterious 'Angel.com' battles the virus and saves the company. Invited by Chow Lui for a visit in person, Angel.com arrives in the form of the beautiful Lynn (Shu Qi). But it turns out Lynn is a professional assassin with amazing high-tech and kung fu skills. She kills Chow Lui with cyanide hidden in a pair of sunglasses. She's aided by her sister Sue (Zhao Wei), who operates the pair's World Panorama surveillance system, which allows them to tap into any video security system in the world. Young cop Kong Yat Hong (Karen Mok) and her partner Mark are put on the case. Hong has a brilliant mind and immediately senses she's dealing with a killer with very special skills. Realizing they are facing a tough adversary, Lynn and Sue become fascinated with Hong as well. Lynn runs into Yan, the cousin of an old friend who died. Lynn and Yan shared an unspoken love in the past which is now rekindled in the open, and Lynn begins to question whether she wants to continue to be an assassin. Chow Nunn was behind his older brother's death. He hired Angel.com to kill Lui because Lui opposed Nunn's business plans, and also because Nunn is carrying on a secret affair with Lui's wife. But when Hong's investigation starts to point to Nunn, Nunn becomes worried and decides to hire Angel.com for another hit ^Ö only so he can double-cross them, wipe them out and prevent them from leading the police back to him. Yan tells Lynn he loves her and wants to marry her. After battling an attack by robbers with her amazing martial arts skills, she tells Yan her family's history. Her father invented the World Panorama for use by the authorities, but was turned down. Suspiciously, word of the device got out to the underworld and both parents were brutally killed in front of the girls' eyes by criminals eager to get their hands on the invention. Bereft at the loss of their parents and disillusioned with the law, the sisters turned professional assassins, killing criminals for other criminals. Lynn tells Sue she wants to stop their criminal life and get married ^Ö she won't accept Chow Nunn's order for the second killing. But Sue, angry and feeling abandoned by Lynn, decides to carry out the killing herself. Lynn realizes what's happening and rushes to save Sue, who doesn't have the skills to carry out the hit. They are attacked by Chow's men but escape. Now the assassin and the cop must join forces - so Sue can avenge her sister's death and Hong can prove her innocence in a spectacular confrontation at Chow Nunn's headquarters...
Shu, Qi
Nome di battesimo: Lin, Li-Hui
Data di nascita: 16 April 1976
Altezza: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Was born in Taiwan and is of Taiwanese nationality. Has a "manic" acting style, which (unfortunately) has won her detractors. However she has proved her acting credibility by winning the prestigous Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan (regarded as the "Asian Oscars") for Best Supporting Actress. She has also received a nomination for Best Actress from the Golden Horse Awards. Is currently going out with Canto-pop singer and actor Leon Lai. Appeared with Jackie Chan in the wonderful romantic-comedy Bor lei jun (1999) ('Gorgeous'). Her name is spelled in a variety of ways, including: Hsu Qi, Hsu Chi, Qi Shu, Shu Kei and there are quite a few other variations on her name on foreign VCDs, DVDs and Internet sites.
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