The Big Boss was the most accessible one as a kid, as such it has nostalgia going for it. The cineaste in me feels that Way of the Dragon is probably his most objectively well-made film, shaggy-dog and all.

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In some ways it's like Zodiac, but don't go too far with that comparison.

It shifts in tone, but its ultimately pretty serious and haunting, and pretty damning of the police's "totalitarian" approach to justice, while also being empathetic enough that they are trying to do the right thing, as misguided as they are.

The current emo revival

I'm actually in Tunisia right now. Collecting insect specimens. The local chamber of commerce must be really hard up for tourism money: they're trying to convince me to spend the night at the Star Wars set. Feels kinda sketchy (have no clue what all those buckets and shovels are for…), but there's a hot Japanese chick…

Shinjuku Incident wasn't officially released in the Mainland, period; Yee and Chan refused to cut the violence.

The whole screenplay felt kind of milquetoast for Kim. Not the best project to start with. Shades of the way the 90s HK wave were immediately marginalized onto JCVD films.

David Sitek's work is legitimately great. Just the wrong vocalist and the wrong project for her.

Make it about an elderly Elliot Gould even more out of steps with the time, and you'll have a winner.

While the Crank movies are indeed awesome - and this from someone who actively tried to hate them - everything else has mostly been a wasted opportunity, and it seems like they've split up for the time being.

Not too hard, but not too soft.

I'm not even sure that's entirely accurate anymore: HK films have been drowning in CGI nonsense for the last decade, and the increasing Mainland influence, with their focus on showing off every new piece of technology capitalism can buy, will likely make that worse.

While I think some of the partisans of this sub-genre definitely overstate their virtues - they may be the best action films being made in America, but that mostly has to do with the sorry state of mainstream filmmaking - it's certainly filled with overachievers like those mentioned.

You're wrong. This is a new franchise. Got it?

My collection of Gitmo Bay Interrobang videos is precisely what I'm scared of people finding out I masturbate to…

Truly. The complete inability to understand human sexual relationships, plus the subsequent implied multi-generational incest, is a pretty depressing assessment of Charlie's mental capacities, sweet or not.

:( Madonna in "Disco Queen" mode is about the only way I like her.

Probably the old West Side Highway.

Gay and deeply closeted vs. Gay and proud.