Pickings of Violent Asian/French films

IrishGuykokoJin · 15-05-2002 10:41pm #1

Audition: Japan: A very disturbing flick indeed. Aoyama falls in love with a young woman that he sees during an Audition, but she is far from what she seems.An Excellent horror!
Three and a half stars (***1/2)

As Sete Vampiras :(Brazil 1984,Synopsis. a good horror and a good ol comedy, Translation.The Seven Vampires)
(***)

ATTACK THE GAS STATION: Korean Film! [SPECTRUM DVD] (1999) Directed by Kim Sang-jin. Four young thugs decide to rob a gas station. When they find it has no money, they take the workers hostage and work the pumps themselves

(***)

Battle Royale: Japan: A class of youngsters is selected for the latest game in which they are isolated on an island with the rest of the class, handed a form of weapon each and ordered to kill each other. The last person alive is the winner.(2000)
(***)

Billy the Kid vs. Dracula. Wow what more could u ask for, maybe Superman vs Dracula? (USA 1966,Dir.William Beaudine)
(**1/2)

BLACULA: Old movie, very good Blaxploiation film
(**1/2)

BIO ZOMBIE: Hong Kong horror at it's best!
(****)

BLACK HONEYMOON (1999 Korea). Directed by Na Hong-kyun. A group of newlyweds travel to Cheju-do on a honeymoon package tour. All is going more or less well until one husband gets drunk, staggers into the wrong room and makes love to the wrong woman. The next morning, he is found dead on the beach... A mystery/horror film
(***)

Cure: Excellent and very disturbing serial killer thriller from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, (son of Akira Kurosawa) in which victims are marked with an X slashed across their bodies, but there seems to be more than one killer!
(***)

DIE BAD Korean(2000). Directed by Ryu Seung-wan. Four short films, all shot on 16mm, are woven together to form an interlocking story. The films all focus on violence in some way, particularly violence amongst youth and its dire consequences.
(**1/2)

Delicatessen: a very weird
French cool, stylish movie
(***1/2)

Enter the Eagle: Bruce Lee's little girl kicks ass
(***)

Evil Dead Trap: Dir. Toshiharu Ikeda. This has to be one of the best Horror films to come out of Japan! Full to the brim with superb special effects, atmosphere
(****1/2
)
GHOST IN LOVE (1999) Directed by Lee Kwang-hoon. (Korean title: "Cha-gui-mo") After dying, a young woman becomes a member of a group of souls who have all committed suicide. Starring Kim Hee-sun
(***)

GODZILLA V.S. SPACE GODZILLA : Great movie
(***)

GAMERA 3: THE REVENGE OF IRIS:
Same type of film!
(**1/2)

HOLY VIRGIN V.S. THE EVIL DEAD : Crazy Hong Kong horror action
(**1/2)

HORRIBLE HIGH HEELS : Bizzare Hong Kong stuff!
(***)

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE: Old movies are the best this one from America in 1953!
(****)

ILSA: THE WICKED WARDEN: Weird film almost a porno movie
(**)

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS: 1956?? Not sure but this one's great!
(*****)

LA Haine: French classic a must see, get it now!
(***1/2)

LORD OF THE WU -TANG: Lei Li Film, must be where those American RnB rappers got the name.
(***)

MAN BITES DOG: Great French film done like American portrait of a serial Killer
(****)

MEXICAN MONSTERS ON THE MARCH: Very good stuff from Mexico
(**1/2)

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA AND AMERICA: Another Jet Li film quite good.
(**1/2)

POLICE STORY 1&2: Classic Jackie Chan Kung Fu action
(****)

The Ring: Cult teen horror based on a popular Japanese novel. A curse is projected onto a video and everyone that watches it will die within 24 hours, unless they show it to someone else and so on… Some genuinely, very creepy moments!
(****)

SANTO V.S. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN: Another Classic Mexican
(**1/2)

SURF NAZIS MUST DIE! Troma movies: Super B-Movie Classic, a must see for all the family
(**1/2)

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE : Based on real life American serial killer ED Gein
(****1/2)

TELL ME SOMETHING [EDKO VIDEO] (1999) Directed by Chang Yoon-hyun. A serial killer is leaving body parts in plastic bags around Seoul. Detective Cho discovers that the victims are all connected with one woman
(***1/2)

The Blazing Sun: Korea, Under the Japanese Occupation period, Choon-Ho goes to every length to fulfill his lustful desire and get ahead in society
(***)

TETSUO THE IRON MAN : I like this one, maybe because it's shot nicely in BlacknWhite but it's still weird!
(***)

Our Twisted Hero: Byoung finds the classroom is a lot stranger than previously thought.
(***)

Versus: Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura. Fantastic recent Japanese Zombie/martial arts extravaganza and a huge success on the international festival scene
(***)

WHITE BADGE (1992) Directed by Chung Ji-young. A war drama about a group of Korean soldiers who serve in the Vietnam War, and the lasting effects of their experiences.
(****)

WE ARE GOING TO EAT YOU : Great Chinese horror Film
(***)

Whispering Corridors
(a.k.a "Yeo-ko-koe-dam")
This is a horror film set in girls high school. I'd say it's a mediochre horror film with many cliches of the genre
(***)

YOJIMBO: One of the Best films ever
(****1/2)

ZATOICHI: MASSEUR ICHI AND A CHEST OF GOLD: Great Swordsmanship Japanese Classic
(****1/2)

The_Bullman · 15-05-2002 10:47pm

Gonzo · 15-05-2002 11:03pm

theres some right fekin gems listed there, bio zombie i only saw recently, it had me in stitches.. really good film.,...

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was on the other night and it was really really good, surpassed the first film IMO.

koneko · 16-05-2002 8:42am

Is there any reason to post this in two threads? Other than the I-want-to-brag-for-no-reason factor.

Absolutely loved Odishon (Audition). Anyone else seen Uzumaki? Gory, entertaining, but not as good as some of the other (Japanese) films I've seen.

yellum · 16-05-2002 9:44am

Man Bites Dog is a belgian film, a very good one.

dysfunct · 16-05-2002 11:31am

Anyone see Hard Boiled?
I thought it was a good action packed caper.

Kix · 16-05-2002 12:14pm

Channel 4 showed Ring (aka Ringu) and Ring 2 over the last two Mondays. The second one wasn't as good as the original but still had a few genuinely creepy moments.

The first had me absolutely rooted to the couch in horror at times. A genuinely rare event, horror films rarely get to me. I think if I ever meet a girl called Sadako I'll lose bladder control!

K

Jpaulik · 16-05-2002 2:10pm

Hard Boiled is a great movie. Very entertaining and really funny without intending to be so. Huge bodycount.

Lei Xiejiang · 24-05-2002 5:06pm

Yep, Hard Bolied has to be one of the best films ever.

Koneko,
"Kitten" get a life.

plastic membrane · 25-05-2002 8:08pm

Hard Boiled, Delicatessan. Great movies.

IrishGuykokoJin · 29-05-2002 3:55pm

Forgot some

Dave · 29-05-2002 10:37pm

Hard Boiled was brillant. Amazing the way the chinese can fit that many bullets into a clip

gandalf · 29-05-2002 11:06pm

Naw my 2 favourite Asian films at the moment are Battle Royale (brilliant brilliant film) and Shoalin Soccer (has to be seen to be believed)

Gandalf.

RasTa · 30-05-2002 4:40pm

yea gandalf,were can one get this shoalin soccer film from?

Lex_Diamonds · 30-05-2002 8:30pm

The Internet

Stokolan · 30-05-2002 9:08pm

Originally posted by dysfunct
Anyone see Hard Boiled?
I thought it was a good action packed caper.

I have to agree with this, it was a class film.... even tough i only saw it for about half way through... didnt realise it was a got edouble sidded disc...:p

Originally posted by gandalf
Shoalin Soccer (has to be seen to be believed)

yup... thats a good one

adnans · 30-05-2002 9:35pm

another cult movie to watch out for is Ichi the Killer by takeshi, that makes audition relatively peaceful movie.

Ichi the Killer, a two-hour, gross-out, gorefest based on a popular Japanese manga that boasts a queasy soundtrack by The Boredoms. Ichi is a crybaby assassin who gets stiff at the sight of violence (leaving sticky gobs of cum at the scene of the crime) and slices and dices his targets with a set of spring-loaded steel blades secreted in his trainers. He meets his match in Kakihara, a sadomasochistic albino Yakuza who takes extreme pleasure in extreme torture; a rival mobster hanging naked from the ceiling by butcher’s hooks is flayed alive with boiling oil.

sounds like fun

that body count looks impressive. anyone got any idea if this movie will ever be shown in ireland?

adnans

gandalf · 30-05-2002 10:29pm

Originally posted by RasTa
yea gandalf,were can one get this shoalin soccer film from?

I procured mine from www.dddhouse.com

Gandalf.

RasTa · 31-05-2002 1:09am

i take it its a dvd and if so its a region 1???
it might be gettin a cinema release over here due to the world cup
gwan!!

gandalf · 31-05-2002 11:06am

Nope most of those DVD's are Region 3.

Gandalf.

TetsuoHashimoto · 11-06-2002 2:03am

No Anime?

MrPudding · 11-06-2002 5:38pm

Originally posted by Dave
Hard Boiled was brillant. Amazing the way the chinese can fit that many bullets into a clip

If you liked Hard Boiled try some other classic Johny Woo like The Killer or The Better Tomorrow movies. Better Tomorrow 2 is better than the first but they are all worth a watch.

At the risk of being slagged for being a pedantic poster, it is a magazine not a clip. (i'm sorry it's just a pet hate of mine)

Keep on Trekin · 14-06-2002 1:09am

great movies

fester · 14-06-2002 2:11am

The One-Armed Swordsman::
I rented this just 'cuz I just wanted to see some violent kung-fu, which this is. But then i had to watch it again 'cuz theres a good story and i wasn't paying attention the first time.

The Prodigal Son::
This is my favourite kung-fu, but not quite as violent

Zombie flesh-eaters::
This is a ****e Italian(i think!) film. 4real, don't watch it, it's crap. But i just had to mention it 'cuz i love the title

JarJar blinks · 15-06-2002 9:11pm

Japanese films are the greatest!

Clintons Cat · 15-06-2002 9:37pm

check out Purple Storm

leeroybrown · 16-06-2002 1:08am

Hard Boiled has got to be one of my favourite films. I love Hong Kong action films in general and am a big John Woo fan (particularly his Hong Kong films) but Hard Boiled has to be one of the best.

Police Story 1 & 2 are great too.

Ojimbo has gotta be one of my favourite films too.

BLITZ_Molloy · 16-06-2002 1:21am

I really want to see Audition but they don't have it at my video store.

Zaphod B · 16-06-2002 2:00am

I'm not into the 'scene' that much but for me nothing can beat Beat Takeshi whose movies I'm starting to collect religiously. I got "Violent Cop" last week... amazing. Also "Battle Royale" is a classic in the field of gratuitous violence if you can get your hands on it before the Nagging Moms Association of Texas has all the copies burned

DrunkLeprachaun · 16-06-2002 6:27pm

Anime wise, I'd say: Perfect Blue and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust. Really good fims.

yellum · 16-06-2002 6:48pm

Purple Storm isn't great. I hated yer mans beard too.

BJJ · 23-06-2002 4:17pm

Oh Yes

TetsuoHashimoto · 07-07-2002 2:02pm

Beat Takeshi is a great actor.

John Woo rules

DrunkLeprachaun · 08-07-2002 12:26am

Hanabi is another really good Beat Takeshi film. He painted all the pictures in it himself. Kakko ii desu.

Quorthon · 08-07-2002 3:28pm

Is there anywhere in Dublin to rent these films??? What about Laser in St Georges St??? I hear they have an excellent foreign film collection??

Q

JarJar blinks · 15-07-2002 10:08pm

Anywhere in Dublin?

Well you won't get them in that shiitty X-tra Visiiion.

Best foreign film?
Akira is the best film ever.

po0k · 17-07-2002 1:17am

Pretty Village, pretty Flame

Great bosnian war flic

Kim Tae-Woo · 31-07-2002 5:38pm

Some great flicks: Ring, Purple Storm, Seoul, Once upon a time in China & America.

gurramok · 31-07-2002 10:32pm

Don't forget that French classic - Nikita !!

JarJar blinks · 02-08-2002 6:38pm

French films are the best

BJJ · 14-08-2002 10:10pm

Dead or Alive

Shinjuku - Sector city of darkness whoores and corruption, and Miike Takashi (Audition, Visitor Q, Fudoh). Ultra rapid-fire shoot-outs and twisted acts of perverse violence
Vicious war between the Japanese Yakuza killers and the Chinese Triads killers.
One of the most dizzying and spectacular openings ever and one of the weirdest soundtracks!

Anyone recommend me good video DVD rental shops?

I'm on the road a lot and travel between Galway and Cork.

A little Help please!

I prefer Japanese film

Brian Bennette · 08-09-2002 12:44am

Star Wars?

Brian Bennette · 08-09-2002 12:45am

MAD MAX 4 next?

Pickings of Violent Asian/French films

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