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201 : A Film Odyssey

This all started after I read Empire magazine back in March 2006.

Inside was a definitive list of the 201 best films of all time, as voted for by the magazine and it's readers. Included in the list were all kinds of films I would never normally watch. So as a keen film watcher, I thought to myself it might be a good idea to try and watch all the films in order and record my thoughts, and at the end of it, see how close the list was to my 201 best films.

This project will be much better if you could comment on these films and my reviews, so please, please, please get involved, just click on the comments text at the bottom of each review.

 


Saturday, July 29, 2006

199 ... The Killer


199 ... The Killer

Here's another film I would not have watched if not for this project (so it's having the desired effect), and also one I had not heard of from Hong Kong, directed by John Woo.

The film is in Chinese, with English subtitles and is about an assassin who undertakes hits for the mob and is subsequently pursued by a police detective. During a hit, the assassin meets a woman, who loses her sight in the gun fight.
He decides to take care of the woman from then on, with the law and the mob tracking him down.

To say this film is violent is an understatement ... Some of the action sequences are good, but the editing is a bit choppy and reminded me of old Kung-fu movies.

And without giving the plot away, what was "Runt" and "Shrimphead" all about !!?
AFO (A Film Odyssey) rating 6.5
TJ (T J Hooker) rating 6.5
CK (Captain Kirt) rating ??

Links .... IMDB Wikipedia LoveHKFilm

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posted by MrC at 10:47 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger Claire said...

What a cool project! Good luck!

29/7/06 23:21  
Blogger The Captain said...

Is this the end of the odyssey?

9/1/07 11:11  
Blogger The Captain said...

When's the next movie? We've waited almost a year dude!

13/5/07 01:29  

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