Jim H
01-18-2003, 06:52 AM
He's my favorite actor, and in my opinion also the best, so I figured he deserved a stop here. I left this at a top 5 rather then 10, as not to many people know his non-John Woo/American movies.
My top 5:
1. A Better Tomorrow
2. The Killer
3. A Better Tomorrow 2 (third favorite, but far from his third best - very cheesy)
4. Full Contact
5. Tiger on Beat/God of Gamblers
I'm a big action fan, and I haven't seen very many of his better dramas (... His best performance I've seen after A Better Tomorrow was in All About Ah Long, but the movies storyline was so predictable and sometimes by-the-numbers that it did not make my top 5. Tiger on Beat barely made a tied fifth, I give it that for the phenomenal climactic scenes. I need to get a GIF of the machette swing, I had one made but lost it.
WORST..
1. A Better Tomorrow 3 - Immensely disappointing.
2. Rich and Famous (one good action scene - that's it)
3. Tragic Hero (Rich and Famous' sequel, one good action scene as well, and ends as if Tony Montana had survived the ending of Scarface)
4. City on Fire - Reservoir Dog's direct ancestor/source DNA (Tarantino fans should check it out for that), but it just fails on most levels - Danny Lee and CYF have decent chemistry though, but we already knew that from The Killer
5. The Corruptor - a decent performance from Chow can't save this one. Felt like it should of been better then it was.
If you haven't seen many of his movies, just list your favorite. :p
My top 5:
1. A Better Tomorrow
2. The Killer
3. A Better Tomorrow 2 (third favorite, but far from his third best - very cheesy)
4. Full Contact
5. Tiger on Beat/God of Gamblers
I'm a big action fan, and I haven't seen very many of his better dramas (... His best performance I've seen after A Better Tomorrow was in All About Ah Long, but the movies storyline was so predictable and sometimes by-the-numbers that it did not make my top 5. Tiger on Beat barely made a tied fifth, I give it that for the phenomenal climactic scenes. I need to get a GIF of the machette swing, I had one made but lost it.
WORST..
1. A Better Tomorrow 3 - Immensely disappointing.
2. Rich and Famous (one good action scene - that's it)
3. Tragic Hero (Rich and Famous' sequel, one good action scene as well, and ends as if Tony Montana had survived the ending of Scarface)
4. City on Fire - Reservoir Dog's direct ancestor/source DNA (Tarantino fans should check it out for that), but it just fails on most levels - Danny Lee and CYF have decent chemistry though, but we already knew that from The Killer
5. The Corruptor - a decent performance from Chow can't save this one. Felt like it should of been better then it was.
If you haven't seen many of his movies, just list your favorite. :p