He’s pretty one-dimensional in my opinion. He’s kind of like an Asian Steven Seagal, except that Lau’s actually been in some decent movies. But you know what they say, opinions are like assholes…they’re big and smelly.
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He’s pretty one-dimensional in my opinion. He’s kind of like an Asian Steven Seagal, except that Lau’s actually been in some decent movies. But you know what they say, opinions are like assholes…they’re big and smelly.
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but quality acting is quality acting, even if it is monotonous. as much as i hate tom cruise i have to admit the asshole he plays in the rainman is decent. who can play your own personality better than you. Lau seems pretty true to his characters. (but i’ve only seen 2 or 3 of his movies so i cannot thoroughly judge him.
I meant the actor himself, not the roles he plays. Lau basically played the same guy as Tony Leung in Infernal Affairs, but Leung did an excellent job portraying his character and Lau did a mediocre job…I don’t know, maybe it’s because Lau doesn’t seem to know how to emote. I don’t really find him that cool either, like Tadanobu Asano or some of the other well-known Asian actors, and I haven’t seen him in any film where he wowed me at all. I’ve only seen a couple films with him too but so far he’s pretty overrated in my opinion.
Asano has a low profile coolness, which might make him even cooler. ever since Battle Royale 2 i think that Tatsuya Fujiwara and Lau are the japanese-chinese parallels. Fujiwara isn’t young any more, he’s seems like a badass and after Lau’s role in fulltime killer i’m convinced he has the potential to be a hitman (isn’t that the ultimate badass test).
Legendary Martial Arts Director Lau Kar-Leung Sets Forth on Latest Masterpiece: Heroes of Shaolin
Legendary Martial Arts Director Lau Kar-Leung (Liu Chia-Liang) has begun working on what he has referred to as his greatest work. Targeted for production early to mid 2007 Heroes of Shaolin may prove to be the greatest martial arts film of all time.
Long Island, NY (PRWEB) June 16, 2006 – Legendary martial arts action director, Lau Kar-Leung (a.k.a. Liu Chia-Liang) is preparing for his latest martial arts masterpiece. “Heroes of Shaolinâ€? will be the culmination of over 50 years of experience and over 300 movies for the 69 year old director. The film is currently in pre-production and is being produced by Burning Shaolin Production, out of New York. It is targeted for production early mid 2007 in Mainland China.
Lau is considered an industry anomaly; often writing, directing, choreographing and starring in many of the classic Kung-Fu movies from the 70’s and 80’s. He is single handedly credited for creating the genre of Kung-Fu movies as we know them today. Lau has gone on record as to say, “this will be my best movie, and the best martial arts movie ever made.� If anyone can make this statement, it is Lau Kar-Leung.
According to Hong Kong martial arts movie legend Gordon Liu (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) the revolutionary director didn’t have to say much to obtain his services other than this film was to be his greatest masterpiece. “Heroes of Shaolinâ€? will be an action packed martial arts film with spectacular fight sequences and of course signature Lau Kar-Leung training scenes. As well as something new for Lau Kar-Leung, an unconventional love story. Gordon Liu will be reprising his role of Bok Mei, the traitorous white haired priest.
A remarkable Shaolin Monk Luk Ah-Choi escapes from the destruction of his home (the Shaolin Temple) and takes refuge in a local village where he falls in love with the beautiful, jaded and lethal Yim Wing Chun. Together they struggle to organize a rebellion against the oppressing Qing Dynasty. Distracted from his true mission by his vendetta against the murderous traitor Bok Mei (Liu), Luk Ah-Choi jeopardizes all in this 19th Century epic of love, life and vengeance.
Lau Kar-Leung’s features have dazzled audiences and brought innovation to the Martial Arts film for over 50 years. His creations such as Spiritual Boxer (1975) opened the door for films by superstars such as Jackie Chan and Samo Hung. He directed and starred in Chan’s Drunken Master 2 (1994). He directed Jet Li in Martial Arts of Shaolin in what has been referred to as the best film of his career. His Legendary Weapons of China (1982) set the stage for fight scenes such as between Michelle Yeoh and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, and has the acclaim of being the best martial arts film ever made. Lau’s contributions to the martial arts film industry have made him a filmmaking icon. He has won Golden Horse Awards (Hong Kong Oscars) for Best Director and Best Action Choreography. Most recently he was awarded for his Action Direction for Seven Swords (2005).
Asian superstar Gordon Liu has appeared in both of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volumes and countless Hong Kong film productions. He is most famous for his reoccurring role as the monk San Te (the Master Killer). Other cast considerations and talks include Zhang Ziyi, (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Memoirs of a Geisha) Chow Yun-Fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Bullet Proof Monk), Donny Yen (Hero) and Tony Jaa (Ong Baak). “Heroes of Shaolin� is in pre-production stages and is targeted to begin filming mid 2007.
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HOLY SHIT THAT ROX!!! Where has this guy been. GOD I HATE when they say Gordon Liu(Kill Bill)!! What the hell. He was in the 36th chamber and 8th Diagram Pole Fighter for god sakes.
He directed Jet Li in Martial Arts of Shaolin in what has been referred to as the best film of his career. ??? ??? ??? ???Li’s or Leungs? I’ve never even heard of this film and everyone I know says Fist of Legend is Li’s best film. The film has a 6.3 IMDB rating for god sakes!!! This paper needs to get their facts straight!
Shaolin Martial Arts aka Shaolin Temple 3 is the weakest Liu Chia Liang film I’ve seen. The fight scenes kick ass but the humor is terrible (Jet Li dressing as a woman…). But I feel like I should give it another chance…
[quote=“WeaselCo”]
HOLY SHIT THAT ROX!!! Where has this guy been. GOD I HATE when they say Gordon Liu(Kill Bill)!! What the hell. He was in the 36th chamber and 8th Diagram Pole Fighter for god sakes.
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you know what they say: in america they only care about ‘‘the actor’s’’ new movie
in europe they care about ‘‘the actor’s’’ best work…
most films suck period. american films probably suck more on an average tho
first of all i’ve seen every jet li film, the best are: Hero, Fist of Legend, and Shaolin Temple (his first film)
close seconds are: once upon a time in china 1,2,3, Kids From Shaolin (aka Shaolin Temple 2)
p.s.: if anyone can tell me where i can find many shaw brothers films around $10 a pop that would be great, i only own a single title from them!
also here is info on the new shaolin TV series and movie (the info is a bit old, but i didn’t see any other posting about it): <LINK_TEXT text=“http://chinashaolintemple.com/data/2006 … le_224.htm”>http://chinashaolintemple.com/data/2006/0221/article_224.htm</LINK_TEXT>
[quote=“AlexPallas”]
most films suck period. american films probably suck more on an average tho
first of all i’ve seen every jet li film, the best are: Hero, Fist of Legend, and Shaolin Temple (his first film)
close seconds are: once upon a time in china 1,2,3, Kids From Shaolin (aka Shaolin Temple 2)
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No one ever mentions Fong Sai-Yuk…
[quote=“WeaselCo”]
HOLY SHIT THAT ROX!!! Where has this guy been. GOD I HATE when they say Gordon Liu(Kill Bill)!! What the hell. He was in the 36th chamber and 8th Diagram Pole Fighter for god sakes.
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Yeah, that annoys me too. I notice things like that on DVD covers all the time.
[quote=“Angel”]
No one ever mentions Fong Sai-Yuk…
Yeah, that annoys me too. I notice things like that on DVD covers all the time.
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had enough of that there stuff with the once upon a time in chinas, but that title would have been my next recommendation
[quote=“AlexPallas”]
p.s.: if anyone can tell me where i can find many shaw brothers films around $10 a pop that would be great, i only own a single title from them!
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If you’re okay with Celestials, then I recommend www.buyoyo.com
[quote=“Angel”]
No one ever mentions Fong Sai-Yuk…
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Still waiting for HK Video to release it…
I love the part where he has all those swords in the second.
Don’t like FSY, too much flying in it. Jet Li isn’t even allowed to run around the sports field; he HAS to be on wires. Sucks.
And i’m also sceptical towards the new Lau Kar Leung movie; I’ve still Drunken Monkey und Drunken Master 3 in mind. To be precise: Lau hasn’t made anything good since 20yrs; why should it change now ? And sorry to say, but Gordon Liu is old.
Some words to Andy Lau: His problem is, he’s always Andy Lau. He’s an pop idol, not an actor. Calling him “the asian Tom Cruise” hits the point.
[quote=“Contrai”]
[…]And i’m also sceptical towards the new Lau Kar Leung movie; I’ve still Drunken Monkey […] in mind. […][/quote]
“Drunken Monkey” (2002) was indeed one of the worst movies I’ve seen. The beginning had a promising Western-in-Far-East-feel to it and also the last fight had a little entertainment-value, but before that . . . oh my god!
Just stupid humour getting on my nerves, and some mainstream-fighting with 5 cuts per second or so. I don’t know why Gordon Liu got himself into a mess like that. The girl was hot, though. 
Anybody seen Sword Of Doom, Is this movie any good. It comes on IFC sometime in July.
It’s absolutely great. Very dark and very impressive.
[i]"Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune star in the story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsmanâ€â€
thanks. comes on this saturday cant wait.
bad news for people whol like the eye, Its being remade and starring Jessica biel http://imdb.com/title/tt0406759/
Ming Pao is reporting that Jackie Chan, drunk as a skunk, climbed onto the stage in the middle of a Jonathan Lee concert and demanded that Lee sing a duet with him. Jackie had been a guest performer at the Sunday night show, but no one had told him that this was now the Monday night show. And no one let him know that there actually was a musical director, either, because Chan tried to conduct the band himself leading to a long, painful interval while he stopped and restarted the music several times.
The audience, who were there for Lee (an extremely popular Taiwanese singer/songwriter), passed the time by heckling Jackie who took offense and began to insult them from onstage. Jackie then helpfully explained that he was drunk.
Several local papers have published accounts of the incident, and here’s a rough version of what happened in all its cringe-worthy detail.
Jonathan Lee and Drunk Jackie Chan Towards the end of the show, Jackie climbed onstage and graciously informed the audience of his condition. “I rarely show up at this kind of occasion drunk, but tonight I’m really drunk.” Then he started things off on the right foot by telling the audience, “Diu lei lo mei,” which means, roughly, “F— your mother.” “Oh, damn,” he said. “I just swore.”
Jackie went on to say that he had just been out drinking with 20 Japanese friends. “What did I say? I can’t quite remember. Damn, I’m really drunk…I have to apologize.” He bowed to the audience. “I apologize to everybody. I shouldn’t be onstage drunk. But I know that if I made a fool of myself you guys will be happy, so I’d rather make a fool of myself.”
Things seemed to be back on track - Jackie’s drunk but sorry, he knows what people want to see - and he sung two songs. But he still wouldn’t get off the stage. He tried to sing a third song. Some audience members began to shout, “Go home,” “Shut up,” and “Very irritating.” Jackie ignored them, but he couldn’t take it when Jonathan Lee looked at his watch. “Why are you looking at the watch? I’ll pay [for the fines] if the show runs over. Why do you look at your watch all the time?”
The band began to play. Wrong.
“Shut up!” Jackie shouted. “You play music only when I tell you to! Now we sing ‘True Heart Hero’ [Chun Sum Ying Hung]”
Jackie tried to act like a conductor but the keyboardist started playing.
“How arrogant! I haven’t even started to count one, two, three! Where do you come from?”
He began to sing but the audience started booing. Jackie finished the song and apologized again. “We thank Jonathan for coming to MY concert. I’ve disturbed your show. Thanks to Jonathan for letting me come on to the stage. There was a crazy man out here.”
Journalists jumped Jackie on his way out of the venue. “I’m really ashamed of myself,” he said. “I’m so sorry.” Although the next day, Jackie denied he was drunk the previous night. Tell that to Jonathan Lee, who wound up having to pay HK$40,000 in overtime charges to the venue. Or Jackie’s oft-criticized son, Jaycee Fong, who said he was embarrassed. “I hope this will not happen again,” Jaycee cringed. And tell that to the Hong Kong Tourism Board who made Jackie their ambassador years ago and spent all of the next few days trying to get in touch with Jackie’s management to discuss the incident.
According to some fans, this isn’t the first time Jackie has revealed his inner stage-hog. During a Dandelion concert some folks say he also jumped onstage, also apparently under the influence. But there is an explanation. There’s word floating around that over last weekend Jackie lost his dog. Oh dear god no. Not Jones.
(Thanks to Jennifer for ringing the “Celebrity Misbehavior” alarm)
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