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find me a great asian crime movie i havent seen yet!

posted 17 years ago by chasehamrick
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I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL! i bet you cannot name an asian crime/action or even some horror (even though thats not really my cup of tea, i would prefer more thriller or those trippy type movies like beat takeshi's "Takeshis'" or "Spider Forrest" ect. ect. I have seen pretty much all of takeshi miike's movies, all of park chan wooks, all of johnny to's except some love stories and PTU, most of my favorites are exiled, infernal affairs, confession of pain, jiang hu(amazing), protege, one night in magnok, dog bite dog, election and election 2 ESPECIALLY, kinji fukasaku's battles without honor or humanity, takashi miikes graveyard of honor (yes i know it is a remake i liked miikes better), ect ect. i could make the list go on for pages in pages. so whoever can name a tight ass asian crime/action/thriller movie that i havent seen... you get a cookie!!

[–] ricman3 17 years ago

The Killer
Crime Story

[–] ag3nt_sno6 17 years ago

Go see some films made in thailand, if you have seen all the films from hong kong and japan move else where.

[–] chasehamrick 17 years ago

true that only thailand films i have seen so far are killer tattoo and forgot the name of that movie but it was like martin scorcese's taxi you know but from thailand. and to be honest i didnt like either of them..

[–] tobiasstockinger 17 years ago

A good Thai one to try is "Tears of the Black Tiger" (although I think the US Miramax releases may be edited).

As for obscure ones you might not have seen try Ringo Lam's "Wild Search" with Chow Yun Fat (whom I'm sure you'd know by now), "Roy Cheung" (Cat in Exiled) and Cherie Chung (in a few things including John Woo's "Once a Thief", another more obscure one is "Flaming Brothers", a lesser known CYF film written by Wong Kar Wai, which is available through UK Hong Kong Legends.

[–] tobiasstockinger 17 years ago

Or for slower Kitanoesque ones try the Korean crime film "Friend", or the Thai/Japanese semi-crime film "Invisible Waves" (Thai Director, set in Thailand and Hong Kong, stars Tanadobu Asano, who played Kakihara in "Ichi the Killer")

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[–] i_laube 17 years ago

You can't claim you have seen them all if you have not seen at least Long arm of the law.

[–] Drewmanji 17 years ago

You've probably seen it because everyone was talking about it a few years back, but make sure you see A Bittersweet Life, it's an excellent movie.

One of my personal favourites is Full Contact by Ringo Lam. As an action movie it works on so many levels but seems to get overlooked for Chow Yun-Fat's John Woo movies instead.

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[–] madmike909 17 years ago

a bittersweet life

[–] giggle001 17 years ago

As someone else had mentioned, Long Arm of the Law
Ringo Lam's "On Fire" series- City on Fire, Prison on Fire, School on Fire
Chow Yun Fat stuff- Wild Search, Tiger on the Beat etc
not to mention the crap loads of triad movies all the way from 80s to present day.

There's more to HK crime flicks than Johnnie To, John Woo and Infernal Affairs...

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[–] Ottilia 17 years ago

Killing of a Chinese bookie

It's not an Asian film, but involves a Chinese mobster and some American ones. Maybe my favorite mob film, and I've seen most of the Asian crime films too :)

[–] supernamek14 17 years ago

Have you seen:
Bloody Friday
Top Borrower
Thief King
Run and Kill
Street of Fury
The Masked Prosecutor
Tiger on the Beat 2

[–] redswipe 17 years ago

I watched the Korean crime film 'A Dirty Carnival' the other day and that was very good.

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[–] spiritualboxer 16 years ago

have you seen The Big Heat? It is a 1988 action film from Johnnie To starring Waise Lee, Joey Wang, and Phillip Kwok. It was pretty entertaining and violent.

[–] europe_travel 16 years ago

"Fallen Angels"

[–] sidyaqub 16 years ago

Try a South Korean thriller called 'Puzzle', made in 2006. Draws similarities to 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'The Usual Suspects'. Great acting, great cinematography, violent set pieces and a lot of suspense. You would love it.

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[–] survivestyle 16 years ago

Bangkok Dangerous (2001)
Beast Cops (1998)
S.P.L (Killzone) (2005)
Public Enemy (2002)
Fighter in the Wind (2004) - not a crime movie but a great martial arts flick

[–] QueenNadine 16 years ago

The Longest Nite (1999 I think)

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[–] crisbitz 15 years ago

You should see the South Korean 2003 serial-killer flick "Memories of Murder". It's by the same dude that directed the 2006 movie "The Host".

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