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Zong heng si hai
Once a Thief
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| Rated: NR |
1994 |
Color |
107 MIN. |
| Starring:
Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Kong
Chu, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, David Wu |
| Directed
by: John Woo |
| Written
by: John Woo |
| Story
by: John Woo |
| Movie
Co.: Mega Star |
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I like John Woo
by Joseph De Matteo
Super
I like John Woo and I like Chow Yun-Fat,
too, and maybe that's why I like this movie in spite of the fact
that it is not in English. I hate subtitles! But the
film has enough action for me to enjoy it.
I've heard some people complain that
it's silly. Not a word one would associate with a Woo
movie, but this is a light comedy. You might say it's a
twist on Oliver Twist, but with the main story about
adults. |
I enjoyed it, and after 3 viewings give
it a Super and proudly place it in my John Woo collection.
This movie will show you just what a
range in the acting spectrum Chow Yun-Fat has. Compare
this performance with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
you'll be amazed.
I can understand why people compare
him to Cary Grant, but can you picture Cary Grant playing John
Lee in Antoine Fuqua's Replacement Killers? I
can't. |
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| In the only Cary Grant Thriller that
comes to mind, Charade if you replace Cary Grant with
almost any of his contemporaries, you'd have a totally different
movie; his light comedic personality is so strong. To a
lesser degree you could say the same about North by Northwest,
but Hitchcock over shadows everything and everyone in all of his
movies, therefore it's not a fair comparison. Grant in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
would have be less deep, less moving, less memorable. Chow
Yun-Fat is far more versatile in my opinion. |
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Once
a Thief
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DVD
If you appreciate John Woo's work,
you'll want this in your collection.
This Hong Kong production was released
in 1994 and is in Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1)
with English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Bahasa (Malaysia), Bahasa (Indonesia), Chinese (traditional), Thai, Chinese (simplified)
subtitles, |
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Cast & Credits: IMdb |
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