Product Description
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Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief
Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new
mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, himself a
small-time im. Hell-bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon
meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly
battle of wit and brutality ensues.
Review
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High-Octane Slinging.....Unabashedly Entertaining
--Hollywood Reporter
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About the Actor
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Mini Biography
Chow Yun is a charismatic, athletically built and energetic
Asian-born film star who first came to the attention of western
audiences via his roles in the high-octane/blazing s action
films of maverick HK director John Woo.
Born in 1955 on the quiet island of Lamma, part of the then
British colony of Hong Kong near its famous Victoria Harbour,
Chow's family moved to urban Hong Kong in 1965 and in early 1973,
Chow attended a casting call for TVB, a division of Shaw Bros.
productions. With his good looks and easy-going style, Chow was
originally a heartthrob actor in non-demanding TV and film roles.
However, his popularity increased with his appearance as
white-suited gangster Hui Man-Keung in the highly popular drama
TV series_The Bund (1983).
In 1985, Chow started receiving accl for his work and scored
the Golden Horse (Best Actor) Award in Taiwan and another Best
Actor Award from the Asian Pacific Film Festival for his
performance in Dang doi lai ming (1984). With these accolades,
Chow came to the attention of Woo, who cast Chow in the
fast-paced gangster film A Better Tomorrow (1986) (aka "A Better
Tomorrow"). The rest, as they say, is history. The film was an
enormous commercial success, and Chow's influence on young Asian
males was not dissimilar to the adulation given to previous Asian
film sensations such as Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Nearly every
young guy in Hong Kong ran out and bought himself a "Mark Coat,"
as they became known--a long, heavy woolen coat worn by Chow in
the movie (although it is is actually very unsuited to Hong
Kong's hot and humid climate).
Further hard-edged roles in more John Woo crime films escalated
Chow's popularity even higher, and fans all over the world
flocked to see A Better Tomorrow II (1987) (aka "A Better
Tomorrow 2"), The Killer (1989) (aka "The Killer"), and Hard
Boiled (1992) (aka "Hard Boiled"). With the phenomenal global
interest in the HK action genre, Chow was enticed to the United
States and appeared in The Replacement Killers (1998) with Mira
Sorvino, The Corruptor (1999) with Mark Wahlberg, and, for a
change of pace, in the often-filmed romantic tale of Anna and the
King (1999).
Chow then returned to the Asian cinema circuit and starred in the
critically lauded kung fu epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000) (aka "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"). His wide appeal
can be seen in his "boy next door" type of personality and his
ability to play such a broad spectrum of roles from a comedic
buffoon to a lovestruck Romeo to a trigger-happy professional
killer. A highly entertaining and gifted actor with dynamic
on-screen presence, Chow continues to remain in strong demand in
many film markets.
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