Archive for the ‘Asian’ Category

Asian Weekly: Ryu Ga Gotoku Movie Review

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I will try and make this a weekly item, where I review an Asian film, old or new, live-action or animated. And this week we get to jump things off with Ryu Ga Gotoku (Like A Dragon)

Kazuma Kiryu(Kazuki Kitamaru) has been released from prison after ten years inside. He was a part of the local Yakuza and now wishes to lead a peaceful life. He befriends this young girl Haruka(Natsuo Tomita) who wishes to find her mother. Goro Majima(Goro Kishitani) a general for the Yakuza wishes to settle a fight he has with Kiryu before he was incarcerated, and is searching the streets for him. Let the fight begin…

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CJ7 Movie Review

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Ti (Stephen Chow) is a hard working labourer who doesn’t have much. He is a single father to his only son Dicky (Jiao Xu), who he tries his best to support through private school and teach valuable lessons of how to live a proper dignified life. One day Ti returns home after a hard day of work and hands Dicky a green ball that he found at the dump, for him as a gift. This green ball, which Dicky names CJ7, turns out to be some alien dog type thing and the adventure begins. (more…)