Epinions Recent Reviews for Trigger

Not Quite Chinese Fight Club.

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:38:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Born Wild

This film is pretty cool. I like Daniel Wu (Purple Storm) and in this film he plays Tide. Tide finds out that his faternal twin brother has died and this starts him on a quest to find out the circumstances of his death and also who...

Legend of the Wolf (actual title)

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:28:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Legend of the Wolf

Jumbo Plain Laser & Video DVD

Sound & Subtitle - Stereo and burned-in subs (english and chinese)

This film is decent. It's Donnie Yen's big directorial debut in which he also stars. This film looks like...

Chinese Vertigo

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:17:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Suzhou

Winson DVD

Sound - Mandarin 5.1 & 2.0

Subtitles - English, Chinese Simplified & Traditional

Director - Ye Lou

This is a simply a wonderful film. Half of it is filmed in a first person...

A New Chinese Ghost Story

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:00:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - It stars Shu Qi, Sam Lee ("Alien" from Gen-X Cops), Eason Chan (who hasn't been in too much), and Anthony Wong (briefly). It's a ghost story somewhat. Chinese ghost story films seem to differ substantially from US ghost stories. We seem to have a...

What To Watch Instead of Cradle 2 the Grave

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 11:41:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - I liked this film. The comparisons to Gen-Y Cops are going to litter this review... Not that it's the same as that film, but there are a few similarities. Half of this film is in English and unlike Gen-Y Cops, the english spoken here is natural and...

Two Zu Reviews

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 11:14:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - *Okay - Miramax bought the rights to Tsui Hark's 2001 film (quasi-remake) Legend of Zu and cut 30 minutes out of it, dubbed it in English and retitled it Zu Warriors. They screened it and it got boos... people booed in a movie theater. Since then, they...

Good Hong Kong tear jerker

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 10:45:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Lost and Found (1996) (Hong Kong)

Running Time: 110 Minutes

DVD - Mei Ah, All Code (R0) NTSC

Picture - Letterbox

Sound - Cantonese & Mandarin Dolby Digital

Subtitles - English, Chinese...

It's Not a Virus, It's Mitochondria

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 10:33:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - "It's Not a Virus, It's Evolution"

Parasite Eve is both a best-selling book and a popular Playstation video game. Now it's a movie (1997). There is an anime in the works and Madonna apparently bought the rights to the story and maybe plans to...

Battle Royale: Best film ever? Quite possibly.

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 10:15:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Battle Royale (2000)

Starring: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Yûko Miyamura, and Kou Shibasaki (picked her name to mention cuz she's wicked hot).

Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku

Running Time: 114 Minutes

DVD - Region 3...

Not the best Beat movie

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:34:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Brother (2000) (Japan & USA)

Running Time: 113 Minutes

DVD - Universe Laser. Region 3 (R3), NTSC

Picture - Widescreen Letterbox

Sound - Original Language (Japanese & English) in 2.0 Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, and...

The trouble with fish-hooks

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:28:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - The Isle

You've seen this at DDDHouse or HKflix and have been a little curious... The provocative cover makes it look like some sort of Cat III title or something, but it's so not that. This is a very very disturbing film. I haven't seen The...

Only if you're really in the mood.

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:20:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Let me preface what I'm about to say by letting you know there are things in this review that may or may not be spoilers.

In The Mood For Love

***/***** (3 Stars)

This film has generated a fair amount of buzz in the festival...

For fans of Shallow Grave

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:05:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - The Quiet Family

This is a Korean film about a family who takes over an Inn out in the middle of nowhere. One by one their guests die mysteriously and the family decides to cover it up by burying the bodies in the woods. It's very much a dark...

Pulse/Kairo should be on your list

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 08:56:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Kairo - Japan - 2001

Kairo is another recent Japanese gem. It's very hard to describe this film, but I'll give it a shot and I'll try not to give too much away. It's a modern ghost story that involves lonliness and the internet. A few groups...

Style over Substance - but in a good way

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 08:44:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Nowhere To Hide

This is another case of Style Over Substance that plagues Korean cinema. Nearly all the Korean films I've seen are very stylish and well done, but few poses very much in the substance department. Nowhere To Hide is probably one...

Whasango

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 08:28:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Volcano High

I've been looking forward to seeing this for quite some time now... ever since I saw the trailer on the web and didn't know what movie it was for. It's kinda like Harry Potter meets My Schoolmate the Barbarian. The main character...

Hong Kong horror grows up

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 08:21:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - The Eye

Director: Pang Brothers

DVD: Panorama (new company?)

Region 0 NTSC

Audio: DD and DTS Cantonese

Subtitle: Removable English Subtitles

Video: Letterbox

The Story:

A blind woman has her...

Assault on the senses

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 08:13:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Ichi The Killer

Director: Takashi Miike

DVD: Universe Laser

Region 3 NTSC

Audio: DD2.0 and DD5.1 Japanese

Subtitle: Removable English Subtitles

Video: Letterbox

The Story:

The title character is a...

What's in a name?

Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:41:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - I saw this film months ago at a preview screening and it was in rough form. It had no opening credits and the music was temporary. I wrote this review back then, but felt like sharing it with more people... hope you find it useful. :) To sum it up:...

Alienware Aurora DDR Desktop Computers: Beware the Alienware

Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:35:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - The following occurred between November 2001 and March 2002.

I had written a review of Alienware a while back on one that I was quite satisfied with. It was a very positive review brimming with compliments and praise. One of my customers ended...

My 5th phone with Sprint...

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:01:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - I've had this phone for a few months now. I upgraded from the Sanyo SCP4500 which I was quite happy with. I think Sanyo makes excellent phones. This is no exception. I'll do my best to avoid commenting on things that you can see for yourself if you...

There's a reason it's cheap

Sat, 6 Jul 2002 14:39:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - I picked this phone up for somewhere around $30 at Best Buy awhile back and I might as well have thrown the money in the street. It seemed like such a bargain and it looked so cool. I just wanted to have an extra phone in the kitchen. I've owned over...

What's in a name?

Thu, 24 May 2001 08:25:29 GMT

Sanyo SCP-4500: My 3rd PCS phone

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 03:05:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - I've wanted one of these for awhile now. I first wanted the 4000 model, but they didn't offer it at Best Buy and I had a warranty there from my last phone (Touchpoint from Denso/Sprint) and I wanted to take advantage of it when my phone needed to be...

Don't expect a mecha

Sun, 21 Jan 2001 07:56:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Trigger - Patlabor 1 The Movie is an Anime brought to us by Manga (known for Perfect Blue, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and otherwise mostly violent B-grade anime lacking substance). This one is strangely familiar if you've seen more than a few Manga releases. The...