Far from the orbit of Planet Hollywood, the new cinema of Hong Kong beckons. Gone are the flying pigtails and contrived fist-thuds of your father's favorite chopsockies. These are punch-straight entertainers, movies juddering with the excitement that put the "motion" in motion pictures. Dodge a thousand bullets as you contemplate the heroic gangster-knights of Master Director John Woo. Watch international superstar Jackie Chan perform action-comedy on the edge of peril. Wrap your imagination in the fantasy of director Tsui Hark, who proffers comely ghosts floating on silk, otherworldly romance, and no-joke witches and demons. And there's much more! Fighting femme flicks featuring fatales hiking up their designer dresses and bouncing spike heels off the bad guy's forehead. Stylish tragedies rivaling the best of Hollywood noir. Brain-boiling monster weirdies to delight the grindhouse faithful. Subtitles that mangle the English language into fabulous new mutations.

Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head: The Essential Guide to Hong Kong's Mind-bending Films

Humor & Entertainment

Mike Wilkins

Stefan Hammond

Movies

Touchstone

The visually striking, lightning-fast action movies of Hong Kong used to be a favorite only of cult film enthusiasts -- these days, however, stars such as Sammo Hung, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan are household names. This book offers an inside look at the explosive Hong Kong film industry, its skyrocketing popularity, and its sometimes controversial relationship with Hollywood.

Hollywood East: Hong Kong Movies and the People Who Made Them

Contemporary Books

A movie-by-movie guide to Hong Kong cinema. This book examines nearly 200 examples of the best and worst that it has to offer, and explains plot, characters and rates each movie. It includes stories from the Hong Kong movie scene and gives a listing of video stores that carry some of the titles.

Sex and Zen and a Bullet In the Head

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