Guest skulldugrey Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 great news!; Blood Brothers, the new film starring Daniel Wu, Shu Qi, Liu Ye, etc. and produced by John Woo & Terence Chang has been selected to play at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, as well as closing at Venice. the trailer looks awesome, and if newcomer Alexi Tan can pull off this heroic bloodshed thing, then he could establish himself as a great new director for HK cinema. besides being produced by Woo and Chang, the action is designed by none other than Philip Kwok, so expect some great gunplay. I hope this is none other than a glorious film, and I hope the date it plays at TIFF is close to September the 13th, so I can make it to this. it opens in HK on August 23rd, so I'm sure Lovehkfilm will have a review of it out shortly after. that being said, another new HK film, Mad Detective which is Johnnie To's latest is also set to play at Toronto. starring Lau Ching-Wan it sounds promising, but I'm still hoping for Triangle to play there as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 reviews out now are mostly negative. expectations are somwhat low now but I'll still see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Mad Detective is one of some movies of 2007 that I look forward to as well. Good to see To and Lau Ching Wan work together again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skulldugrey Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 yeah, Mad Detective is looking good from the pics and premise. it plays tomorrow night at 8pm at TIFF, which i'll be right there. the problem is i already bought a ticket to the gala of Blood Brothers which is at 9:30, so that means no Mad Detective for me! however, I'll hang around outside the theater to see if Lau Ching-Wan comes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 he's gonna be there?! sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skulldugrey Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 ok, I checked out the theater that Mad Detective played at and there was no poster or anything. I didn't see anybody show up, not even Johnnie To, but I didn't have a ticket so maybe he came later.Somebody told me that they didn't think anybody was gonna show up for the film, but possibly for Q&A afterwards. however, I did attend the Gala of Blood Brothers, to which Alexi Tan, Daniel Wu, Chang Chen, Lulu Li, and Terence Chang all came to. I must say I don't agree with all these negative reviews out there, I thought the film was quite good. certainly people can't expect it to be as good as Bullet in the Head, but Blood Brothers is one of the better HK films out so far this year that I've seen (even though it's a Taiwan/HK coproduction). it has affecting music, decent drama and acting from mostly all involved, and some good heroic bloodshed/gunplay. it obviously wasn't as bullet-riddled as the handful of John Woo's HK films, but the finale was nicely done, although a little bit short. also, at a running time of 90 minutes, the film is brisk. I'll end it this way, the second round of HK films I've seen from this year (Eye in the Sky, Hooked On You, Invisible Target, Flash Point, and Blood Brothers) has been far more satisfying than the first round (Protege, Twins Mission, Ming Ming, A Mob Story, Kidnap). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skulldugrey Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 ok, if anyone's interested, the Taiwan version of this popped up to preorder the other day on Yesasia.com. here's the link... us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept...005067325/ unfortunately, no hk version available yet, but this one has english subs and should be decent enough, so if no hk version by nov. 2nd, then the Taiwan version it is for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest will91XingYu Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I might have to check this film out if Philip Kwok coreographed the fights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 there are mostly bad reviews but I'll still watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest June Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Any word on this film? http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_details.php?ProductID=7877&LanguageID=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Karlos Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Having read a fistful of reviews, the general consensus is, nice looking film, great cast but very slow, unengaging and melodramatic (not exactly a first for Chinese cinema!) Looks like one to scoop out of the bargain bins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest will91XingYu Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Philip Kwok of the venoms did the coreography for this. I'm not a fan of Daniel Wu i think he takes himself way way to seriousley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest doug maverick Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 choreagraphy i thought this was a remake of john woo's bullet in the head. what choreagraphy would there be in this movie. maybe you mean stunt cordination which is a totally defferent thing then fight choreagrapher. even in china Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Milkyway Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 he refering to the action, the gunfights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member will91XingYu Posted December 2, 2007 Member Share Posted December 2, 2007 Thanks Milkyway, yeh sorry i should of made myself clearer yeh the gunfights and to any hand to hand action that may appear in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J-L Posted April 15, 2008 Member Share Posted April 15, 2008 I use this topic to tell you we interviewed the young director Alexi Tan. He speaks us about the movie and the producers John Woo and Terrence Chang. direct link to the interview PS : we interviewed Johnnie To too (but the very long and interesting interview is only in french, for the moment...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted April 15, 2008 Member Share Posted April 15, 2008 can't wait to read the Johnnie To interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted April 27, 2014 Member Share Posted April 27, 2014 How is John Woo's Blood Brothers? Bought this at the local pawn shop, where DVD's sell for $1.00. Is this movie worth watching? Thanks. GD Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Bravery Posted April 27, 2014 Member Share Posted April 27, 2014 I've only watched it once, and I probably will never watch it again. Not because it wasn't a good movie, it is, but because there is nothing in it that really grabs on to you. Not like the original does. So, is it worth watching? Yes. But, chances are you'll never watch it again. And, it was worth the buck you paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted April 28, 2014 Moderator Share Posted April 28, 2014 How is John Woo's Blood Brothers? It's worth noting that this isn't a John Woo movie, he only co-produced it. His influence comes from it being a 1930's set re-telling of his movie 'Bullet in the Head'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted April 28, 2014 Member Share Posted April 28, 2014 It's worth noting that this isn't a John Woo movie, he only co-produced it. His influence comes from it being a 1930's set re-telling of his movie 'Bullet in the Head'. I won't watch this thanks for the feedback and thanks OAB. Gd Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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