Hong Kong Legends (HKL) Thread

[pedromonkey]

HKlegends did some pretty kick ass discs, it's a shame that they went down and became contender. I pick them up everytime i see one in second hand shops...
so far i've managed to get....

The Killer
Hitman
A Chinese Ghost Story
Way Of The Dragon
Full Contact
Bullet In The Head
Once A Thief
Tiger On The Beat

and these from the HKL mag

Beast Cops
City On Fire
Project A

Amazon Prices are a little extortionate though....

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by DeadAlive

Most HK films have more than one title. Police Assassins (USA) was also known as Yes, Madam! (UK) as well as In The Line Of Duty 2. The first In The Line Of Duty film was also known as Royal Warriors. In The Line Of Duty 3 was also known as Yes, Madam 2 and Force Of The Dragon. It wasn't just HKL who used alternative titles. As for number 4....... the full title in some places was In The Line Of Duty IV: Witness but in some areas it was Yes, Madam 4. Even though I can't work out how the alternative titles jumped from YM2 to Y4M. Probably best not to think about it too much.

Actually Yes Madam was the first in the series, then Royal Warriors, but the Western distributors got them mixed up!

In Hong Kong, the series is known as Royal Hong Kong Police Woman

[cinematheque]

My favourite HKL film is probably New Dragon Gate Inn. Stars a number of true legends, Brigitte Lin and Tony Leung most of all. And Donnie Yen is a master action star and choreographer.

I wrote a little about HK movies on my little ametuer blog. If anyone is interested please take a look.

http://cinematheque.leithermagazine....g-kong-cinema/

[oaxaca]

Hey, brilliant article cinematheque. Very informative & nice breakdown of some of the important HK stars. I never realised Leslie Cheung committed suicide

My HK legends collection so far is thus:

Police story 1
Police story 2
New Police Story
Crime story
Project A part 2
Heart of Dragon
Tiger on the Beat
The Killer
Full Contact
Zu Warriors
Once upon a time in China 2
Once upon a time in China 3
Magnificent Warriors
Chinese Ghost Story 2
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Ninja in the Dragons Den
New Dragon Gate Inn
Beast Cops

Still lots more to go unfortunately

[pedromonkey]

nice collection dude...here's what i have so far...

Once upon a time in China
Once upon a time in China 2
Once upon a time in China 3
A Chinese Ghost Story
Way Of The Dragon
Beast Cops
City On fire
Prison On Fire
Prison On fire 2
Island On Fire
Project A
Hitman
Bullet In the Head
The Killer
Tiger On The Beat
Full Contact
Once a Thief

The ones in yellow are from the HKL magazine...

[oaxaca]

Nice collection yourself, I need Chinese Ghost Story 1, & once upon a time 1 badly! If you ever feel like selling... lol. Hey just as a head up play.com are selling fist of fury & big boss platinum edits for £3.99 each. Bargain. I'm waiting til pay day to purchase

[pedromonkey]

Originally Posted by oaxaca

Nice collection yourself, I need Chinese Ghost Story 1, & once upon a time 1 badly! If you ever feel like selling... lol. Hey just as a head up play.com are selling fist of fury & big boss platinum edits for £3.99 each. Bargain. I'm waiting til pay day to purchase

ive got a list as long as my arm of dvds to get, i get paid on friday so im gonna have to work my way through that first, but cheers for the heads up...

[oaxaca]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

ive got a list as long as my arm of dvds to get, i get paid on friday so im gonna have to work my way through that first, but cheers for the heads up...

Yeah I know what you mean. This is probs the wrong thread for it but what non-HKL classic HK cinema have you got? I'm a bit threadbare (excuse the pun) in this department.Ive got:

Bride with White Hair 1 (Tartan Video)
Hard Boiled (Tartan Asia Extreme)
Island of Greed (starring 'big', less famous Tony Leung) with atrocious picture quality!!
Full Alert (Ringo Lam directed)

[DeadAlive]

Full Alert is one of my fav Ringo Lam films.
School On Fire
Prison On Fire 1 & 2
City On Fire
Wild Search
and Victim are also well worth tracking down by him.

On the HKL front, I think it would be easier for me to note the ones I don't have. They are:-
Duel To The Death
Heroes Shed No Tears
King Of Beggars
Seven Swords

[oaxaca]

Originally Posted by DeadAlive

Full Alert is one of my fav Ringo Lam films.
School On Fire
Prison On Fire 1 & 2
City On Fire
Wild Search
and Victim are also well worth tracking down by him.

On the HKL front, I think it would be easier for me to note the ones I don't have. They are:-
Duel To The Death
Heroes Shed No Tears
King Of Beggars
Seven Swords

You've got a big collection then ! Full Alert is a fantastic film isn't it. I wish I had a better DVD of it (picture quality wise) I got the R2 Hong Kong Classics/MIA release. Lau Ching-Wan, the main guy in that film is as equally charismatic as Anthony Wong if you ask me! Although his performance doesnt quite match the insanity of Anthony Wongs performance in Beast Cops lol.