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I actually haven't seen the first one, but this one looks fun so I might change that.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

i misread this as Trainspotting 2 and was very confused for a whole second

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 03:36 (twenty years ago)

The first one was blandly mediocre, but Jason Statham is always charming. I genuinely want to see him do well.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

This one actually looks a little better, but I had fun watching the first one.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 05:02 (twenty years ago)

My god that's a hot blonde.

― Leeeeeeee (Leee), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)

It looks bad. I expect Alex to drag me to see it.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Transporter the first is redeemed by a pretty rediculous grease fight in the final 1/3rd of the movie.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

"It looks bad. I expect Alex to drag me to see it."

Haha whatever. You didn't even see the awful Jet Li "manchild" movie with me!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

I actually wanted to see that.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

I saw this guy at the Roosevelt last week. Good natured, but much smaller stature than I would have expected!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

I'm so fuckin' stoked for this bitch. The first one also rules. Orangina product placement!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Good natured, but much smaller stature than I would have expected!

This sounds like Spencer saying he could take him!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Watch out Spence Statham's always greased up for his flicks!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

Actually, he looked pretty yoked. I wouldn't mess with him, but he seemed like a nice guy so I probably would never anyway.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

You'll try and get him with a Vulcan bear hug and he'll slip out of your grip like a salamander!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

The first one was mucho-boss.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

I saw him in a London club with his (then) pretty tv-host girlfriend.

also he has an incongruously high voice.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

'then' pretty?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

She got uglied soon after.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

(xpost) Haha he has transported her to snaggletoothdom!

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

then girlfriend.

or are they still going out.

what's her name again? kelly brook?

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

sheesh luc besson is on a roll

― fe7 (FE7), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Not totally safe for work probably = Kelly Brook

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

88-93 tsui hark springs to mind! xp

― fe7 (FE7), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

xpost: I bet C4lum likes her.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

I don't know about a "roll", but he sure is producing or co-producing a hell of a lot of stuff.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

Unfortunately the last film he directed sucked (unlike Hark who was still directing a bunch and most of it was good.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

I love Transporter the First! It's the score, it's so...unAmerican. It just doesn't do the usual American blockbuster musical things, instead there's, like, classical music being played quietly as things blow up and burn down. I realize this is still fairly unsophisticated but then there's always the GREASE FIGHT. And Statham himself. And the GREBT car chase in the very beginning. Love.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Not totally safe for work probably

Only if I get caught!

― Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

last tsui hark film i saw--time and tide--was the most boring piece of shit. it's not that hard to find charismatic actors in hong kong, tsui, and nice work on relegating the only good actor in the film to a useless supporting role.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

You're CRAZY, Gear!?!?! Time and Tide is FANTASTIC!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

dude that movie is an empty taco

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

get one francis ng or one tony leung chiu-wai or one simon yam

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

I can only gape in disbelief. Next you'll be telling me that The Blade is "boring".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

the movie was "well done" and "slickly produced" but the cast was such shit. tsui hark was like, "this formula will work with anyone! i'll dazzle 'em!", like steve spurrier plugging in shane matthews/danny wuerrfel/etc instead of putting a real player in there.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Or that Double Team would have been better if it had another member of 88-89 Pistons starring in it (Vinnie Johnson maybe)!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

"hark was like, "this formula will work with anyone! i'll dazzle 'em!""

It WORKED! My friends and I were ALL dazzled!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

the movie doesn't hold up. i saw it once and was like, "hey, fun!" but the second time i was miserable. it's like if michael mann redid "la takedown" again and instead of pacino and deniro he plugged in wilmer valderemma and todd louiso

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure what movie you are talking about now, but I've seen Time and Tide a couple of times and I've always enjoyed it. Double Team doesn't exactly hold up though, yeah.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

and the villains! wtf? human robots! so boring! there's a buddy of mine who thought hard-boiled was shallow, i told him to see time and tide and he'd never talk shit about hard-boiled again.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

nicholas tse and wu bai are like a black hole of charisma. the best shit in the film was when tyler was working with anthony wong's team. a movie about that would have been fun, because anthony wong kicks ass.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

but I do really like Tsui Hark overall.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

Haha hating Hardboiled or Time and Tide (or virtually any Hong Kong film) for being shallow is missing the entire point. WATCH MISSING FOR DEPTH! WATCH TIME AND TIDE TO SEE COOL SHIT AND OCCASSIONALLY PASSABLE ACTING!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

also nobody gets killed. everyone gets shot in the hand and shit like the lone ranger.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

DUDE ALL I ASK IS THAT ACTORS HAVE CHARISMA

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

watch THE MISSION

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

That crazy out the windows tenement fight! That shit was breathtaking! Who cares if Bai and Tse aren't gonna remind anyone of young Brando if you get to see shit like that?!?!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.dvdrama.com/imagescrit/themissionpic2.jpg

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

that tenement thing was pretty good. there were about two bits where i was like, whoa well done. but i wasn't as knocked-out as others.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

That flicks on my Netflix queue. I will move it up now.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

prepare for an inexplicably weird simon yam performance

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

Is there any other kind of Simon Yam performance? Full Contact is probably the ultimate THERE IS NO THERE HERE Hong Kong film and he totally makes.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

http://www.fantastikasia.net/img/dossier/interne/full-contact3.jpg

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

simon yam in the mission just has these lines that are completely out of context, which makes him sort of scary and unpredictable even though he's more a "businessman" type

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

Haha are you sure it isn't just bad subtitling?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

that's what i thought! but his mannerisms are also a little out of whack in a funny way. there's about three or four scenes where he's just chattering on about something that has nothing to do with anything and everyone just watches him politely and waits for him to get to the point.

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha that sounds fantastic.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

best part of the movie is it's totally simple and the gunfights are amazing. posed like paintings, very still, as if sergio leone were directing john woo action scenes

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

The tenement scene is the best part of Time and Tide; probably one of the best action scenes ever! No way man, that movie stands only alongside Die Hard for me.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

Yes, "Time and Tide" is probably my favorite action film of all time. It's beautifully shot (okay, my appreciation of cinema is pretty naive) and the tenement scene with the stairwell ambush, and the airport scene where the secretly tough guy slides under rows of chairs, and the general humility of that character, the way he put his past behind him even when it meant an impoverished life and a dirty, humiliating job -- I'm sure I've said this before but it made me want to run away to Colombia and become a secret death commando before it was too late to chalk it up to my mis-spent youth.

Also, it has such a great sense of humor, which is missing from a lot of Hong Kong-style action cinema in which comic relief tends to the slapstick. Except for Chow Yun-Fat, he's always quietly hilarious.

― Laurel, Thursday, 25 August 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

For instance, "Gen X Cops", which is my camp favorite, but which is admittedly all slapstick and cheap action shots.

― Laurel, Thursday, 25 August 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

IM HELLA SIKED. THE FIRST ONE PWND.
http://www.munich-models.de/cards/Katie%20Nauta/hm.jpg
MEOW!!

― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 25 August 2005 02:36 (twenty years ago)

This thread is all about the first time I watched TRANSPORTER THE FIRST.
Experiments on yourself C/D

I love a Luc Besson. Stop taling about HONGA KONGA you boobs. Who wants to discuss LA DERNIER COMBAT?!?

― TOMBOT?!?, Thursday, 25 August 2005 02:50 (twenty years ago)

you know what's a fun movie is Wasabi

― gear (gear), Thursday, 25 August 2005 02:52 (twenty years ago)

there's about three or four scenes where he's just chattering on about something that has nothing to do with anything and everyone just watches him politely and waits for him to get to the point.

simon yam in the mission = the coked up boss who makes unfunny jokes everyone has to laugh at cos hes the boss (sort of like vito corleone having an orange in his gob 24/7) (i did laugh at the little massage/towel dance tho)

― fe7 (FE7), Thursday, 25 August 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

http://cine-hk.chez.tiscali.fr/Hkcine/Images/Categorie3/simonyam-imitoyable-dans-the-mission.jpg = http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/csdaily/csdart/images/The%20Office%20S2%20-%20Ricky%20dance%20(300w).jpg

― fe7 (FE7), Thursday, 25 August 2005 04:05 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

I just watched this last night.

My theory is that this movie is deliberately so ridiculous and over the top that not only can you not help but laugh, but they're actually playing the action for comedy, like the car bomb scene, or the fight with the humongous black dude henchmen who ends up with a boat dropped on him, or the waterhose fight or the whole villainous girlfriend with in a bikini and raccoon makeup thing or...well, the whole movie, pretty much.

― Oilyrags, Monday, 16 July 2007 14:13 (eighteen years ago)

I still haven't seen this ;_;

― HI DERE, Monday, 16 July 2007 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

it's great!

― scott seward, Monday, 16 July 2007 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

THE FIRST RULE OF THE CAR

― Laurel, Monday, 16 July 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.101lifestyle.com/images/celebs/kate_nauta/prazzi-katenauta-pics-001.jpg

― Heave Ho, Monday, 16 July 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)

This jaypegg is more relevant, I think.

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/35/83/18/18435472.jpg

― Oilyrags, Monday, 16 July 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

wait I did see this and it was superawesome, how the hell did I forget this

more sleep needed by me

― HI DERE, Monday, 16 July 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

this one's good, but it's no Crank

I need to see the other batshit action movie Gear was all about, Running Scared

― milo z, Monday, 16 July 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

IMDB plot keywords for "Running Scared"

Exploding Body / Disturbing / Slap In The Face / Ethnic Slur / Breasts

― Oilyrags, Monday, 16 July 2007 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

Oh wait, there's more

* Exploding Body
* Disturbing
* Slap In The Face
* Ethnic Slur
* Breasts
* Racial Discrimination
* Drug Dealer
* Female Nudity
* Violent Movie
* Racial Slur
* American Dream
* Racial Prejudice
* Slit Throat
* Racist Comment
* Shotgun
* Intense Violence
* Racism
* Sick
* Suicide
* Sewer
* Prostitute
* Bumbling
* Child Pornography
* Faked Death
* Child With Gun
* Shot In The Back
* Urban Nightmare
* Shot In The Chest
* Pedophile
* Gore
* Pistol
* Pistol Whip
* Exploding House
* Exploding Building
* Knife
* Murder
* Blowtorch
* Bathroom
* Blood
* Hell On Earth
* Strip Club
* Severed Ear
* Police Officer Killed
* Car Accident
* Person On Fire
* Semi Unrealistic
* Throat Slitting
* Shot In The Stomach
* Head Butt
* Shot In The Leg
* Undercover Agent
* Shootout
* Funeral
* FBI Agent
* Shot In The Shoulder
* Ice Hockey
* Child Abuse
* Irresponsibility
* Vulgarity
* Modern Life
* Absurd Violence
* Cell Phone
* Shot In The Forehead
* Gunfight
* Death
* Shot To Death
* Toilet
* Sleaze
* Kidnapping
* Ear Biting
* Child Uses Gun
* Female Frontal Nudity
* Gash In The Face
* Pimp
* Head Blown Off
* Shot In The Head
* Disgust
* Broken Finger
* Toilet Flush
* Blood Splatter
* Shot In The Crotch
* Black Light
* Stupidity
* Twist In The End

― Oilyrags, Monday, 16 July 2007 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

blondie up there is basically the poor man's Milla Jovovich, no?

― milo z, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

love these movies

― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 00:58 (eighteen years ago)

GREASE FIGHT

― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 01:03 (eighteen years ago)

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