Sunday 26 December 2010

The Promise


The Promise  is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige and is based on the Wuxia romance The Kun-lun Slave, written by Pei Hsing at the time of the Tang Dynasty.The budget was rumored to be $42M, surpassing the cost of Hero, and is yet again as with all Chinese films beautifully shot by Peter Pau.
Convoluted storyline and not the best of the recent chinese films we have seen, but its cinematography more than makes up for it short comings.
8/10

Thursday 23 December 2010

Tales of the Red Tuft

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Sunday 12 December 2010

The American

Very decent thriller in the european fashion...not a lot of action...brooding silences...great photography...but an edge of seat movie just the same. Clooney yet again picks a decent role...has he had a dud role in the last decade? and he can pick his co-actresses. Which is the source of the only grumble...you would not get that class of hooker in an out of the way Italian hill town.

8.9 / 10