Storm Over Asia (DVD)
Although the story was originally regarded as little more than a trifle by Pudovkin, something to be shot on a working vacation, it took on a life of its own once production began. The film, known in the Soviet Union as THE HEIR TO GENGHIS KHAN, stars Valeri Inkizhinov as Bair, a Mongolian fur trapper. At the fur market, Bair is cheated by a British fur trader who takes a valuable fox fur from him without paying the market rate. Bair attacks the British trader and quickly takes off, knowing the repercussions of his action. English army occupation troops light out after Bair, who has joined a resistance force fighting the occupiers. After running him down, the British rob and shoot the trapper, leaving him for dead. However, when a missionary translates the text on an amulet that the soldiers had stolen from Bair, a talisman left him by chance, it identifies him as a descendant of Genghis Khan`s. The British commanding officer (I. Dedintsev) hatches a plan to use Bair`s heritage to set him up as a puppet dictator who will unite the region`s rebellious factions. Although dense with machine-gun montage, the film is slightly less experimental than the director`s previous work and, given the epic thrust of its narrative, can simply be viewed as an adventure, sans politics.NR"
Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin
ACTORS: Valeri Inkizhinov, I. Inkishanov, Viktor Tsoppi, I. Dedintsev, Alexander Chistyakov
Sixty Million Dollar Man (DVD) Import A young man has his body rearranged by angry gangsters after putting the moves on the don`s daughter (oops!). But a refurbishing of his remnants by a mad doctor transforms him into a shape-changing superhero out for hilarious re...
A young man has his body rearranged by angry gangsters after putting the moves on the don`s daughter (oops!). But a refurbishing of his remnants by a mad doctor transforms him into a shape-changing superhero out for hilarious revenge. A frenetic, nonsensical send-up of such Hollywood zero-to-hero standards as THE MASK, courtesy of executive producer Wong Jing.
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Director: Wai-Man Yip
ACTORS: Stephen Chow, Gigi Leung, Ng Man-Tat, Tsui Kam-Kong, Manfred Wong
In the Country Where Nothing Happens (DVD) Spanish Packaging A slimy businessman, known for marketing bad milk and cheating on his wife, has his life turned upside-down when he is kidnapped for ransom, and his family and friends decide they don`t want to pay to get him back. A ...
A slimy businessman, known for marketing bad milk and cheating on his wife, has his life turned upside-down when he is kidnapped for ransom, and his family and friends decide they don`t want to pay to get him back. A hilarious comedy from Mexico featuring some interesting social commentary.
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Director: Maricarmen De Lara
ACTORS: Fernando Lujan, Julieta Egurrola
El Fotografo Callejero (VHS)
Mexican comedy favorite Alberto Rojas plays a photographer who takes pictures of gorgeous bikini-clad women. One day while taking photographs he captures a murder and must escape the murderer who is now pursuing him.NR"
ACTORS: Cesar Bono, Alberto Rojas
Fists of Legends 2: Iron Bodyguards (VHS/EP)
The Wu Tang Clan presents this HK kung fu film, part of their series which also includes SHAOLIN CHASTITY KUNG FU, ENTER THE INVINCIBLE HERO, 18 FATAL STRIKES, and SLEEPING FIST. The clan provides a special introduction for the film, explaining both what makes the film such a classic and the influence it has had on them. In it, Jet Li stars as Chen Jan, a member of the Ching Wu who roams the Chinese countryside teaching martial arts. However, he finds himself at odds with the Manchu dynasty after he is contacted by Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who wants Chen to help him escape from Hong Kong into China. As Chen plans this escape, he is challenged by a Russian fighter whose skills rival Chen`s and could possibly jeopardize the Dr. Sun Yat Sen`s escape.NR"
Director: Robert Tai
