ditto on
beijing bicycle bently! story was fluid, and the shots of the narrow alleys and hutongs of suburban beijing can't be any more real.
weather's crap, so i skipped the usual friday nite-out and immersed myself in hk film's forte, brainless action flicks.
started off with
china strike forceit doesn't disappoint, if you take it for what it is. aaron kwok's still too much of a pretty boy to be a credible action star for me, but some of the stunts are really good (bordering on
yeah right, that's possible). noriko fujiwara is a definite hottie (with a nice striptease scene
) . the disc features dts tracks, but i've heard better. best watched in the original mandarin, as the cantonese soundtrack felt slightly off. and to add to the cool factor, coolio's in it.
double tapanother no brainer with some good scenes, with leslie cheung as a baddie.
there's a dts version of this dvd, although i only saw the DD one. The DD track could use a little oomph, with some of the action sequences sounding a bit subdued. made good use of directional sound though, making me turn around every once in a while thinking i was being shot at