What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[bdc]

Infernal affairs (2002)

"A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop." (IMDB)

A bit of a surprise this one as it was a solid crime thriller which although being influenced by western films did succeed in keeping it's HK film identity.

The main reason I picked this up were Andy Lau and Anthony Wong who's acting I enjoyed but the whole cast are very good.

Remade as "The Departed".

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by bdc

Infernal affairs (2002)



Remade as "The Departed".

I found The Departed inferior.Infernal Affairs is superb

[bdc]

Originally Posted by sawyer6

I found The Departed inferior.Infernal Affairs is superb

I'm thinking about taking a look at the whole trilogy one of these days...

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by bdc

I'm thinking about taking a look at the whole trilogy one of these days...

Part 2 and 3 are less good but still enjoyable

[bdc]

Ah,thanks for letting me know.

No priority anyway as there are plenty of more interesting older HK films to watch.

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Demdike

YellowBrickRoad

An interesting but ultimately flawed and lifeless attempt at mind bending horror through the guise of a character study.

In New Hampshire, there is said to be a mountain trail where in 1940 an entire town mysteriously set off on and never came back, some were found slaughtered but the majority just disappeared. For years the coordinates were classified, but in 2008 a team of investigators is sent in to chart the unmapped area.

The films sound design is excellent, eerie forties music constantly wafts around your 5:1 system driving the viewer as insane as the characters and there is some truly excellent camera work, especially when you consider its a low budget indie film.

My problem is with the actual story which almost peaks at the half way mark and never regains the momentum. The end is interesting and i certainly never saw it coming.

As i type this i am actually realising i need to see the film again and fairly soon, probably because i now know the type of film it is and may get more out of the last half.

I have that knocking around somewhere, haven't seen it yet. I'll see if I can find it after the footy.

Thanks for the reminder! I had totally forgotten about it.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Recent viewings:

[Hawkmonger]

Have you seen the bonus films with HPH yet, Bizzare?
Both Incident and Fragment are acctualy rather fun.

[bdc]

I'd love to know your thoughts on Beatrice Cenci,Byleth and Zinda Laash (The Living Corpse).

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

Have you seen the bonus films with HPH yet, Bizzare?
Both Incident and Fragment are acctualy rather fun.

Not yet!

They're both on my radar, though.