tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788280764985772675.post2874793799317160512..comments2023-06-01T02:18:34.310-07:00Comments on Bullets Over Chinatown: Magic Crystal (1986)Kingwho?http://www.blogger.com/profile/02474560455739504154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788280764985772675.post-9798818406281410882010-02-26T10:59:52.772-08:002010-02-26T10:59:52.772-08:00Brian, you are right. There is nothing like heyda...Brian, you are right. There is nothing like heyday HK cinema. Low budget but overflowing with charm and exuberance. With their meager budgets it became a situation of, "necessity being the mother of invention". And boy were they inventive. That is ALL gone now. They still make a few good movies here and there but nothing coming close to the old days.Kingwho?https://www.blogger.com/profile/02474560455739504154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788280764985772675.post-88866778088651863702010-02-25T15:57:23.506-08:002010-02-25T15:57:23.506-08:00Back then HK was just so masterful at knocking out...Back then HK was just so masterful at knocking out these low budget action films that were thin on plot but so much fun to watch - films like this, anything that Rothrock was in, Crystal Hunt, Cheetah on Fire and the 1,000,000 girls with guns films. Now the few action films are these big productions all seemingly starring Donnie Yen and though much better production values they have lost that sense of wild fun.Brian Naashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798896753133473887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788280764985772675.post-42107988407634223602010-02-24T12:33:58.621-08:002010-02-24T12:33:58.621-08:00I agree Glenn. 80's films, especially by Wong...I agree Glenn. 80's films, especially by Wong Jing, were such fun Schlock. And this is definately one of them. Decent silly comedy and some really nice fighting make this film very entertaining. It's like an old school, low budget version of CJ7. Without a moral or a message of course. This IS Wong Jing.Kingwho?https://www.blogger.com/profile/02474560455739504154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788280764985772675.post-34060578135538428402010-02-24T02:20:27.880-08:002010-02-24T02:20:27.880-08:00I see this and think Andy has gone full circle as ...I see this and think Andy has gone full circle as that Future Cops thing looks like a bigger budget version of something like this. But the 1980s HK films were more fun in all their sometimes schlocky natures.Glenn, kenixfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735095946077123391noreply@blogger.com