Raquel, could it have been The Legacy? That's what I thought of at your description. But they haven't inherited the mansion, they're guests of the owner.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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Beverly - Feb 24, 2005 7:58:10 am PST #9308 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
candyb - Feb 24, 2005 8:03:53 am PST #9309 of 10001
Sorry, DavidS!
Yes, fatal. As far as I can tell.
I am mclargehuge with love for all those period kung-fu/wuxia movies from the 90's.
Love the noir triad movies too. I just love HK/Asian movies.
It's been tough lately with the HK movie industry having a bad time trying to recover from SARS and whatnot.
Nutty - Feb 24, 2005 8:07:13 am PST #9310 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
That's why I'm pimping the HK noir to you. How'd you feel about Black Cat?
Haven't seen it. I've plowed through a number of crime-family gun-battle melodramas from the late 80s, early 90s, but I have a powerful OTT-o-meter, and have been mostly unsatisfied.
Vonnie K - Feb 24, 2005 8:17:54 am PST #9311 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
but I have a powerful OTT-o-meter
Mine's probably not as powerful as Nutty's, but I often find myself unwilling to be transported by the magic of melodrama and tragic star-crossed love or whatever that tend to plague most HK dramas. I had to try hard not to guffaw out loud at the end of "House of Flying Daggers" (while rolling my eyes at the lot of them for being such melodramatic queens, like, THREESOME. Look into it.) I think I actually cackled at the end of "The Killer"--or whichever flick that had Chow Yun Fat and the blind girl flailing at each other on snow at the end. But mine is a stodgy type of a soul, I'm afraid.
Nutty - Feb 24, 2005 8:20:32 am PST #9312 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
OMG! The Killer! I have that on an old videotape. Because it's the only HK melodrama I own, it has a special place as "no, really, it's all a huge joke!" pretend-irony.
I mean, there are OTT moments that are total jokes, and then there are ones that nobody who made the movie was in on at the time.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2005 8:22:37 am PST #9313 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What was the HK movie that had the villians storing arms and explosives in a hospitall? Where the good guys have to show up at the end to save all the babies?
eta: Most OTT HK movie moment that I've seen....
Polter-Cow - Feb 24, 2005 8:23:53 am PST #9314 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In the Mood for Limbs.
Oh, arms.
Nutty - Feb 24, 2005 8:24:17 am PST #9315 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dude, I have seen that one too! At least with that one, John Woo was in on the joke. Or else he really thinks it's okay to split newborn eardrums with close-range automatic weapons fire.
Actually, having seen Broken Arrow, I think that's possible.
candyb - Feb 24, 2005 8:25:10 am PST #9316 of 10001
Hard Boiled.
I think OTT-ness is a major part of my love for Asian movies. I like it.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2005 8:25:46 am PST #9317 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I love the scene of the cop or SWAT-like guy rappelling down the side of the hospital while carrying a baby. Dude gets shot, but he still manages to not drop the baby.