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Rich and Famous (1987)
江湖情
Taylor Wong Tai-Loi actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Alex Man Chi-Leung …
other title: 江湖情
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Watched
Oct. 4, 2026
Thought this was the film on an incomplete loop in the hotel I stayed in Taipei in the early 90s, but now I've seen it, not sure. Maybe it was the sequel, Tragic Hero.

Watched in #KungFuSat watchparty on Mastodon.
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Dirty Harry (1971)
Dirty Harry
★ 7.0 7 ratings
Don Siegel actor: Clint Eastwood / Harry Guardino …
other title: Ispettore Callaghan: Il caso Scorpio è tuo!! / A Fúria da Razão …
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
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The Big Heat (1988)
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Andrew Kam / Johnnie To actor: Waise Lee Chi-Hung / Joey Wong Cho-Yin …
other title: Big Heat / 城巿特警
A cop is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, he decides to find the killers with the help of his buddy, a young cop and an inspector from Kuala Lumpur.
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Bullitt (1968)
Bullitt
Peter Yates actor: Steve McQueen / Robert Vaughn …
other title: 布利特 / 浑身是胆 …
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
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Black Mask (1996)
黑俠
李仁港 actor: Jet Li / Lau Ching-Wan …
other title: La vendetta della maschera nera / Máscara Negra …
Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled. Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho. However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime. Realizing that the police are helpless, he decides to take them on himself. With a disguise, Tsui becomes the mysterious superhero known only as Black Mask.
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The Tournament (1974)
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Huang Feng actor: Angela Mao Ying / Carter Huang Chia-Ta …
other title: Der Todestritt der Gelben Katze / 中泰拳壇生死戰
After an unsanctioned match between a Chinese martial arts student and a Thai boxer results in disgrace for the Chinese, they determine to train and salvage their master’s reputation.
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Grand Prix (1966)
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John Frankenheimer actor: James Garner / Eva Marie Saint …
other title: Grande Prémio
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
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Unleashed (2005)
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Louis Leterrier actor: Jet Li / Morgan Freeman …
other title: Danny the Dog / Danny the Dog - Força Destruidora …
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.
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Bring Him to Me (2023)
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Luke Sparke actor: Barry Pepper / Jamie Costa …
other title: La Place du mort / Sin escapatoria
Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive an unsuspecting crew member to an ambush execution. There is a long drive ahead.
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Torque (2004)
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Joseph Kahn actor: Martin Henderson / Ice Cube …
other title: Torque - Circuiti di fuoco / Torque - A Lei do Mais Rápido …
Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey, leader of the most feared biker gang in the country. Ford is now on the run trying to clear his name from the murder with Trey and his gang looking for his blood.
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No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman (2026)
No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman
Halkawt Mustafa actor: Avan Jamal / Thorbjørn Harr …
other title: 被女人杀死，便无天堂 / No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman
No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman leaps forward a decade from the fall of Saddam and to the rise of the Islamic State. The feature follows a Kurdish-Norwegian female sniper who returns to the battlefield she once escaped, driven by vengeance and by the desperate hope of rescuing her younger sister, still imprisoned by ISIS in Mosul.
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Omega Syndrome (1986)
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Joseph Manduke actor: Ken Wahl / George DiCenzo …
other title: Omega Syndrom / 欧米茄综合症
An ex-GI's daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army buddies, and together they set out to track down the gang and rescue his daughter.
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Forbidden City Cop (1996)
大內密探零零發
★ 7.3 14 ratings
Stephen Chow / Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu actor: Stephen Chow / Carina Lau …
An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap to kill all the doctors serving the emperor, where his crazy inventions come in handy.
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Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
Guyver 2: Dark Hero
Steve Wang actor: David Hayter / Kathy Christopherson
other title: 强殖装甲：暗黑英雄 / Guyver 2: Dark Hero …
Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.
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The Guyver (1991)
The Guyver
Steve Wang / Screaming Mad George actor: Jack Armstrong / Mark Hamill …
other title: O Guyver / Mutronics - Invasion der Supermutanten …
FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.
Watched
Aug. 31, 2026
Some really impressive practical FX. "But what about plot, dialog, acting etc?" Yep, those sure were some impressive FX.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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The Tea House (1974)
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Kuei Chih-hung actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Wong Yu …
other title: 成記茶樓 / The Teahouse
Chen Kuan-Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respected by his peers, Big Brother Cheng runs the teahouse — and unofficially the neighborhood — with a firm righteous hand. However, when the triads come calling, Big Brother Cheng finds out respect and common decency may not be enough. The triads use underage kids to terrorize the teahouse, and since the law won't do anything, Big Brother Cheng may have to step in and take care of it himself!
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The King of the Kickboxers (1990)
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Lo Yuen-Ming actor: Loren Avedon / Billy Blanks …
other title: Il re dei kickboxers / O Rei dos Kickboxers …
Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.