ALISTAIR LEACH

ALISTAIR LEACH

Favorite films

  • The Fisher King
  • The Life of Oharu
  • Repo Man
  • The Devil, Probably

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  • Japan's Longest Day

    ★★★★½

  • Burning Paradise

    ★★★★

  • Running Out of Time 2

    ★★★½

  • Running Out of Time

    ★★★★

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  • Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    ★★★★½

    Epic and intense.

    Ok, so maybe Sunday night wasn't the best time to try and watch this very involving and dense, political real world drama, about the events leading up to Emperor Hirohito announcing Japan's surrender during World War 2, and the failed coup.

    So this film was meant to be the celebration for Toho's 35th anniversary and features a who's who of Male Japanese acting talent. It seems a little weird at least, having picked this moment in history…

  • Burning Paradise

    Burning Paradise

    ★★★★

    After watching this i really want to visit the alt reality/Universe where Ringo Lam made a Conan movie or had directed Big Trouble in little China....

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  • Tiger Cage

    Tiger Cage

    ★★★★½

    I'm honestly thinking of just saying "barbed wire noose Carol Cheng - nuff said"

    Possibly the best Tiger, in all of Hong Kong cinema and you know I'm like the go-go's, I got the Beat.

    The head shots in this are insane and they also possibly burn someone's balls off.

    That reload sequence at the start of this hanging one handed off a bridge, while trying to reload with the back of the knee and other hand was insane and…

  • Tiger Cage II

    Tiger Cage II

    ★★★★

    I know this is a sequel only in name, but are we sure about that.

    Donnie Yen was shot directly thru the brain in the Tiger Cage film and he still went after Simon Yam. Maybe he didn't die, there seems to be a lot of evidence out of nowhere at the end of the first film, so maybe zombie Yen, turned states, got a new identity, got married - to live happily ever after....

    In second Cage, a more…

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