A young woman, unsatisfied with her relationship with her rich fiance, arrives in Paris to think things over with her friend.

The.Last.Affair.1983.720p.Bluray.x264.DTS.2.0-PTer.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/18EE995E1F4A71D/The.Last.Affair.1983.720p.Bluray.x264.DTS.2.0-PTer.mkv

Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English, Chinese

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It is almost impossible to review Hard Boiled and at the same time avoid the bottomless anus-bowl of cliches that surround it. I’m sure it’s been described as “a high octane thrill ride”, and even on the box it says Hard Boiled is “an action fan’s dream”. This is all true, but plain and simple it is just a damn awesome movie. I am at a loss for bad things to say about it. Not many movies get me as pumped up as Hard Boiled does. It uses an arsenal of well executed techniques to draw the viewer into each and every action sequence. Woo also manages to craft these explosive scenes so that he actually makes you feel stupid if you miss something cool. There are many small and beautiful things going on during all of the crimson waterworks that you may not notice the first time through. One image that really stuck out to me was during the first action scene in the teahouse. There is a shot of someone getting blasted in the leg. The bullet goes through a table first, so you get this foreground picture of the table’s leg busting in two as the man’s leg snaps right behind it. It is really fantastic in that it was totally unnecessary.

Hard.Boiled.1992.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Runtime: 	2 h 7 min
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#3:  	English 1.0ch AAC LC @ 52.3 kb/s (Commentary by Bey Logan)

https://nitro.download/view/D297A2A269B3CDA/Hard.Boiled.1992.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv
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Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English

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Ko Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau (Yueh Sun), wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend (Carrie Ng) wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague.

What is more Chow would rather quit the force. He feels guilty about having to betray people who have become his friends, even if they do happen to be killers, drug dealers, loan sharks and protection racketeers: “I do my job, but I betray my friends.” To add to his problems, he begins to bond with Fu (Danny Lee), a member of the gang.

City on Fire is Ringo Lam’s most celebrated work. Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 film Reservoir Dogs borrows several key plot elements and scenes, most notably the famous Mexican standoff near the end of the film.

City.on.Fire.1987.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/5F587A70F393394/City.on.Fire.1987.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

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Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English

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Restaurant owner Ken Gor (Chow Yun-Fat), twin brother of Mark Gor, teams up with police detective Kit (Leslie Cheung) and his struggling ex-con brother Ho (Lung Ti) to avenge his old friend’s (Dean Shek) daughter’s death by a Triad gang.
In this sequel, Ho (Ti Lung) initially refuses to go undercover to bust the gang he used to work for in exchange for his release from prison. He only accepts after his little brother, the policeman Kit (Leslie Cheung) accepts the assignment. Meanwhile in New York Ken Gor (Chow Yun-Fat), the twin brother of Mark Gor from the 1st movie, shelters the boss of the gang, who has had to flee after it is taken over by a more aggressive leadership.

Ying hung boon sik II AKA A Better Tomorrow II (1987).mkv

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Runtime: 1h 44mn
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https://nitro.download/view/D650F5330918BA0/Ying_hung_boon_sik_II_AKA_A_Better_Tomorrow_II_(1987).mkv

Language(s):Cantonese,English
Subtitles:English

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A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

A.Better.Tomorrow.1986.576p.BDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Runtime: 1h 35mn
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Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English, Chinese

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Without having met, a famous orchestra conductor and a beautiful woman seem destined to be together. They see one another’s faces in their dreams, reflected in mirrors, and in crowded streets before finally meeting in person.

2.50GB | 1h 36m | 1024×552 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/796A9E21F83EBAA/Mung.chung.yan.AKA.Dream.Lovers.1986.576p.BluRay.x264.mkv
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https://tezfiles.com/file/c345fcafafe91/Mung.chung.yan.AKA.Dream.Lovers.1986.576p.BluRay.x264.mkv

Language:Cantonese
Subtitles:English,Chinese

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Chow Yun Fat’s last film in the pre-Handover Hong Kong film industry before he went on to try his luck in Hollywood, Peace Hotel was directed by regular Johnnie To collaborator Wai Ka Fai, produced by John Woo, and has the feel of a swan song. Indeed Chow Yun Fat’s next Hong Kong Cantonese-speaking film would come almost 20 years later. So it is quite suitable that his character in the film is known only as “the Killer”, echoing arguably the apex of his Hong Kong career and his legendary collaboration with John Woo. The Killer, as a gorgeous black-and-white prologue tells us, once wiped out an entire gang of horse thieves responsible for the death of his wife (Wu Chien Lien). His killing spree led him to an abandoned hotel, where after an experiencing an epiphany he spared the life of the last gang member. 10 years later, the hotel is not abandoned anymore : it has become a safe haven for fugitives and outlaws, run by the Killer himself. In comes Siu Man (Cecilia Yip) a woman who pretends to be the Killer’s long lost wife in order to stay there for free. She is quickly exposed as a fraud, and to make things worse she’s wanted by a vicious gang for killing one of their leaders. When said gang shows up in front of the Peace Hotel, the Killer must choose between upholding his vow to protect anyone seeking shelter in the hotel, at the cost of an all-out war, or delivering Siu Man to the gang, with his growing love for her complicating things further.

This is a film about and for the the glory of Chow Yun Fat. He towers over the film, oozing charisma, filling up the screen, alternatively and effortlessly charming, stoïc, brutal or tragic, equally believable as hard-hearted Killer, grief-stricken husband, or warm father figure. This is not as completely sympathetic a character as he was known for playing : his treatment of Cecilia Yip’s character is less than chivalrous (let’s just say it involves a lot of slapping), and his initial killing spree is more senseless slaughter than heroic bloodshed. But Chow anchors the film splendidly, as he alwasy does, and cuts a striking figure of a tragic, doomed hero. The stunning Cecilia Yip holds her own next to him with a fiery performance and their chemistry powers the film along. Not to take anything away from Wai Ka Fai’s stunning direction, a wonderful neo-western aesthetic with dashes of Wu Xia Pan (Chow fights with a sword rather than the rifle he sports on the film’s poster), balanced with political references that situate the film firmly in early-20th century China and awash in a spirited and hummable score by the delightfully named Healthy Poon. The influence of John Woo is to be felt in touches of varying subtlety, from the doves that signal the Killer’s (itself a telling character name) epiphany, to an apocalyptic final shootout where he faces the gang on his own with a machinegun. But this is Wai Ka Fai’s film and while it doesn’t have much depth, it’s a stunning one.

—ASIAN FILM STRIKE

7.16GB | 1h 30m | 1920×1080 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/AA87A6784432BD8/Peace.Hotel.1995.CHINESE.1080p.BluRay.x264.mkv

Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English

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