::Dragon Tiger Gate:::
Saturday, August 05, 2006
mOvie Review
"Dragon Tiger Gate" aka "Long Hu Men"
Its a chinese movie starring Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue.. Dearie says tat this show is actually originated from the cOmic bOoks... and was since Daddy's generation til now the comic serials havent ended yet..
Tiger Wong(Nicholas Tse) is a highly skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice. At the yearly bun festival, Tiger realizes that a group of triad gangsters are bullying innocent people. Tiger, unable to stand by and just watch, defeats the gangsters using his special move – Dragon Slaying Leg Eighteen, and accidentally grabs the garland from the top of the bun mountain winning the applause and admiration of the audience. Hidden in the garland is a gold medal.
It turns out that this gold medal is the Lousha token decreed by the leader of the Lousha Gate, Shibumi. ‘Gate’ is a word describing martial arts sect or organization and Lousha Gate is a criminal organization in Asia and whoever owns the gold medal has the right to demand the full cooperation of Lousha Gate. Tiger, unaware of the medal’s powers, is ambushed by the gang during his celebrations. As fate has it, he is saved by Dragon Wong (Donnie Yen), the bodyguard of one of the gangsters, who is sent to retrieve the medal. A blonde youth using nunchakus, Turbo Shek (Shawn Yue), also joins in to help them. Dragon retrieves the medal from Tiger. Tiger is shocked when he notices a jade pendant and realizes that Dragon is his step-brother.
Although Dragon is part of Jiang Hu - the complicated society of the martial arts world involving different Gates of evil and good, and working for a criminal gang, he has never been involved in any criminal activities. After Dragon’s gangster boss Ma Kun returns the plaque he announces his retirement from the Jiang Hu. Shibumi is angry upon hearing this news and sends his adopted daughter Lousha to get rid of Ma.
In the mean time, Dragon has asked Ma Kun’s daughter Ma Xiaoling, who has already taken a liking to Tiger during the bun festival, to help him tell Tiger that they are brothers. Tiger is shocked by the news and unwilling to accept Dragon as family. Lousha kills Ma Kun and massacres everyone. Dragon fights his way out and manages to escape to Dragon Tiger Gate with Ma Xiaoling. Tiger and Shek are incensed when they hear of the Ma family massacre and the three heroes join force for the first time forming the Dragon Tiger Gate Trio, they pledge to avenge Xiaoling’s lost. The Dragon Tiger trio burn down the warehouse of Lousha Gate and destroy their drug supply, thus officially confirming Dragon Tiger Trio’s status as arch-enemy of Lousha Gate.
Although Shibumi is extremely angry when he is told of the fire, the anger is tinged with inexplicable joy when hearing of the presence of martial arts experts from Dragon Tiger Gate. One night Shibumi turns up at Dragon Tiger Gate and kills the master Wong Jianglong. He then defeats the Dragon Tiger Trio with his supreme martial arts skills and persuades them to join Lousha Gate. His efforts are in vain as the trio refuse all his offers. Shibumi is about to kill them, when there is a sudden huge thunder and flash of lightening. In that split second of distraction, the trio mysteriously disappeared.
Overnight Dragon Tiger Gate is demolished. Xiaoling escapes with the badly wounded trio to Bai Yun Mountain in China for help. There resides a recluse, Master Qi. Qi is famed for his expert skills in martial arts and healing, but also know for his eccentricity and unpredictable character. Xiaoling uses everything she can think of to persuade him to help and finally wins him over with her sincerity and Master Qi brings the trio back from the gates of death. The trio beg Master Qi to teach them his skills, they vow to revenge the death of their master Wong Jianglong.
Back at Lousha Gate, Shibumi is unafraid of the trio’s attack. He has set the trap and waits at the scene of their final showdown…
::Dragon Tiger Gate:::
Saturday, August 05, 2006
mOvie Review
"Dragon Tiger Gate" aka "Long Hu Men"
Its a chinese movie starring Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue.. Dearie says tat this show is actually originated from the cOmic bOoks... and was since Daddy's generation til now the comic serials havent ended yet..
Tiger Wong(Nicholas Tse) is a highly skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice. At the yearly bun festival, Tiger realizes that a group of triad gangsters are bullying innocent people. Tiger, unable to stand by and just watch, defeats the gangsters using his special move – Dragon Slaying Leg Eighteen, and accidentally grabs the garland from the top of the bun mountain winning the applause and admiration of the audience. Hidden in the garland is a gold medal.
It turns out that this gold medal is the Lousha token decreed by the leader of the Lousha Gate, Shibumi. ‘Gate’ is a word describing martial arts sect or organization and Lousha Gate is a criminal organization in Asia and whoever owns the gold medal has the right to demand the full cooperation of Lousha Gate. Tiger, unaware of the medal’s powers, is ambushed by the gang during his celebrations. As fate has it, he is saved by Dragon Wong (Donnie Yen), the bodyguard of one of the gangsters, who is sent to retrieve the medal. A blonde youth using nunchakus, Turbo Shek (Shawn Yue), also joins in to help them. Dragon retrieves the medal from Tiger. Tiger is shocked when he notices a jade pendant and realizes that Dragon is his step-brother.
Although Dragon is part of Jiang Hu - the complicated society of the martial arts world involving different Gates of evil and good, and working for a criminal gang, he has never been involved in any criminal activities. After Dragon’s gangster boss Ma Kun returns the plaque he announces his retirement from the Jiang Hu. Shibumi is angry upon hearing this news and sends his adopted daughter Lousha to get rid of Ma.
In the mean time, Dragon has asked Ma Kun’s daughter Ma Xiaoling, who has already taken a liking to Tiger during the bun festival, to help him tell Tiger that they are brothers. Tiger is shocked by the news and unwilling to accept Dragon as family. Lousha kills Ma Kun and massacres everyone. Dragon fights his way out and manages to escape to Dragon Tiger Gate with Ma Xiaoling. Tiger and Shek are incensed when they hear of the Ma family massacre and the three heroes join force for the first time forming the Dragon Tiger Gate Trio, they pledge to avenge Xiaoling’s lost. The Dragon Tiger trio burn down the warehouse of Lousha Gate and destroy their drug supply, thus officially confirming Dragon Tiger Trio’s status as arch-enemy of Lousha Gate.
Although Shibumi is extremely angry when he is told of the fire, the anger is tinged with inexplicable joy when hearing of the presence of martial arts experts from Dragon Tiger Gate. One night Shibumi turns up at Dragon Tiger Gate and kills the master Wong Jianglong. He then defeats the Dragon Tiger Trio with his supreme martial arts skills and persuades them to join Lousha Gate. His efforts are in vain as the trio refuse all his offers. Shibumi is about to kill them, when there is a sudden huge thunder and flash of lightening. In that split second of distraction, the trio mysteriously disappeared.
Overnight Dragon Tiger Gate is demolished. Xiaoling escapes with the badly wounded trio to Bai Yun Mountain in China for help. There resides a recluse, Master Qi. Qi is famed for his expert skills in martial arts and healing, but also know for his eccentricity and unpredictable character. Xiaoling uses everything she can think of to persuade him to help and finally wins him over with her sincerity and Master Qi brings the trio back from the gates of death. The trio beg Master Qi to teach them his skills, they vow to revenge the death of their master Wong Jianglong.
Back at Lousha Gate, Shibumi is unafraid of the trio’s attack. He has set the trap and waits at the scene of their final showdown…
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With soft gray eyes she gloomed and glowered;
With soft red lips she sang a song:
What knight might gaze upon her face,
Nor fare along?
For all her looks were full of spells,
And all her words, of sorcery;
And in some way they seemed to say,
"Oh, come with me! oh, come with me!
Oh, come with me, my love, Sir Kay!"--
How should he know the witch, I trow,
Morgan La Fey?
-- Cawein, Madison J. (1865-1914), "Morgan La Fey"
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