Bullets 'n' Babes

Winner: Full Contact

1. Esprit D'amour vs The Other Side of Gentleman vs Cupid One

2. Aces Go Places IV vs Happy Ghost III vs City on Fire

3. Prison on Fire vs School on Fire

Very tough one - all of the 'on Fire' movies are excellent

4. Wild Search vs Undeclared War

5. Prison on Fire II vs Touch and Go vs The Twin Dragons

6. Full Contact vs Burning Paradise

Another toughie but FC is Ringo's most stylish movie

7. The Adventurers vs Full Alert vs The Suspect

8. Victim vs Looking for Mister Perfect vs Triangle

Barely seen any of those, so I'm out of this one completely.

6. Full Contact vs Burning Paradise

Well this is an unmitigated disaster!

Think I might not bother with Hong Kong directors in future.

degeneration wrote:Barely seen any of those, so I'm out of this one completely.

This^^

Markgway wrote:Well this is an unmitigated disaster!

Only seen like 5 of his movies and all of them with exception of Aces Go Places IV were good. Maybe you shouldn't bother this time and just announce Full Contact as a winner

I think the Coen Bros next

Bizarre for a supposed Asian-centric forum that hardly anyone shows interest in or knowledge of Ringo Lam - one of the best directors to emerge from Hong Kong in the last 50 years.

If you guys want me to stop with these World Cups just say so. I don't enjoy wasting my time.

Next round in play for anyone who gives a shit.......

1. Esprit D'amour vs vs City on Fire

2. Prison on Fire vs Wild Search

3. Prison on Fire II vs Full Contact

4. Full Alert vs Victim

Missed this but i confess to only seeing a few of these-of which Burning Paradise is the best.

I'm out from this round because I've seen only one from each pair (and I don't vote in those cases)

I'd like the world cups to continue, but I can only vote in ones where I've seen a lot of the films.

This is the first one that has really not got many takers, the others have all been covered well?

degeneration wrote:I'd like the world cups to continue, but I can only vote in ones where I've seen a lot of the films. This is the first one that has really not got many takers, the others have all been covered well?

Most of the games have between 5-10 voters, this one is easily the worst. I was disappointed with the Renny Harlin cup because of voter snobbery. The Bullets that I remember embraced action blockbusters. If this forum turns into a Coen Bros love in I'm off. It's fine to enjoy all types of movies, but this is primarily an action/asian-based forum. I would have thought everyone here would've seen the 'on Fire' series, Twin Dragons, Full Contact, Burning Paradise, etc... those are staples. I'm not sure who to do next?

Markgway wrote:m not sure who to do next?

Wes Craven...Tobe Hooper...William Friedkin...Terence Fisher...

David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, David Fincher, and George Lucas (why not!)



You haven't done Lau Kar Leung, Gorden Chan, Tsui Hark, Yuen Woo Ping, Corey Yuen.......


Stop crying about Renny Harlin and if people haven't seen all of Ringo Lams films!!

Markgway wrote:

degeneration wrote:I'd like the world cups to continue, but I can only vote in ones where I've seen a lot of the films. This is the first one that has really not got many takers, the others have all been covered well?

Most of the games have between 5-10 voters, this one is easily the worst. I was disappointed with the Renny Harlin cup because of voter snobbery. The Bullets that I remember embraced action blockbusters. If this forum turns into a Coen Bros love in I'm off. It's fine to enjoy all types of movies, but this is primarily an action/asian-based forum. I would have thought everyone here would've seen the 'on Fire' series, Twin Dragons, Full Contact, Burning Paradise, etc... those are staples. I'm not sure who to do next?

Seen Twin Dragons, some of the On Fire series, but I can't remember any of them.

Someone else to do:

Ridley Scott?

saltysam wrote:Wes Craven...Tobe Hooper...William Friedkin...Terence Fisher...

Craven and Friedkin are possibilities.
Not sure that Hooper has done enough of note.
Fisher is too obscure for a non-horror forum.

luckystars wrote:David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, David Fincher, and George Lucas (why not!)

Are you taking the piss?
Lucas has done fuck all apart from Star Wars
Lynch, Anderson, and Jarmusch are arthouse directors (not one action film between them)
Fincher is a distinct possibility however.

You haven't done Lau Kar Leung, Gorden Chan, Tsui Hark, Yuen Woo Ping, Corey Yuen.......

If you guys don't know Ringo Lam we might be struggling with any Hong Kong director... I mean how many Gordon Chan films have you seen, really?

Next Round:

1. City on Fire vs Wild Search

2. Full Contact vs Victim

Markgway wrote:... I mean how many Gordon Chan films have you seen, really?

I know i've seen at least 7 of his films...

Chin Siu Tung? seen at least 8 of his...

Miyazaki?

Andrew Lau? unless there is more than one director called that, that i'm confusing, I think i've seen 16 of his films... that's if they are all by the same andrew lau...

Johnnie To? Seen 7 of his I think...

Tsui Hark?

Wong Jing?

Granted some of those I think may be classed as joint director credit, as some do have 2 names on the film.

I'm still out

Markgway wrote:If you guys don't know Ringo Lam we might be struggling with any Hong Kong director... I mean how many Gordon Chan films have you seen, really?

Just stop crying.

degeneration wrote:

Markgway wrote:... I mean how many Gordon Chan films have you seen, really?

I know i've seen at least 7 of his films...

Chin Siu Tung? seen at least 8 of his...

Miyazaki?

Andrew Lau? unless there is more than one director called that, that i'm confusing, I think i've seen 16 of his films... that's if they are all by the same andrew lau...

Johnnie To? Seen 7 of his I think...

Tsui Hark?

Wong Jing?

Granted some of those I think may be classed as joint director credit, as some do have 2 names on the film.

Point taken. I guess Ringo Lam just isn't as popular as I thought. All suggestions have been noted.

luckystars wrote:

Markgway wrote:If you guys don't know Ringo Lam we might be struggling with any Hong Kong director... I mean how many Gordon Chan films have you seen, really?

Just stop crying.

Seriously... the fuck is your problem?

Seems to me like you've been trolling me for weeks now.

Markgway wrote:

luckystars wrote:

Markgway wrote:If you guys don't know Ringo Lam we might be struggling with any Hong Kong director... I mean how many Gordon Chan films have you seen, really?

Just stop crying.

Seriously... the fuck is your problem?

Seems to me like you've been trolling me for weeks now.

"Point taken. I guess Ringo Lam just isn't as popular as I thought. All suggestions have been noted."


Move on then.