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City Hunter

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  • Title: City Hunter (1993)
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City Hunter

Adapted from the manga of the same name, 1993’s City Hunter is an odd flick. Over-the-top, wacky, and more live-action cartoon than anything else, the closest comparison is probably 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In a film more notable for its comedy, fight sequences, and stunts than plot, Jackie Chan stars as private eye Ryo Saeba. The womanizing star hits on every woman he meets except for his former partner’s younger sister (Joey Wang), now his partner, who he swore never to pursue.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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  • Title: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

It’s hard to imagine a more unexpected hit in 2000 than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but the film surpassed all expectations, and a mainstream movie-going audience which at that point was far less accepting of foreign films, becoming both a critical and box office smash. Adapted from the novel, the film centers around renowned Wudang swordsman Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and his longtime ally Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) as well as the governor’s daughter Jen (Ziyi Zhang) who is secretly the apprentice of the villainous Jade Fox (Pei-Pei Cheng) and her love for desert bandit named Lo (Chang Chen).

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Bend It Like Beckham

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  • Title: Bend It Like Beckham
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Bend It Like Beckham

Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley star in this 2002 sports dramedy as two young women striving to fulfill their dreams of playing soccer despite the disapproval of each of their mothers. Impressed by seeing her play in the park with local boys, Jules (Knightley) recruits Jess (Nagra) to play for the amateur women’s football team. Despite her parents’ (Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan) disapproval and near-total focus on her sister’s (Archie Panjabi) impending wedding, Jess decides to play in secret.

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Flower Drum Song

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  • Title: Flower Drum Song
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Flower Drum Song

Adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name, Flower Drum Song became the first contemporary Asian-American story featuring an Asian cast produced as a major Hollywood feature film. Like the play, the movie met with mixed responses with some praising Hollywood focusing on Asian-American characters while others took issue with Asian stereotypes, casting both Japanese and Chinese actors for the Chinese roles, and some problematic lyrics (also causing major productions of the play to halt for decades). In 2008 the film was added to National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as culturally significant, so significant it took Hollywood three decades to release another major film centered around, and starring, predominantly Asian leads.

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Supercop

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  • Title: Supercop
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Supercop

Supercop, also known as Police Story 3: Supercop and Jackie Chan’s Supercop, is the third film of the Police Story franchise featuring Jackie Chan as “Kevin” Chan Ka-Kui who goes undercover alongside Michelle Yeoh to break up a drug smuggling ring. The film is most notable for its martial art fight sequence and some of the most memorable stunts for its time period as Kevin works to befriend one of the gang’s henchmen (Wah Yuen). Although things are initially successful, Kevin’s girlfriend (Maggie Cheung) accidentally breaks his cover leading to her kidnapping and the film’s final action sequence.

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