Kent Tseng Movies
When ultra-patriotic Chinese anti-terrorist operative Yan Dong (Zhao Wenzhuo, the martial artist/actor hailed by many as the next Jet Li) disobeys a direct order and continues with plans to stop a dangerous hijacking operation, he is promptly demoted. Despite his good intentions, Yan gets reassigned to the Chinese embassy in Lavernia (a fictional country said to have been part of the former Soviet Union) with his former partner Hong Weiguo (Ken Wong) to stop an outbreak of corruption and criminal activity by arresting and returning to China the troublemaking Keizo Mishima (Andrew Lin), the Japanese leader of the cult of the Red Sun. Mishima's group has dedicated themselves to promoting worldwide anarchy and, unbeknownst to Yan and Hung, have close ties with corrupt officials in Lavernia. Soon after Mishima's arrest, the villains retaliate by blowing up parts of the city. In the midst of the chaos, Yan reunites with his former lover Chen Pan (Shu Qi), who fled China following the Tienanmen Square massacre. When the terrorists kidnap Chen Pan, Yan becomes a veritable fighting machine in his efforts to save her. Filmed on location in Budapest, this Hong Kong actioner brims with well-choreographed and exciting fight scenes. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Zhao Wenzhuo, Shu Qi, (more)
- 1992
In this melodramatic romance, three generations of women (a grandmother and her daughter and granddaughter) are set at odds with one another when an old lover of the daughter comes back into the picture accompanied by his twentyish son. The already tense relationship between the three nearly explodes when the son of the old flame seeks to woo the granddaughter. Flashbacks show that the daughter did not have a trouble-free adolescence herself. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Su Ming Ming, Jeanette Lin Tsui, (more)
- 1991
In this romantic melodrama, Wu Mei-yi sings for the guests at her father's nightclub in Shanghai. It's the middle of the Japanese occupation, and her father has just been arrested by the Japanese. She is pregnant, and knows it. Her baby's father is a man she truly loves, but he's not here and may even be dead. Meanwhile, the Japanese are in charge. She responds to the proposal of one of the Japanese officers and marries him. Just after the war, We Mei-yi's long-absent Chinese boyfriend tracks her down in Japan, where she lives with her husband and child. He is heartbroken at the choice she's made and is accusatory, but she defends herself ably. Not only that, but she has come to love her new man and is not prepared to give him up for a past love. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anita Mui, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, (more)
Following the bloody climax of the previous film, A Better Tomorrow -- again directed by John Woo -- opens with Sung Chi-hi (spelled Tse-ho in the first film though still played by Ti Lung) getting released from jail on the condition that he rat out his gangland associate and a shipyard owner, Lung (Dean Shek). Chi-ti's younger brother, a young cop named Chi-kit (Leslie Cheung), is working undercover on the case and has already gotten into the gangster's good graces by dating his daughter, Peggy (Regina Kent). Fearing that he might put his brother's life in danger, Chi-hi cooperates with the cops. Meanwhile, Lung comes to believe that he is responsible for the death of a competitor and flees to New York. There he promptly goes crazy while under the care of Ken (Chow Yun-fat), the twin brother of the sunglass and trench coat-sporting Mark who died in the previous film. During a gun battle with the Mafia who tried to blackmail the exiled crime boss, Lung miraculously regains his sanity. Together he and Ken return to Hong Kong to settle a few scores. This film's onscreen mayhem was almost matched offscreen. Director John Woo and producer Tsui Hark had radically different views of how the film ought to progress. As a result, Hark reportedly recut the film without Woo's consent, ending a long-time professional relationship between the two filmmakers. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Chow Yun-Fat
