Robin Shou Movies

This Hong Kong crime thriller stars Chow Yun-Fat and Ti Lung as two cops who must hunt down Chu, a crime boss who has just been released from prison and is out for revenge against the mismatched partners. It's difficult to determine exactly who is chasing whom as Chu makes an attempt on the family of one of the partners. Although the story is standard buddy-cop fare in the mode of the American film Lethal Weapon and all of its clones, the action sequences and acting are solid, with performances from Yun-Fat and Lung, both veterans of the Hong Kong action genre. ~ Jonathan E. Laxamana, All Movie Guide

This standard Hong Kong action film brings together a trio of cops from different backgrounds: a Hong Kong detective, a female Interpol agent, and a slapstick cop from the Philippines. The Hong Kong detective (Robin Shou) is out for revenge for the death of his best friend and finds that a Interpol martial arts expert (Yukari Oshima) is on the trail of the same criminal. Director Phillip Ko portrays the arch-villain.
~ Jonathan E. Laxamana, All Movie Guide

Director Stephen Shin Kei-yin follows up on his La Femme Nikita knock-off Black Cat with this sequel inspired in part by Terminator 2. In this go around, Erica (Jade Leung) is outfitted with a new computer chip in her brain that not only turns her into a remorseless killer cyborg, but also provides her superiors an "off" switch which can be flipped remotely. After being paired up with another killer named Robin (Robin Shou Wan-bo), she set out to hunt down and wipe out the nefarious Anti-Yeltsin Organization, a band of terrorists set on killing Russia's frequently drunken presidential strongman. Several of the terrorists have imbibed a special radioactive concoction to improve their fighting prowess. Fortunately, Erica's improved senses can quickly pick up on the exotic chemicals coursing through the baddies' bodies. Explosions, ski chases, and fight scenes in a steel mill ensue. This film proved to be such massive failure at the box office that it drove D&B Studios into bankruptcy. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Just when you thought the game was over, along comes the second movie inspired by the popular video game Mortal Kombat. While Liu Kang (Robin Shou) led his warriors Princess Kitana (Talisa Soto), Sonya Blade (Sandra Hess), Rayden (James Remar), and Johnny Cage (Chris Conrad) to victory, and the safety of the world seemed certain, no one counted on the treachery of Shao-Kahn (Brian Thompson), the evil Emperor of the Outerworld, who has a new plan to overtake the Earth. Shao-Kahn has discovered a portal between Earth and Outerworld, and if it stays open for seven days, the two worlds will merge, with Shao-Kahn controlling both planets. Rayden and Sonya set out to find his colleague Jax (Lynn Red Williams), while Liu Kang and Kitana are on the trail of Nightwolf (Litefoot) as they race against time to defeat Shao-Kahn, who has brought Kitana's mother Queen Sindel (Musetta Vander) back from the grave to aid his evil scheme. Mortal Kombat II: Annihilation marked the directorial debut of cinematographer John R. Leonetti. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This documentary from Robin Shou -- who also hosts and participates in the film -- takes a behind-the-scenes glance inside the stunt industry of Hong Kong, which is known for being riskier and less trick-oriented than its American counterpart. In addition to archival and interview footage featuring some of the industry's most prominent stuntmen, Red Trousers: The Life of Hong Kong Stuntmen incorporates scenes from Lost Time (2001) in an effort to illustrate how stuntmen prepare for and ultimately perform in modern martial arts films. The cast includes Beatrice Chia, Hakim Alston, Sammo Hung, Lau Kar-Leung, Mindy Dhanjal, Jack Wong, Wang Hua, and Ridley Tsui. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

The Transporter star Jason Statham takes the wheel in director Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of the Roger Corman classic about a hyper-violent cross-country race that breaks all of the traditional rules of the road. The time is the not-so-distant future, and as America's prisons begin overflowing with violent criminals, the powers that be devise a grisly game that will free up space in the cells and entertain the masses at the same time. Jensen Ames (Statham) is a three-time speedway champion with a dark past. A survival expert and ex-con whose sordid history comes back to haunt him when he is framed for a murder he didn't commit, Ames is forced to choose between donning the metallic mask of a mythical racer known as Frankenstein or languishing away on Terminal Island -- America's most notorious penitentiary. Over the course of the next three days, this unlikely champion will get behind the wheel of a nightmare machine outfitted with machine guns, grenade launchers, and flamethrowers in a desperate attempt to outrun some of the most violent criminals ever imprisoned. Should Ames be the first to cross the checkered flag, he will win his freedom; should he come in second, however, death would be preferable to a grim future in a cramped concrete cell. Co-stars include Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, and Tyrese Gibson, who takes over the role of Machine Gun Joe, made famous by Sylvester Stallone in the original. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide