The Blacksheep Affair (1998)

Very well executed

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Thanks for the memories!

Load of rubbish!!

This movie was my first encounter with any Hong Kong film. I watched this movie back in 1999 (on a VCR cassette).The story line is like many other holly wood movies produced at that time: "A patriotic cop in a difficult and life saving situation". Action is sloppy sometimes but the martial arts is quite good.Acting of lead cast both hero and villain is convincing (except the female lead because her performance was over-loud and not up to the standards).Dubbing could have been more better. Over all 6/10.If you can bear the 90's action, it is a good movie to watch.

Chiu is a Chinese agent that didn't obey orders and is sent to a former Soviet Republic (the made up Lavernia). In there, he fights with Mishima (who thinks he's the new Messiah) the leader of the Japanese Cult the Red Sun. The Lavernians start to hate all Asians. Chiu (Arthur Dong in this movie, although the cover says Yem Dong) is one of the Chinese Ambassadors bodyguards. He fights off all the token goons and bad guys and then goes head to head with Mishima, who's really a psychopath. The action itself is alright, although heavily wire aided and unrealistic, which is not really my favourite action style. The story though, is not all that bad, they actually seemed to have made a decent attempt, but it's just done quite poorly. The acting seems to be bad, but I can't be sure since it's dubbed (horrible, dubbing sucks). Tammy (Tammie) is dubbed really, really badly but she's an annoying character anyways so when she DIES (haha spoiler but you'll thank me later, cause you're gonna hate her for sure) you'll be glad, the woman just can't seem to stop screaming, moaning and yelling.

This movie is just so brilliant. I have no idea how they created such an extraordinary action sequence. There's intense gun fighting, and my favorite..... Kung fu fighting. Qi Shu was just so superb doing this film.The story was a little bit hard for me to understand because there was some things that they talked about that I didn't get, but you'll probably understand later on in the ending.That Qi Shu is so cool, that he should be like the next Jet Li. I really enjoyed this movie, and I hope that I can get it. I recommend this movie to anyone who loves action.

No matter how the world changes, no matter where Hong Kong people flee, Hong Kong cinema will always have its kung-fu. Members of China's elite corp are dispatched for overseas duties for disciplinary action. But the post-Communist eastern European countries are in tatters and under military dictatorship. Then there are terrorists from Japan's cult religions. What is to be done? The answer lies in Zhao's kicks. Ching Siu-tung's martial arts direction makes a brilliant flying circus. Together with massive location shooting in Eastern Europe to broaden the film's horizon, they make the ridiculous story and inert plotline easier to stomach.