Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

david-sarkies There is not much that I can really talk about this movie. It isn't one that addresses any really serious issues. All I can really do is give one a quick run down on what it is about and some of the more interesting points in regard to it. Des Mangan, one of SBS's reviewers, absolutely loves this movie (he said so before hand) and puts it down as a cult movie. I don't think that it deserves Cult status, and has not become apart of my collection, but it is still a reasonable movie.Peking Opera Blues is a Hong Kong movie set in 1913 during the beginning of the Chinese Republic. It is set in a town, Peiping or something like that, in South China. The current general is bankrupt and flees because he cannot pay his guards. Then a new general moves in who is involved in a conspiracy to turn South China into a military dictatorship, and his daughter is determined to stop it. Being caught up in this conspiracy is the daughter of a theatre owner, a guard who is about to be killed by his comrades, and a maid from the previous general who is trying to find the jewels she stool.The movie seems to offer the possibility of some fight scenes, but in the end there are not that many. The only cool scene was when the guard was wielding four bolt action rifles at once and shooting all of the other guards in the corridor. There seemed to be potential for fantastic martial arts, but that never really arose. The end was promised to be a bonanza, but that never really eventuated either.I can't really think of anything else that I can describe within this movie. There is no really overriding theme, though there is the possibility of women's rights. The women in the movie all seem to be resentful of male dominance: one wants to be an actor but can't because she is a woman, while the general's daughter cuts her hair short to symbolise her desire to be more of a man. The male heroes in the movie are sort out by the girls, and it is the girls who lose out when both of them are taken. In fact the movie seems to move more from the view of the women than the men - the men are what would be the love interests in typical American movies (and Hong Kong movies as well).I guess this movie wasn't all that bad. There was a lot of untouched potential, and I was never actually board during it. It was interesting enough to keep my attention for the duration. The action scenes weren't fantastic but they were enough to hold me for a while.

p_h_a_r_o_a_h_e This film is simply amazing. It is the most entertaining movie I have ever seen and it is well filmed. This movie didn't have the biggest budget, but it has the largest ambition.I would recommend seeing Farewell My Concubine(great movie) first to better understand the setting of this movie, which takes place in 1920's China. Once you have seen Farewell My Concubine, this movie becomes much more accessible to the casual viewer.Peking Opera Blues has a bit of everything...and then some. Tons of comedy, excellent action sequences, dramatic twists, well implemented music, fast pacing, etc. Peking Opera Blues has all the ingredients of a recipe for success, and I would say it is the ultimate light hearted flick.NOTE: The once infamous subs are now fixed with YesAsia's version of the DVD. It has a really clear image too. Buy it now!

nataraj In contrast to films like "iron monkey" or "tai chi boxer" there is almost no kung fu in this movie. The story is less than gripping and I am not even sure the comedy is intended at all times. The characters' motives, their background: virtually non-existent, though it is very easy to tell the goodies from the baddies: Baddies die, goodies don't.Still this isn't too bad a way to spend an hour and half in the same way an old Fred Astaire dance film can be the right stuff to watch on Sundays - not remotely comparable to current films, not even thrilling, anything but real. Just sort of ...Nice.

johnrlewis A strange, unique, but very accessable mix of hard action and outrageous comedy. Bigitte Lin is disguised as a man as usual. Great rooftop kungfu and shooting action. This is one of the best Hong Kong films ever made. Another difference from standard HK fare is that the three heroes are all women.