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 142  7.1  6.7 Karen Mok, Shu Qi, Zhao Wei
  Star's real voices in Mandarin audio track only. Trailer: Fanmade Trailers: Similar: Noir, Naked Killer Hyomil's rating:
 
37 6.1 6 Chingmy Yau, Carrie Ng
 -Avoid the release that has only English audio. -Sometimes confused with Naked Weapon. (My rating of that: 2/10) Similar: So Close Hyomil's rating:
32 5.6 5.2 Aya Matsuura
 Trailer: Blu-ray released by BitWel is an upscale. Hyomil's rating:
26 6.5 6.1 Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung
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2602 7.3 7.9 Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh
  Trailer (fan-made): Blu-ray Hyomil's rating:
190 7.1 6.9 Jeeja Yanin
  UK Blu-ray and DVD have more subtitled extras than US versions. Music Videos: http://youtu.be/1GKzAj3w4ho?t=1m6s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZApOV_86wiE&t=1m12s Hyomil's rating:
80 7.2 7.3  Slow series with too many flashbacks, but intense. OP: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpfppx_noir-2001-op-hq-anime-series_shortfilms Similar: So Close, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, Madlax Hyomil's rating:
16 7.3 6.3  AMV Fun. I recommend the subtitled seiyuu commentaries on the R1 DVDs as well. Hyomil's rating:
602 6.9 7.4 Summer Glau, Shirley Manson
 Cool but excessively gloomy. Hyomil's rating:
11 5.2 6.8  James Bond parody. Ludicrous amounts of fanservice--sort of a fanservice parody as well. My review Similar: Agent Aika Hyomil's rating:
33 7.6 7.6   Cute. I was expecting this to be saccharine and annoying, but its actually really good. Good acting and lots of laughs. Short promo: Pretty Girl [MV]: Hyomil's rating:
42 6.2 6.2  Betty Sun  Zhou Xun  Trailer: More mystery and drama than action, but good. Blu-ray Hyomil's rating:
41 6.8 6.4 Shu Qi
  No need to have seen parts 1 (My rating: 2/10) and 2 (My rating: 5/10). Trailer 1: Trailer 2: Blu-ray Hyomil's rating:
208 6.4 7.1 Peta Wilson
 Sharp, dark series but becomes very tired and empty at some point after the second season, with only shock tactics and poorly set up surprise twists to rely on; I can't remember exactly when--read the reviews. Not optimistic about the fall 2010 reboot after seeing the preview. Hyomil's rating:
41 5.3 5.7 Eva Huang
 Charlene Choi  Trailer Hyomil's rating:
 
587 7.3 7.3 Eliza Dushku, Dichen Lachman
 Uneven series. Has its moments but has really lost its luster by the end, falling into the typical trap of big out-of-nowhere reversals and twists that cease to have any impact and cheapen everything that went before. MV (1080p): Hyomil's rating:
2712 7.1 8 First 2 seasons were good and had Drusilla (Juliet Landau):
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8 7.7 6.7  Chien-lien Wu  R1 release is English audio only. There's a custom DVD with Cantonese audio and English subs added. Hyomil's rating:
9 7.3 5.9 Cecilia Cheung
 Mostly of comedic value, though there's a fair amount of action. Hyomil's rating:
4 7.3 5.5  Cynthia Khan  HKMDB review by CaptainAmerica The R1 DVD by Image Entertainment only has a Mandarin dub. There's a custom with Cantonese. Hyomil's rating:
34 6.6 7  Series that's good in bursts, but there's a lot of characters and its convoluted and hard to follow, so it loses some of the punch it otherwise might've had. Apparently they condensed the series into a trio of movies in an attempt to do that. Followed by: Kiddy Girl-and (Not on IMDb yet and haven't seen it.) Hyomil's rating:
3553 5.4 5.5 Nothing special, but I included it because I recall finding it modestly entertaining when I saw it 10 years ago.
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But I also feel that many of the actors have either a more genuine or upbeat quality (as opposed to a tired, cynical, crude, standoffish, or depressed quality) that isn't valued in US movies, probably because it would seem fake/saccharine/mocking if done by the kinds of actors who are generally popular.
If you liked Noir, I'll surely be adding Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009) to the list, which is by the same director. (Madlax I'd recommend as well, though less enthusiastically, and I'd pass on El Cazador de la bruja) I'm down to the last 2 episodes, and it gets more Noir-like at the end. There's a Blu-ray release this year, so you might wait for that, in case there are any good extras.