Enter the Phoenix Reviews

From time to time, my wife tries to surprise me by buying some (really) random dvds and she sometimes came back with the most obscure movies you could imagine and this movie was one of those. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much but I was not bad after all. Basically, it is a rather unknown flick from Hong-Kong (it is mostly known for a cameo by Jackie Chan) and this is a pretty good example of how taste greatly differs from one culture to another. I mean, in this flick, they mixed some very broad comedy with some action stuff and drama and, even though it is something they also do in Western features, in Asian movies, especially the ones coming from Hong-Kong, it is a totally different kind of ball game. Basically, try to imagine ‘The Departed’ with a comic twist with the the fact that Leonardo DiCaprio’s character was gay. Now, you get pretty much the picture. Eventually , it became so far out that it got rather difficult for me to care about the story or the characters involved. Still, all in all, it remains a rather entertaining flick and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.