Hai Phuong (Streaming Picks: The Best Book-to-Screen Adaptations Keep your little bookworm) (2019)

Movies I watched in November 2019 (25 movies items)

" Date: 11/24/2019 Viewed: Netflix First viewing Note: I have waited to check out this movie for a while now. After watching it on Netflix, I really enjoy it. While the story is nothing original and it can be rather predictable at times, I still like the characters in the movie. You really care about what the main character is going through and you can feel the emotional connection between her and her daughter. The movie also has awesome fight choreography and the cinematography is fantastic. "

Hit Or Miss? Good Or Bad? 2019 Movies Watched (461 movies items)

"When traffickers kidnap her daughter from their village, vengeful Hai Phuong returns to Saigon, and her outlaw roots, to take down the abductors. This is a brilliant movie from Vietnam. It's an exciting, well-done action thriller filled with sensational chases and martial arts fights. Dancing star turned actress/producer Veronica Ngô is superb as the mother who leaves a trail of blood and destruction as she seeks to rescue her daughter from kidnappers. She gives a fascinating, vivid performanc"

Film Journal 2019 (225 movies items)

"Veronica Ngo kicks so much ass in this she breaks the subtitling before the movie even starts. I love how it feels like someone ran a translation through Fortune Star even though I bet that's exactly what the movie's dialogue is like. Select gems: "Hey, Fatty, so fat that you can't walk?" "Take a hike, Cripple." (to a child, said by our hero) "You little shit." "I'll fight all the bad guys so they quit kidnapping people." I LOVE it The action is also very stylish for something clearly on a bud"