Hero (2002)
Directed By: Yimou Zhang
Starring: Jet Li, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 1h 47m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Cinematography, Choreography
Weakness: Simple Story
One “Nameless” Hero Assassin is called before the great conqueror King to relay his account of defeating the three greatest assassins and threats to his Imperial Rule.
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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Wantanabe, Koji YakushoSuzuka Ohgo, Samantha Futerman, Li Gong, Tsai Chin, Kaori Momoi
Rated: PG-13 for Mature Subject Matter and Some Sexual Content
Running Time: 2 h 25 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Production and Costume Design, Pacing, Story, Cinematography, Music
WEAKNESSES: Themes, Mischaracterization of Characters, It’s in English (?)
In 1920-50s Japan, a young girl is sold into slavery at a geisha house and must work hard to find her place in the world.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Directed by: Michael Dougherty
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang, Bradley Whitford, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Sally Hawkins, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Monster Action Violence and Destruction, and For Some Language
Running Time: 2 h 11 m
TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Kaiju Stuff, Special Effects, Fun
WEAKNESSES: People Stuff, Story, Plot Holes Galore, Harebrained Schemes and Ideas, Dialogue
Godzilla faces off against a wave of monsters as humans from Monarch try to figure out a way to communicate with the beasts.
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