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A
kung fu master is fatally poisoned, but refuses to die until he
finds the man fated to receive his supernatural powers, throwing
the martial arts world into disarray. Brigette Lin plays good and
evil twin sisters, both of them disciples of the master; Gong Li
has her hands full battling the evil twin, while pining for the
good one, who was once her lover.
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Directed by Sammo Hung (Jackie
Chan's Mr Nice Guy), this rib tickling Hong Kong slapsticker is
a great mix of martial arts mayhem and traditional Hong Kong comedy.
Its a traveling Hong Kong cinema variety show, and its only a this
train that you'll see Yakari Oshima as a flying swashbuckling samurai.
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Mac (Leon Lai) is a professional
thief who shoots his once partner for killing his girlfriend in
a bungled operation. He is later caught and meets two Small-time
thieves in prison. On release, they join forces to become the 'Skyline
Cruisers' of the title. During an operation to steal a cancer vaccine
they discover that they have a worthy adversary.
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A salesman gets mixed up
in a vendetta between a couple of killers and the triad gang they
want to teach a lesson. To make matters worse, the salesman's wife,
a policewoman, is fancied by one of her colleagues who decides to
kill the salesman and pretend the gang did it.
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To win the love of Carmen
Lee young delinquent (Aaron Kwok) takes up kickboxing and less by
skill than determination, knocks out a line of worthy opponents.
But he ends up accidentally killing her older brother in the ring,
severing their affair and leading to his descent into the world
of underground fighting.
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Lord
Conquer (veteran Japanese actor Sonny Chiba) makes orphans of two
children and raises them as his disciples. Ten years later, Wind
(Ekin Cheng) and Cloud (Aaron Kwok) have secured the kingdom, thus
fulfilling the prophecy. Conquer then sets them against each other,
using his innocent daughter Charity (Kristy Yeung) as a pawn.
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A year after the first installment
Fox (Jet Li) and Kiddo (Michelle Reis) learn that the sacred scroll
from Part I has fallen into the hands of Asia the Invincible (Brigette
Lin), a man who has changed his sex in the process of acquiring
unthinkable power. As part of his plan of conquest Asia the Invincible
has imprisoned the father of a woman to whom Fox is set to marry.
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