This romance/crime/comedy/drama/other remains, a quarter century later, my definitive personal image of Hong Kong.
Tag Archives: Crime
POINT BREAK (1991)
This is a very silly but somehow a very good action movie about robbing banks, surfing, skydiving, and many other things. At one point Patrick Swayze throws a dog at Keanu Reeves.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
Perhaps the ultimate Film Noir, about two murderers who are not nearly as smart as they think they are.
TOUKI BOUKI (1973)
A movie about a couple on the run after a crime spree. Seen that one before? Not like this.
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
The car chase is justly famous, but these days its cops with a “shoot first ask questions later” attitude are extremely hard to root for.
RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
A live action cartoon from the Coen Brothers about Nicolas Cage kidnapping babies, but for love. A personal favorite.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
Sidney Poitier has to solve a murder in a small southern town that hates him. A great social movie but kind of a blah procedural.
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