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Seoul Raiders

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I was a fan of Tokyo Raiders, and was quite eager for a sequel, but didn't think there would be one. I was wrong on this count. I was also wrong that it would not be the kind of sequel that is much better than the original.

Like Tokyo Raiders, SEOUL RAIDERS has a plot that makes about as much sense as that of MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE. Something to do with Owen lee (Richie Jen)an American-born Chinese CIA agent who steals some counterfeit money plates and flees to Seoul, Korea, and this necessitates that Wushu master/ secret agentLam (Tony Leung) join forces with porfessional thief/babe J.J. (Shu Qi)call upon his three Korean angels (Choi Yeo-Jin, Cho Soo-Hyn, and Cho Han-Na)to get the plates back.

Like any Jackie Chan movie, SEOUL RAIDERS is made to be a comedy-dominated martial arts action flick, and there are several entertaining fights. The opening fight with Tony Leung and Shu Qi playing keep-away with some evil-doers statr off the movie with a bang. One very short fight that takes play while Lam is rounding up the Korean babes, all of whom are very attractive, showcases Sun-ah, played by Choi Yeo-Jin beating up some sexaully harrassing bikers with some swift Tae Kwon Do kicks. Shu Qi's humorous battle with Richie Jen totally outdoes any of her martial arts in SO CLOSE. Arguably the best fight takes place in alley, with Tony Leung fighting off several Korean thugs, including a quick-moving bouncer/Tae Kwon Do expert. Being a Tae Kwon Do blackbelt myself, I am quite pleased with all of the Korean fighters execution in SEOUL RAIDERS, a sequel that would fully justify any upcoming BANKOK RAIDERS

This movie was great! I get to watch movies at work. This movie has quite a few funny moments. This movie passed the time quite well, I borrowed this movie from my library and it was the best movie I have seen in a month! You would be a fool not to at least watch it once! It was so good I added it to my wish list, and when I get paid I am TOTALLY BUYING THIS MOVIE!!! The story was great, it kept me interested and would not let go until it ended! The move is only in cantonese and mandarin audio, but it has english subtitles, but is well worth it!!

It's a Chinese action film that of course seems as a fantasy. However, it's entertaining and girls are pretty good looking to watch.

Beautiful Asian folks kicked and punch each other mercilessly for reasons completely misiunderstandable too frequently while trying to get plates (counterfeited?) of the US hundred dollar note in right hands.

It is something like an Asian version of "Charlie's Angels" much lacking of sexism, regrettably.

I usually don't take the time to write a review, unless the movie is very good, and I have never given a bad review of a movie up to this point, but I felt since I have lost two hours of my life that I will never get back, I would save some reader these two hours of their life.

I love Asian films, and love action movies, and the reason I bought this film was for the good cast that they had in it..........but I found myself fast-forwarding through the too-long, poorly choreographed fight scenes, where I felt that the director thought if he put some loud heart-thumping music in it, that it would make it look good. It didn't. The music was so repetitive in every fight scene, I couldn't stand it anymore.

In the film, the main character is an agent from HK, who follows a thief to Korea to find some stolen bank plates. When he arrives in Korea, he gets a hold of three beautiful woman who have helped him in the past (think, Charlie's Angels). I thought, OK, but all they did was run around saying "Boss" "Boss", and never did anything. I sat there and said, "they went to all the trouble of getting these girls, but they did nothing with them."

That's all. With this movie, I don't want to even waste the time to write a review about it any longer.