In the Mood for Love (2000)
Wong Kar-wai’s 2000 1960s Hong Kong romance. Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung. Unfulfilled longing. Cheongsam parade. Slow motion.
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
This archive gathers the films featuring Tony Leung Chiu-wai reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Hard Boiled (1992)”, “In the Mood for Love (2000)”, “Infernal Affairs (2002)”, and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)” — 4 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Tony Leung Chiu-wai serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
Hard Boiled (1992)
John Woo’s 1992 Hong Kong action film. Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung. The hospital sequence that John Wick choreography traces back to.
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Lau and Mak’s 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller. Two moles on opposite sides. The film Scorsese remade as The Departed. Often called the better version.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) — Review
Tony Leung’s career-best Wenwu, Hong Kong-influenced martial arts choreography, the Phase 4 entry that demonstrated the alternative. Third-act problems. At 6.5/10.