In November 1941, American news photographer Johnny 'Bugsy' Williams manages to escape from the Japanese and finds himself back in Burma where he meets the beautiful Miss Haoli Young. Johnny is also a flyer and his friend Shorty McGuire is after him to join the Flying Tigers. He could make a small fortune filming the Burma Road but puts off the opportunity to be with Haoli, but she leaves unexpectedly for Kunming where her father runs a school. He has a price on his head and ... (Full plot summary below)
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In November 1941, American news photographer Johnny 'Bugsy' Williams manages to escape from the Japanese and finds himself back in Burma where he meets the beautiful Miss Haoli Young. Johnny is also a flyer and his friend Shorty McGuire is after him to join the Flying Tigers. He could make a small fortune filming the Burma Road but puts off the opportunity to be with Haoli, but she leaves unexpectedly for Kunming where her father runs a school. He has a price on his head and spies working for the Japanese are ready to nab him. When he hears that the Japanese are going to wipe out Kunming, he sets off to rescue Haoli.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzRipping reworking of Romeo and Juliet, that's set in modern-day Manhattan's Chinatown and Little Italy. |
| User ReviewAndrew MOn the surface, a remake of Romeo & Juliet (or West Side Story, depending on your values), but stunning cast (save the near-wooden but attractive leads) and Ferrara's brilliant, sleazy and dangerous New York City atmosphere make it breathe and live. I am totally in love with Ferrara's New York...He makes me actually believe it IS the centre of the universe, whereas other filmmakers merely piss me off with their city's self-promotion. A great film. |
| User ReviewAnthony BIts a strong love story set in Canal Street. I love watching anything with old New York shots. Strong performances from James Russo (An Extremely talented actor, who never was given a chance to be a star.) and a young David Caruso. Sari Chang needed a few more acting classes. |
| User ReviewKenny NFrom the director of exploitation classics such as "The Driller Killer" and "Ms. 45" comes a heartfelt, explosive, and just plain excellent little gem that has been unfairly buried deep. The two leads (in their only lead roles to date) readily convince, as does the violence occurring between the rival gangs. (Whether there's real bad blood between NYC's Little Italy and Chinatown neighborhoods or not, this movie makes you believe so.) I cannot recommend this movie highly enough. Certainly one of the best contemporary adaptations of the "Romeo and Juliet" story (although it has more in common with "West Side Story.") This deserves a DVD release in the states and to be recognized as a great romantic drama and depiction of gangland violence. Bravo, Mr. Ferrara. |
| User ReviewChristopher BModern day Rome and Juliet with a gangsta twist. |
| User ReviewRoberto RA modern day Romeo & Juliet or Westside story, set in New York in the late eighties. The two teenagers fall in love but he is Italian and she is Chinese. So, there is â??gonnaâ?? be trouble between some petty crooks in china town and little Italy, as both Tony (Richard Panebianco) and Tye (Sari Chang) siblings are both involved and they donâ??t like each other. Quite bland acting by the two young leads but David Caruso kind of steals it with his bigoted character called â??Mercuryâ??. As itâ??s the 80s the music in the film seems really loud as the gangs batter each other, in their pulled up sleeved jackets and up turned collars. Also, the hair somewhat â??quiffyâ?? for both sexes! When the mobsters get involved in the violence between the gangs (as they want the warring sides to stop), it gets slightly gory. Not a classic film by Abel Ferrara but as it is him behind the camera; it is well shot and shows a somewhat realistic and gritty city |
| User ReviewJochen WTragic story of interracial young love ended prematurely during a violent turf war between Chinatown and Little Italy. Police strictly enforce anti-loitering laws but are no where to be seen during street machine gun fights or store bombings. |
| User ReviewChris ZOnly thing it was missing was Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo. Just beat it... |
| User ReviewStefano LMagari Ferrara ragionerà per stereotipi, ma "China Girl" è comunque un prodotto appetibile. Il soggetto parla di due fazioni di giovani molto conservatori, di un'età compresa tra i diciotto e i trent'anni, da una parte di Little Italy e dall'altra di China Town, i quali lottano violentemente per il predominio sulle strade in prossimità dei due quartieri. Due giovanissimi, una ragazza cinese e un teenager italiano, "trovano l'intesa" in un locale notturno e s'innamorano. Le due famiglie faranno di tutto per allontanarli, ma essi insistono, fino alla terribile conclusione della loro love-story. Storia già sentita... con una sceneggiatura da serial televisivo... il regista prende il dramma eterno di Romeo e Giulietta e lo riproduce in un'ambientazione del tardo XX secolo... né più né meno. La caratteristica distintiva del buon Abel, però, non è mai stata quella di ''raccontare'' gli avvenimenti, bensì quella di saperli ''figurare'' decorosamente. "China Girl" infatti, sotto il punto di vista della rappresentazione, ne esce espressamente fascinoso. La fotografia post-noir nelle riprese dei vicoli oscuri e delle strade desolate, l'uso delle giacche nere dei membri delle gang e l'illuminazione dei clubs e delle abitazioni, dapprima biancastra, poi policromata, conferiscono un'immagine piacevolmente variopinta e quasi onirica alle location, in grado di cagionare perfettamente lo spirito di una magica New York degli anni ottanta. La scelta delle canzoni new-romantic e di una prestigiosa "Walk This Way" dei Run-Dmc non fa che accentuare il tono fantastico e sfumato della città che non dorme mai. Il film, per l'approssimazione di una trama vacillante e dei personaggi poco tratteggiati, al momento dell'uscita non avrà certamente "fatto il botto". Oggi però è una pellicola indipendente dell'87 abbastanza interessante, soprattutto per le accattivanti tecniche registiche e il buon utilizzo della fotografia. La bozza del plot, in fin dei conti sommaria, non sembra certamente l'elemento più rilevante di questo lavoro di Abel Ferrara. |
| User ReviewShawn WTragic story of interracial young love ended prematurely during a violent turf war between Chinatown and Little Italy. Police strictly enforce anti-loitering laws but are no where to be seen during street machine gun fights or store bombings. |
