Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)

You won't be disappointed!

Thanks for the memories!

Strong and Moving!

Absolutely Fantastic

I think this movie is receiving unnecessary criticism due to people watching a poorly dubbed version of it - Don't be lazy - watch the original language with the English subtitles - You cannot get a full grasp of they story line or the actors abilities if you are not listening to their voices/emotions. I think this is a brilliant comic book movie - it is not meant to be realistic, but over-the-top fantasy - and that's why I love it. The fight scenes are intense and visually stunning, the colouring and design of the film is beautiful, and I think it is one of Donnie Yen's best performances in modern cinema. I had never heard of the film but it happened to be on rental offer so thought I would give it a go and have now watched it many times. I would recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of fantasy/martial art films (But do not watch the dubbed version!)

This is a fun movie to watch. I enjoyed it. Right from the first scene we get to see hi-fi martial arts. Cool, pretty cool. The main characters, Dragon Wong & Tiger Wong are great with their hair styles. The third actor, Turbo is good too.Movie has pretty good action sequences and it's like a video game transformed into a movie. All the fighting scenes are brilliantly shot. The last fight when we get to see Turbo with his Nunchucks is pretty good. And the names of the actors, Dragon, Turbo & Tiger sound like video game characters.Good one to watch with friends, alone and with family. You won't get bored plus you will get to see some decent storyline performance by actors and the main villain is good too (though I wonder why we don't get to see his face even in the end) 8/10.... Good one

A few recent movies have raised the bar for Hong Kong action cinema. Aside from the obvious "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" which introduced a moving plot and quality acting to the genre, "Ong Bak" raised the stakes for action by replacing gracefully balletic Wu Shu fights with acrobatic but brutal, hard-hitting action. Similarly, the Korean movie "Fighter in the Wind" also followed the hard hitting formula but added stylish camera-work to the mix. Luckily, "Dragon Tiger Gate" shows that Hong Kong kung fu cinema does have the skills to match these foreign usurpers.The first thing that jumps out at the viewer is the rather contrived but undeniably stylish air of "cool" that surrounds the lead characters with their snappy streetwear and (quite amusing) emo haircuts. These guys are ass kicking metrosexuals! Luckily they ass-kick very well! Following the Ong Bak formula, the opening fight scene shows foot hitting face with real force and the fighting style replaces the graceful wu shu of traditional Hong Kong cinema with something that looks more like Japanese karate or one of the harder, external forms of kung fu - not much posing or flowery stances but lots of straight to the point slamming strikes.So the film looks great and the fights are cool - how about the plotting? Crouching Tiger standard? Of course not! It's a standard formula about estranged brothers on different sides of the tracks coming back together to defeat evil. But this really isn't the kind of movie where the plotting makes much difference (and, to be honest, when Hong Kong cinema tries intricate plotting you usually get an over-long and unfollowable movie, so fair play to them for keeping it simple!) - what you really want is quality fighting and stylish visuals and this movie more than delivers. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to kung fu movie fans.

Comic book based martial arts film about two brothers who reunite and with the help of a friend battle evil in a city.Spectacular but over the top wire work sequences are the main draw in what is a purely by the book affair. Certainly for fans the action is all that is needed here but its comic book over the topness coupled with a wafer thin story line make it less than enthralling. I'm sure this would have played better had I read the comic, unfortunately I didn't so I felt more than just a little lost.Worth a look for action fans and martial arts mavens all others should decided based upon their mood.