Asian Cult Cinema (April 1997)Asian Cult Cinema pict 1
by Thomas Weisser, April 1997
ISBN : 1-57297-228-9

The book Asian Cult Cinema has reviews on a few hundred movies but the reviews pertaining to Brigitte Lin are found in:

  1. All the Wrong Spies (*1/2)
  2. Ashes of Time (****)
  3. Boys are Easy (**)
  4. Bride with White Hair (****)
  5. Bride with White Hair 2 (**)
  6. ChungKing Express (**)
  7. Deception (*1/2)
  8. Demon Fighter (*)
  9. Dragon Chronicles (*1/2)
  10. Dragon Inn (***1/2)
  11. Dream Lovers (***1/2)
  12. Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber (***)
  13. Fantasy Mission Force (***)
  14. Fire Dragon (***)
  15. Flamming Brothers (***)
  16. Ghost in the Mirror (**1/2)
  17. Golden Queen Commando (****)
  18. Lady in Black (***)
  19. Peking Opera Blues (****)
  20. Phoenix the Raider (**)
  21. Pink Force Commando (***1/2)
  22. Police Story 1 (***1/2)
  23. Royal Tramp (**)
  24. Royal Tramp (*)
  25. Swordsman 2 (***1/2)
  26. Swordsman 3: East is Red (***)
  27. True Colors (*)
  28. Women Warriors of Kingmen (*)
  29. Zu Warriors from Magic Mountain (****)
With photographs from Bride with White Hair and Dragon Chronicles.  It also lists the films by the major players ie stars and directors.  Of course, Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia is included.  All photographs are in black and white.

The astericks indicated a star rating system from * as worst to **** as best.  Read the book if  you want to know why it is assigned the way it is.  The book is easy to read and does have interesting comments.

It has its own Asian Cult Cinema web site.

Note: In the book, it claimed that she acted in Women Warriors of Kingmen.  In reality, she did not act in Women Warriors of Kingmen but in Women Soldiers.

Other Reviews:

  1. Heroic Cinema - Asian Cult Cinema
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