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Red Trousers (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 4
Rotten:12
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Theatrical Release: Mar 5, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: film hosted by (and starring) ROBIN SHOU, star of MORTAL KOMBAT, the death-defying feats performed by the world's greatest stuntmen are profiled through interviews and clips that showcase their work. Inter-cutting with the... [More]
Director: Robin Shou
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Red Trousers pays tribute to one country's stuntmen. At the same time it's a personal tribute as Shou uses the film as a platform to showcase his own work.
03/26/05
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05/01/04
The documentary's few stunt sequences, both successful and failed, carry more weight than anything else.
04/30/04
There's plenty of material for a great movie in the lives and work of the stuntmen and women in Hong Kong's thriving action film industry. Unfortunately, this isn't that movie.
04/30/04
Fills you with a healthy respect for the men and women gladly risking their lives for your entertainment.
04/23/04
Top Critic For a movie about physical dexterity, this is clumsy stuff. It's like three movies fighting for one screen.
04/23/04
Instead of tackling the whole stunt issue head-on, Shou uses his first directorial effort, Lost Time: The Movie, as a definition-by-example that too frequently draws the viewer out of the far more fascinating historical context.
04/17/04
Rather than the That's Entertainment of jumps, falls and back flips, actor-director Robin Shou's tribute to his former profession is half-baked and a little self-serving.
04/02/04
Top Critic It jumps from one subject to another, it provides little historical context, it shows a lot of stunts being prepared and executed but refuses to ask the obvious questions in our minds.
04/02/04
Top Critic Feels more like a 'making-of' piece or vanity project for actor and first-time director Robin Shou ... than a tight, thorough documentary.
04/01/04
Top Critic Promises a glimpse into a world that few have yet been able to explore, but fails to deliver on much more than the basest levels of entertainment.
03/22/04
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03/16/04
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Top Critic The great documentary about Hong Kong stuntmen, and their relationship to the Beijing Opera, still needs to be made.
03/05/04
Shou creates an ambitious framework ... This layering detracts from the documentary footage, with nonaction narrative scenes thrown in for no apparent reason.
03/05/04
Top Critic Robin Shou's affectionate Red Trousers -- The Life of Hong Kong Stuntmen is so engaging and illuminating that it is enjoyable even for those unfamiliar with one of cinema's most dynamic forms.
03/05/04
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