Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

Two brothers, Dragon and Tiger Wong, are separated when young: after his mother dies in a fire, Dragon is adopted by crime-lord Ma Kun (Kuan Tai Chen), whilst Tiger leads a more virtuous life learning martial arts at the Gate school. The brothers' paths cross years later when Tiger (Nicholas Tse) is involved in a fight at the restaurant where Dragon (Donnie Yen) is attending an important meeting between his adoptive father and the rival Lousha Gate gang. During the fracas, Ma Kun loses the valuable plaque that grants him control within the gang world, which triggers a chain of events that results in the Wong brothers joining forces with nunchaku wielding wanderer Turbo (Shawn Yue) to battle Shibumi, the nasty boss of the Lousha Gate gang.After Dragon From Russia, Stormriders, A Man Called Hero, and now Dragon Tiger Gate, I've finally come to the conclusion that manga-based martial arts movies just aren't my cup of Lap Sang Su Shong: I struggle with the wire-work and CGI required to effectively breathe life into the comic book action, particularly when it involves stars such as Donnie Yen and Yuen Wah, who are capable of breath-taking moves without resorting to such extreme movie trickery. However, even putting my prejudices against modern effects in martial arts films to one side, I found Dragon Tiger Gate to be a rather frustrating and ultimately disappointing affair, thanks to a predictable story, unnecessarily flashy direction designed to make its stars look impossibly cool, and a series of action set pieces that get weaker as the film progresses.Although the movie's first major battle, an explosive fight in a Japanese restaurant against hordes of sword-wielding henchmen is very entertaining and allows our heroes to perform an array of dazzling moves, subsequent moments of mayhem are less impressive, with the final mêlée drowning in a glut of OTT digital effects: when every punch or kick results in someone crashing through a wall or smashing into paving stones (accompanied by clouds of computer generated dust), I'm afraid that I start to lose interest.Dragon Tiger Gate also struggles during its quieter moments, with director Wilson Yip serving up way too many clichéd and unconvincing emotional scenes that only serve to lessen the film's overall impact: flashbacks show us the Wong brothers' harsh childhoods; there's plenty of brooding and soul searching courtesy of our photogenic heroes; and we get a doomed romance between Dragon and a tasty female member of Lousha Gate.5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

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

From the first seconds of Dragon Tiger Gate,it's easy to note its absence of originality and its intention of copying scenes,characters and concepts from other movies with the intention of entertaining the spectator.And the film gets that intention.There's nothing original in this movie,but director Wilson Yip knows how to adapt all the elements from other movies to Dragon Tiger Gate for finally getting a fun movie with a lot of energy.This film takes elements from the films directed by Tsui Hark,Ronny Yu and a lot more.As I said before,the story is not original and it has clichés,so,we do not see nothing new,but the film made a good work in keeping me fun.Dragon Tiger Gate is not as subversive and as good as director Stephen Chow's films(like Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle) and it is not as intensely dramatic as the masterpiece Time and Tide.I would say this film is in some intermediate point,far away from the excellence,but pretty fun.I'm usually against the absence of originality but,on some occasions,like in this movie,the final result is a good film.I can recommend Dragon Tiger Gate because,without being great,it's pretty fun.

This movie is all about the famous ever-lasting theme, which is: Good Guys vs Bad Guys, with Good Guys winning in the end. I suppose it's a perfectly right, because not a lot of people want tragic finals - it's depressing.The script is uncomplicated and doesn't contain any deeply buried philosophical questions, so people who expect to finally discover answers to "Why are we here?" will probably walk away feeling deceived. However, while I liked the uncomplicated part, I suspect that some pieces of the story had gone missing during the making of the movie and occasionally I felt lost. That's why I'm rating it 9 instead of 10.But the rest was really good. The actors - all of them - fitted perfectly and Donnie Yen was even better than perfect if only it's possible. And since it was him who did the action choreography it's only to be expected. When he starts kicking Bad Guys' asses you understand very clearly that they don't stand a chance against him, poor dears. Donnie Yen is awesome.Overall, I must say that I liked all three main heroes and wanted them to win throughout all the movie, and that says something.So, if you want to watch something visually impressive, with martial arts performed really, really well and good acting - that movie is for you. I enjoyed it immensely.