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TT3D: Closer to the Edge (2011)
Not just for petrolheads
I ride a bike, but have never had any interest in motorcycle racing but loved this film. Everyone should watch it as it is not about the bikes or the racing, it is about the people who take part, their friends and their families, and how they all try and cope with the passion, and the very real danger. Not sure whether the 3D really enhances the experience for not and would have to watch it in 2D to be sure. However, whether it is the medium or not, the film draws you into the experience of the TT. With Guy Martin, someone who everyone around him clearly finds lovable despite his obvious flaws, as the centrepiece, the movie carries you through the build up and the fortnight on the island in a picturesque, well paced way. There is no unnecessary technical techno-babel, and the bikes themselves are rarely mentioned. The movie is all the better for that. This is a documentary about men, not machines, which should be on everyone's "must see" list.
Wo hu cang long (2000)
Over rated
Terrific fight sequences - more like ballet than combat, and definitely worth seeing. But the film is slow moving and pretentious to the extreme. The ending makes the film goer wonder what was the point of a story that seems to be about nothing but unhappiness and frustration
House of Whipcord (1974)
Sexploitation
Although defended as allegory, this film is nothing but shock sexploitation. Young women are held captive and stripped to be whipped. Death by hanging follows for some.
One can see why UK cinema died in the 70's!