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Andy Lau’s film World Without Thieves is one of my favorite Chiense movies. I enjoyed watching it on DVD with some friends, huddling under blankets on a very cold New Year’s Eve.

World Without Thieves surprised me by how touching it is — I really enjoyed the portrayal of the relationship between the couple. And Lau’s acting, as always, was outstanding.

I think World Without Thieves might be one of the Chinese films that is more accessible for Western audiences. If you like watching foreign films, this is one I can recommend.

During the Chinese New Year holiday, I watched Andy Lau’s The Protege, and it certainly got my thumbs up. I saw it with 4 other friends, and it was quite a diverse group with differing tastes, but all of us really enjoyed the show.

Lau is one of my favorite Chinese actors. I loved him in World Without Thieves, another of his recent films, but I thought he was about as good as I’ve ever seen him in The Protege.

The film has a good “message” to it, and it explores the drug scene in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia very well. I liked that about the movie. The fun part of it was that there was a lot of humor mixed in with the very serious themes of the film. That made it a real pleasure to watch.

Lau’s screen presence seems to grow as he matures (ok, ages), and it seems to me he hasn’t lost a thing over the years, but has only gotten better.