Bai Ling Archives

The Crow (1994)

Rating: ★★★★

Apr 18, 2000Resurrected Avenger/Graphic Novel Adaptation

Overshadowed by the tragedy of star Brandon Lee's death on set, this is a beautifully dark and glistening Gothic tale of a murdered youth revived from the dead to attain vengeance against his killers. Several lesser sequels followed

Director: Alex Proyas

Actors: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Tony Todd, …

Category: Fantasy

18 April 200014 January 2026 by Roog

Wild Wild West (1999)

Rating: ★

Jul 10, 1999Western Spy Film/TV Series Remake

The big screen remake of the 1960s Western/spy mashup tv series is transformed into an overblown and painfully unfunny Will Smith vehicle that loudly signals it is taking none of itself seriously

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Actors: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, …

Category: Science Fiction

10 July 199930 September 2022 by Roog

The Breed (2001)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 20, 2002Detective and Vampire Partner

A vampire film with an original premise, a buddy cop film where a vampire and human partner are paired together in a world where vampires are revealing their presence to humans for the first time

Director: Michael Oblowitz

Actors: Bokeem Woodbine, Adrian Paul, Bai Ling, James Booth, Ming Lo, …

Category: Horror

20 June 200223 February 2026 by Roog

The Monkey King (2001)

Rating: ★½

Dec 22, 2005Epic Chinese Legend

A tv mini-series adaptation of the famous Chinese legend Journey to the West made for US audiences by Hallmark Entertainment. The story remains stolidly earthbound and the meta-fictional contortions the story has to add to engage in to have the monk hero replaced by a contemporary Thomas Gibson are bizarre

Director: Peter MacDonald

Actors: Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Eddie Marsan, …

Category: Fantasy

22 December 20056 October 2025 by Roog

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 12, 2005Retro SF Adventure/Flying Ace Hero

Superlative film that recreates an imagined world of 1930s retro sf filled with flyer heroes, giant robots and stunning Art Deco designs.

Director: Kerry Conran

Actors: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 February 200517 March 2025 by Roog

Dumplings (2004)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 24, 2005Rejuvenation, Dumplings and Cannibalism

Excellent horror from Fruit Chan about a middle-aged actress seeking a backstreet age rejuvenation treatment. Great performances and directed with a queasy discomfort

Director: Fruit Chan

Actors: Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Category: Horror

24 July 200525 January 2026 by Roog

Three … Extremes (2004)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 5, 2005Asian Horror Anthology

Standout horror anthology designed to highlight episodes from three Asian directors – Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, South Korea’s Park Chan-wook and Japan’s Takashi Miike - all of whom are on top form

Director: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-Wook, Takashi Miike

Actors: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Category: Horror

5 August 20054 October 2025 by Roog

Southland Tales (2006)

Rating: ★★★

May 4, 2008Near-Future L.A.

Richard Kelly of Donnie Darko fame makes a work set in a near-future L.A., a sprawling film bursting at the edges with too many characters and subplots but not uninteresting

Director: Richard Kelly

Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Cheri Oteri, …

Category: Science Fiction

4 May 200830 June 2025 by Roog

The Gene Generation (2007)

Rating: ★★½

May 27, 2020Cyberpunk Future/Genetic Hacking

Modest Cyberpunk film set in a future where gene editing and hacking has become a norm. Bai Ling owns the show as the kick-ass fetish-gear clad heroine

Director: Pearry Teo

Actors: Bai Ling, Alec Newman, Parry Shen, Robert David Hall, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 May 202027 October 2025 by Roog

Age of the Hobbits (2012)

Rating: ★★

Feb 8, 2013The Asylum Mockbuster/Epic Fantasy

A mockbuster from The Asylum that sets out to copy Peter Jackson's The Hobbit such that Jackson and co sued, forcing The Asylum to change the title in several territories

Director: Joseph J. Lawson

Actors: Christopher Judge, Bai Ling, Kim Little

Category: Fantasy

8 February 20136 November 2025 by Roog

The Gauntlet (2013)

Rating: ★

Apr 17, 2025Labyrinth/Elimination Game

Film with people trapped in a mysterious labyrinth, which may be Hell, where they are required to eliminate one another in order to survive. Aka Game of Assassins

Director: Matt Eskandari

Actors: Warren Kole, Bai Ling, Jaime Ray Newman, Dustin Nguyen, …

Category: Fantasy

17 April 202513 November 2025 by Roog

Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2020)

Rating: ★★

Jul 31, 2020Exorcism on an Airplane/Bad Taste Comedy

A possession film set on an airplane. This sets out to parody exorcism movie cliches but makes a beeline for outrageous bad taste humour. It does include a great cast of genre regulars

Director: Chad Ferrin

Actors: Robert Miano, Bai Ling, Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley, …

Category: Horror

31 July 202016 July 2025 by Roog