"We Could Have Had Something SPECIAL!"

Seeing that picture of Fan Bingbing reminded me of another of my favorite Asian actresses, Ziyi Zhang. If you have never seen one of her action films you have missed out. Let me give you a sense of Ziyi Zhang's powerful balletic fighting style in these two clips.

The first is from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the bottom one from House of Flying Daggers. The character in the second movie is suppose to be blind, which makes Zhang's abilities as an actress and dancer all the more remarkable.



I couldn't complete this post without showing off what is probably my favorite performance of hers. I confess a weakness for Chris Tucker's comedy stylings (Ruby Rudd in Fifth Element was comedy Oscar bait) so she was just added sprinkles on the cake that is Rush Hour 2. I have me a deep spiritual love for that movie. It's just so stupid. I love the smirk on her face as he's mocking her because she knows just how badly he is about to get his ass kicked.