Greatest Films (clubs JQKA) 4th in an ongoing series

Been awhile, but I like to finish what I start, even if belatedly
(more manly club movies)

Jack of Clubs - In Harm's Way, Otto Preminger (dir)
John Wayne being John Wayne, Kirk Douglas being a badder version of Kirk Douglas, and Patricia Neal (who has a well structured lived in sort of hotness that needs to be better appreciated). Pearl during the war, basically a manly soap-opera, but solid nevertheless.

Queen of Clubs - Batoru Rowaiaru, Kinki Fukasaku (dir)
Fukasaku-san's bloody crazed epic (Battle Royale is the English title, the sequel's not nearly as good) of high school kids forced to kill or be killed. Plus it's got Takeshi Kitano as the teacher and Chiaki Kuriyama (aka Gogo Yubari of Kill Bill fame) as one of the students (no lethal ball on chain action though). It's a bloody gory mess, but it's an exciting bloody gory mess that is very entertaining.

King of Clubs - Kung Fu, (Kung Fu Hustle in the U.S.) Stephen Chow (dir)
Funny, action-packed, and has heart. Even James Lileks declared this a masterpiece, what more do you need?

Ace of Clubs - Du Bi Quan Wang Da Po Xue Di Zi, (aka The One Armed Boxer II, also aka The Master of the Flying Guillotine) Yu Wang (dir)
Great Kung Fu picture, plus fuzz guitar. Yu Wang wrote, directed, and stars, but Kang Kam's eyebrows are the real star of this film (oh and that flying guillotine contraption, too). This film inspired so much that followed it's hard to describe how important this film. This is the Joyce's Ulysses of Kung Fu films, honest.



UPDATE:

For ease of navigation, and just in case anyone comes to any of these individual posts randomly, I'm adding a link to each of the nine posts within each posts.

Summary
2-10 of Hearts
JQKA of Hearts
2-10 of Clubs
JQKA of Clubs
2-10 of Diamonds
JQKA of Diamonds
2-10 of Spades
JQKA of Spades
Jokers