Review Haiku – Bodyguards and Assassins
Posted on January 24, 2012
Waning dynasty
Tries to stop revolution
Ideas don’t die
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Review Haiku – Bangkok Dangerous
Posted on January 17, 2012
A deaf-mute killer
Finding love at a drug store
Hiding from bullets
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Review Haiku – Ip Man 2
Posted on December 10, 2011
Martial arts master
Has to prove himself worthy
In and out of ring
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Review Haiku – The Dark Knight
Posted on June 10, 2011
Nothing left to chance
A white knight and a dark one
Get dealt a Joker
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Review Haiku – The Pillow Book
Posted on June 7, 2011
Woman wants lover
Good penmanship required
Use skin as paper
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Review Haiku – Sex and Chopsticks: The Forbidden Legend
Posted on April 11, 2011
Sex as martial art
He does push-ups with his dick
And spars with women
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Review Haiku – The Man with the Golden Gun
Posted on March 31, 2011
A pricey hit man
A million bucks a shot
Golden shot for Bond
A kid in Thailand
Helped Bond out and is still owed
Twenty thousand baht
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Review Haiku – You Only Live Twice
Posted on March 14, 2011
Bond killed in Hong Kong
He is then buried at sea
Comes back for Blofeld
A bunch of good guys
Fights off a bunch of bad guys
Bond thwarts evil plot
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Review Haiku – Black Samurai
Posted on February 7, 2011
A black samurai?
With pistols and a jetpack,
He’s more like James Bond
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Review Haiku – Kung Fu Hustle
Posted on November 28, 2010
Pig Sty residents
Make Neo look like Magoo
Don’t stop for Axes
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