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Victor Wong has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 1990s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Big Trouble in Little China.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
Science Fiction · Adventure

The Three Musketeers
1993
Action · Adventure

The Legend
1993
Adventure · Action

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
Science Fiction · Action

D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
Adventure · Action

Muppets from Space
1999
Family · Comedy

The Gods Must Be Crazy II
1989
Action · Comedy

101 Dalmatians
1996
Family · Comedy

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci · With John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole

A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Brad Pitt, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, David Thewlis

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Dir. Ron Underwood · With Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter

In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
Dir. Michael Cimino · With Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."
Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 brother NINJAS! To use their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!
Dir. Jon Turteltaub · With Victor Wong, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade

During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge.
Dir. Charles T. Kanganis · With Victor Wong, Max Elliott Slade, Sean Fox

Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the toxic landfill that is destroying the Indian community. However the town is owned by the rich man and he controls the police and even the mayor. They must fight a motorcycle gang and renegade cowboys in this non-stop ninja adventure.
Dir. Shin Sang-ok · With Victor Wong, Charles Napier, Michael Treanor

Three young boys, Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum together with their neighbor girl, computer whiz Amanda are visiting Mega Mountain amusement park when it is invaded by an army of ninjas led by evil Medusa, who wants to take over the park and hold the owners for ransom. Kids and retired TV star Dave Dragon, who made his farewell appearance at the park at the time the ninjas appeared, have to break Medusa's vicious plans.
Dir. Sean McNamara · With Victor Wong, Mathew Botuchis, Hulk Hogan
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.
Dir. Jim Goddard · With Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman
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