The Complete Works Podcast

This week, the Mikes are taking a break from Yeoh and getting back in the Cage - Nicolas Cage recently shot two westerns back-to-back in Montana, and the first of those has just been released: THE OLD WAY! Nicolas Cage is a retired gunslinger when the son of a man he killed returns for revenge - also starring Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Noah Le Gros, Nick Searcy, and Clint Howard!

This week, Michelle Yeoh goes international with her first English-language film -  the 1997 action blockbuster TOMORROW NEVER DIES! Featuring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, Yeoh appears as Wai Lin, today considered one of the best Bond Girls of the entire series. We dive into why that is with resident Bond expert Nick Wermuth on this week's episode!

This week, Michelle Yeoh takes on a supporting role in a historical retelling of the revolutions and unrest of early 1900s China, THE SOONG SISTERS! The three Soong Sisters were influential figures in Chinese history, and this film - also starring Vivian Wu and Maggie Cheung (becoming the first to join the Yeoh Five-Timers Club!) - seeks to tell their story. 

After a series of on-set injuries, Michelle Yeoh slowed down a bit and took on a more dramatic role in 1996, one that closely reflected her own life working in the Hong Kong film industry - and in the process, she actually suffered her worst injury yet. It's time to talk Ann Hui's THE STUNT WOMAN!

This week, Michelle Yeoh pops up in a small cameo in 1994's SHAOLIN POPEY II: MESSY TEMPLE! And boy, what a messy temple it is - two six year olds must save their master after he's kidnapped by hired killers, and shenanigans ensue!

This week, it's the movie that got Michelle Yeoh to slow down on her action career after yet another spinal injury - WONDER SEVEN! Featuring Yeoh, a team of elite government agents, dirt bikes, espionage, and one of the craziest final action sequences we've seen yet!

This week, Michelle Yeoh reunites with legendary action filmmaker Yeun Woo-Ping, and she's taking center stage in WING CHUN! When her ex-boyfriend (Donnie Yen) returns to town and mistakes another woman for her, shenanigans ensue - plus, bandits are constantly attacking, so you know Michelle Yeoh will need to teach them a lesson. Featuring some of the best action sequences we've seen on this podcast, WING CHUN proves to be an all-timer Yeoh Showcase.

This week, Michelle Yeoh takes on a supporting role in TAI CHI MASTER, starring Jet Li as Junbao, the titular Tai Chi Master. It's her first collaboration with acclaimed director/choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping, and features all of his signature wire-fu fighting style on full display - get ready for wild action, shenanigans, and some surprising brutality!

This week, Michelle Yeoh spins off of the POLICE STORY franchise to take center stage in SUPERCOP 2! Director Stanley Tong returns, and Jackie Chan pops in for a quick cameo (though the marketing would have you believe he's a main character). This one's a little grittier and a little more focused on realism than some of the other franchise entries, and it proves a to be a great solo showcase for Michelle Yeoh after working in ensembles for her last few movies. Plus, Uncle Bill is back!

This week, Michelle Yeoh reunites with Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui for a sequel to THE HEROIC TRIO, released just seven months after the original, EXECUTIONERS! Johnnie To returns to co-direct with Ching Siu-tung for this story that takes our heroes and places them in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where a nefarious madman has taken hold of the city's clean water. (Did George Miller see this at some point?)