Lost in Hong Kong 2015: Xu Zheng’s China Blockbuster Comedy
Lost in Hong Kong (Lac Loi o Hong Kong) was China’s fifth-biggest film of 2015, grossing $234 million, but I…
Month: January 2020
Swordsmen in Double Flag Town 1991: A 1990s Wuxia Movie From He Ping
He Ping, the Chinese director best known for his international arthouse hit Red Firecracker Green Firecracker, is also the director of…
Triple Tap 2010: Daniel Wu, Louis Koo and Li Bingbing in Derek Yee’s Action Movie
Hong Kong fans get exactly one chance to guess to which movie this is a sequel. Of course it’s “Double…
Death and Glory in Changde: The Sino-Japanese War Movie Worthy to Watching
Set in 1943, late in the WWII period in China. A brave KMT army division stationed in Changde city. A…
Fatal Contact: The Hong Kong Underworld Martial Arts Movie From Wu Jing
Jacky Wu Jing has been working in Hong Kong cinema for over ten years now. But despite a number of…
The Storm Warriors: One of the Most Martial arts China Movies in 1990s
‘The Storm Warriors’ was the last film to sweep Hollywood competition aside when, in 1998, it marched to a fearsome…
Magic Kitchen: Andy Lau, Jerry Yan and Sammi Cheng In A Hong Kong Romantic Drama
The annual Sammi Cheng Lunar New Year film tries its best to be a sophisticated romantic drama. But the result…
Dry Martina Review: An Aimless And Superficial Character Study
Dry Martina shares both a cinematographer and an unconventional, self-determined female protagonist with Sebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman. Yet, mired…
Raid Movie: After A Few Stumbles, The Supense Thriller Lands On Its Feet
Raid comes at the right time – once again, the headlines are filled with breathless reports of a scam involving…
Crystal Fortune Run 1994: Sharla Cheung and Anita Yuen in Hong Kong Science Fiction-Thriller
While there is really no doubt that Hong Kong film-makers can keep up with (and many times exceed) their western…