Below are some mini-reviews of a few of the Joy Sales Legendary Collection DVD releases in Hong Kong. All are anamorphic widescreen original language with English subtitles and all-region so are worth picking up at the current cheap prices as Read more…
Unbeatable was originally called MMA because one of the main features of the story is the new sport of cage fighting and mixed martial arts. Fai (Nick Cheung) was once a world champion in boxing but has to escape to Read more…
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai is yet another retelling of the story of Ma Wing-Jing a poor country bumpkin who goes to Shanghai seeking fame and fortune but ends up on the wrong side of powerful gang bosses. Philip Read more…
Director Wong Jing is a director that I have liked in the past, although his films tend to be a mishmash of different ideas and Read more…
Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) is the best field agent in North Korea – until he is abandoned during a mission and his wife and daughter are brutally murdered. Hunted and on the run, he takes a job as a driver for Read more…
The most talked about sequel for action and martial arts movie fans finally arrived this year with Gareth Evan’s follow up to The Raid, titled unsurprisingly, The Raid 2. The same star is leading the action and I was eager Read more…
Andy Lau has had a long and varied career in Hong Kong films and still seems as busy as ever, this is his latest cop thriller Firestorm directed by Alan Yuen. Lau plays a senior police officer Lui who has Read more…
Jet Li plays Tsui Chik, a former test subject of a project to create super-soldiers, impervious to pain and trained to stop at nothing to complete their missions. But he is forced to escape with his comrades after the project Read more…
Jackie Chan made a number of films for Lo Wei, all of which apart from the last, Fearless Hyena were box office flops. Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin was one of the better early efforts but still lacks in Read more…
Not many Shaw Brothers movies have made it onto Blu ray yet, but this was one of the early releases by Tokyo Shock, the Chang Cheh directed Heroes Two. Starring Chen Kuan Tai and Fu Sheng they play the Patriots, Read more…
