David Rees Fate of Lee Khan – Review
Director King Hu is one of those filmmakers who gets a lot of critical praise but his work has not had the wide distribution it deserves. He started at Shaw…
Fearless Hyena – Blu Ray Review
Jackie Chan struggled with his early films for producer/director Lo Wei with each film failing at the box office. Until he was lent out to Seasonal films and made the…
Mini Reviews – Joy Sales DVDs
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…
Unbeatable – Blu Ray Review
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…
Once Upon A Time in Shanghai – Review
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…
From Vegas To Macau – Review
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 not always coherent they have…
The Suspect – Review
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 Raid 2 – Review
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…
Firestorm (2013) – Review
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…
Black Mask (Uncut) – Blu Ray Review
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…