Articles in Hong Kong Movie Reviews
Twilight: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
Here’s another behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming teen vampire/werewolves/supernatural movie “Twilight”. This was originally run by MTV, but some clever fellow with YouTube know-how managed to rip it and put it on YouTube for all to see. God Bless those YouTube kids. Catherine Hardwicke directs from a script by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novels [...]
April 21st, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreBreaking News (2004) DVD Review
With “Exiled” and the “Election” films winning Johnnie To a level of international popularity and respect rarely enjoyed by Hong Kong directors, it’s good to see another of his recent efforts finally being released on region 2 DVD through Tartan, namely the critically acclaimed “Breaking News”. To an extent the film, which originally came out [...]
October 6th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreInvisible Target (2007) Movie Review
Benny Chan’s “Invisible Target” is one of the few Hong Kong films I have been looking forward to seeing in 2007. It joins Donnie Yen’s “Flash Point” and the Johnnie To-Tsui Hark-Ringo Lam collaboration “Triangle” as films that I hope will rekindle my enthusiasm for Hong Kong cinema, something that has waned greatly over the [...]
October 2nd, 2007 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreUndercover (2007) Movie Review
Just in case there were any viewers left out there who hadn’t quite gotten the point that life for undercover cops in Hong Kong is hazardous and generally depressing comes the cunningly titled “Undercover”. All flippancy aside, the film certainly boasts an impressive pedigree, being directed by “Colour of the Loyalty” helmer Billy Chung and [...]
September 1st, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreFlash Point (2007) Movie Review
Hong Kong Police Inspector Jun Ma (Donnie Yen) is a baaaaad man. How bad? When we first see him, he’s gotten news that a suspect he has been looking for has resurfaced in a gym. Ma proceeds over to the gym, gets in the ring with the suspect, and beats the living Jesus out of [...]
August 19th, 2007 | Nix | 1 Comment | Read MoreThe Closet (2007) Movie Review
Aside from the odd on-form outing from the increasingly erratic Pang Brothers, it’s fair to say that the Hong Kong horror genre has for the past few years been in pretty bad shape, with the majority of releases being content to simply pick up the well-chewed scraps from the modern Asian ghost table. Thankfully, some [...]
July 28th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreWomen (1985) Movie Review
Released back in 1985, the Shaw Brothers production “Women” marked the debut of acclaimed director Stanley Kwan, and was the first of his many films based around female characters, something which has seen him develop a reputation for being one of Hong Kong cinema’s chief feminist cinematic voices. The film boasts an all star cast, [...]
July 14th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreMy Wife is a Gangster 3 (2006) Movie Review
“My Wife is a Gangster 3″ sees director Cho Jin Kyo returning to the popular Korean series, with Taiwanese actress Shu Qi taking over lead duties from original star Shin Eun Kyung and sparing viewers another non-performance from starlet Zhang Ziyi, who had previously been earmarked for the role. Although some might bemoan the absence [...]
May 17th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreTwins Mission (2007) Movie Review
Although Hong Kong pixie popstrels Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi, known (or perhaps dreaded, depending on the viewer’s disposition) collectively as Twins, have individually been building up respectable bodies of acting work, their past cinematic collaborations have tended to be pretty shoddy efforts. Their films are seemingly strung together by their record company as thinly [...]
April 14th, 2007 | James Mudge | 3 Comments | Read MoreBattle of Wits (2006) Movie Review
Andy Lau does epic in “Battle of Wits”, a mostly forgotten big-budget period film from China, utilizing a pan-Asian cast from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Like its Chinese epic brethrens of 2006, “Curse of the Golden Flower” and “The Banquet” to name but a few, “Battle of Wits” was created with the [...]
January 22nd, 2007 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read More
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