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Days of Being Wild

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Leslie Cheung leads an all-star cast in Wong Kar-wai’s sophomore film… (more…)

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Deadful Melody

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Campy, explosive fun from the film that influenced the Lyre sequence in Kung Fu Hustle. Well, it’s not completely dreadful but… (more…)

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Dragon Tiger Gate

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

With brilliant fight scenes has Donnie Yen’s time in the spotlight finally come?… (more…)

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Forest Of Death

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Danny Pang proves he can no longer see the wood for the trees in this disappointing, ill-conceived, badly scripted horror-thriller… (more…)

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Full Alert

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Lau Ching Wan (Mad Detective, The Longest Nite) and Francis Ng (The Bride With White Hair, 2000 AD) star in this superbly paced thriller from writer/director Ringo Lam (Full Contact, City On Fire)… (more…)

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Infernal Affairs

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

They don’t come much slicker than this – Tony Leung and Andy Lau shine in this classy thriller… (more…)

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Infernal Affairs 2

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

The beginnings of Superintendent Wong and Sam’s feud are revealed in this solid, enjoyable prequel to a modern classic. It’s far more than just a re-run of the original… (more…)

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Infernal Affairs 3

Friday, September 30th, 2005

Hong Kong’s most successful trilogy finally runs out of steam with a disappointing (and frankly rather pointless) finale – those Godfather comparisons continue… (more…)

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Initial D: Driftracer

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

The Fast and The Furious gets the Hong Kong treatment, but will this appeal to anyone other than boy racers?… (more…)

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The Avenging Fist

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Andrew Lau and Corey Yuen direct this silly, fun sci-fi fight movie – but often messy, this is a bit ‘choppy’ in the wrong way… (more…)

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The Eye 2

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

The Pang Brothers do it again with a worthy scary follow-up to their acclaimed horror The Eye, starring the Gorgeous Shu Qi… (more…)

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The Top Ten Hong Kong movies…

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

The bite size guide for those of you who loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but were too afraid to ask where to go next… these are the ten Hong Kong movies you MUST see! (more…)

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Vengeance!

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Zhang Che’s landmark film – a bitter tale of revenge and the template for every kung fu movie of the seventies… (more…)

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