Butterfly & Sword
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Just another early 80s wire-fu movie – or at least it would be if not for the performances of leads Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh and some fine action from Ching Siu-tung… (more…)

Just another early 80s wire-fu movie – or at least it would be if not for the performances of leads Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh and some fine action from Ching Siu-tung… (more…)
Leslie Cheung leads an all-star cast in Wong Kar-wai’s sophomore film… (more…)
A super slick thriller from Benny Chan (Heroic Duo, Gen-X Cops, A Moment of Romance) - but easy on the melodrama!… (more…)
Johnnie To’s triad epic may not offer anything new to the gangster genre, but his ensemble cast are a delight to watch… (more…)
Another rather convincing slice of the Hong Kong triad gang world from Election director Johnnie To – with an ensemble cast to die for!… (more…)
They don’t come much slicker than this - Tony Leung and Andy Lau shine in this classy thriller… (more…)
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…)
Hong Kong’s most successful trilogy finally runs out of steam with a disappointing (and frankly rather pointless) finale – those Godfather comparisons continue… (more…)
The Fast and The Furious gets the Hong Kong treatment, but will this appeal to anyone other than boy racers?… (more…)
Director Park Chan-wook’s follow-up to Sympathy for Mr Vengeance is an even better twisted tale of revenge… (more…)
A worthy successor to director Derek Yee’s One Night In Mongkok with a fantastic performance by Andy Lau, but a lack of true menace in the film stops this just short of being a classic… (more…)
Director Jingle Ma (Silver Hawk) and star Tony Leung (In The Mood For Love, Infernal Affairs) re-unite for a belated but rather disappointing follow-up to Tokyo Raiders… (more…)
Solid horror anthology with three very different takes on life after death from three different Asian countries and directors… (more…)
Zhang Che’s landmark film - a bitter tale of revenge and the template for every kung fu movie of the seventies… (more…)