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Accident

Friday, March 5th, 2010

It’s no accident this has been causing such a stir! Intelligent with a fantastic premise, surely this one of the finest Hong Kong films of the last decade… (more…)

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Derek Yee’s Protégé released on DVD today

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Derek Yee’s follow up to One Night in Mongkok, Protégé, is released on DVD today by Liberation Entertainment. You can read out review here »

And there’s still a chance to enter our giveaway competition to win one of three copies – but hurry, there’s just a few more days to go! Enter here »

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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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DVD: Flash Point

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Director Wilson Yip and star/action choreographer Donnie Yen have teamed up for a third time after Dragon Tiger Gate and S.P.L. to present Flashpoint. Billed as a ‘back-to-basics’ return to realism in Hong Kong movies, it features full contact combat and use of the ‘Mixed Martial Arts’ style that Bruce Lee pioneered.

The 2-disc DVD is released in the UK by Showbox/Cine Asia on 31 March 2008.

Read our review of the film here »

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DVD: Protégé

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The new film by director Derek Yee (One Night In Mongkok) and starring Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs) and Daniel Wu (One Night In Mongkok, Purple Storm) is released on DVD in the UK on 8 September by Liberation Entertainment.

Read our review of the film here »

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DVD: Triangle

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Three undisputed masters of contemporary Hong Kong cinema – Tsui Hark (Seven Swords; Zu Warriors; Once Upon A Time In China), Ringo Lam (Full Contact; City On Fire) and Johnny To (Mad Detective; PTU) – join forces for the first time ever to apply their directorial skills ‘exquisite corpse’ style to Triangle, an “inventive, and darkly comic” (Mail on Sunday) crime thriller starring Louis Koo (Flashpoint), Simon Yam (SPL; Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life), Honglei Sun (Mongol; Seven Swords), Lam Ka Tung (Mad Detective; Infernal Affairs) and Kelly Lin (Mad Detective; Zu Warriors).

Read our review of Triangle here »

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Election

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Johnnie To’s triad epic may not offer anything new to the gangster genre, but his ensemble cast are a delight to watch… (more…)

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Election 2

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

It’s time for another Election, but can there really be any winners in Johnnie To’s vision of Hong Kong turbulent and violent underworld?… (more…)

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Flash Point

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

The latest teaming of director Wilson Yip and star/action choreographer Donnie Yen (Dragon Tiger Gate, S.P.L.) brings the sort of top-notch martial arts we’ve come to expect – so why is it so light on action? (more…)

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Legend Of Zu

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

Tsui Hark’s follow-up to the classic Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain is a spell blinding feast for the eyes. The special effects are equal anything Hollywood has to offer, but sadly it’s also just as hollow… (more…)

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Protege

Monday, February 25th, 2008

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…)

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Protégé DVD giveaway!

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Protégé, the latest film by One Night In Mongkok and 2 Young director Derek Yee, is released on DVD by Liberation Entertainment on 8 September. To celebrate its release we have THREE copies to giveaway…! (more…)

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Triangle

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Three of Hong Kong’s most respected directors – Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To – each take one half-hour segment of the same plotline, each with complete creative control – but is it any more than an self-indulgent experiment? (more…)

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