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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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Divergence

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

A super slick thriller from Benny Chan (Heroic Duo, Gen-X Cops, A Moment of Romance) – but easy on the melodrama!… (more…)

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Fong Sai Yuk

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Bizarre, inspired fight scenes and farcical fun, Corey Yuen directs Jet Li in a silly but highly enjoyable movie… (more…)

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High Risk aka Meltdown

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

A martial arts movie star famous for his stunts? Now who could Wong Jing be lampooning in this Jet Li vehicle?… (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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Saviour Of The Soul

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Corey Yuen and Daniel Lai co-direct this superb comic book nonsense… (more…)

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So Close

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Three ass kicking babes in some of the best action sequences in ages – Charlies Angels eat your heart out… (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 Eagle Shooting Heroes

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Shot back-to-back with Ashes Of Time and sharing much of the same cast, the stars get to let their hair down in a very different take on the same Louis Cha novel… (more…)

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The Promise

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

First Zhang Yimou made a film about the same subject as Chen Kaige had, now Kaige has followed Yimou by making a CGI led ‘wuxia pian’ movie – will these guys ever stop treading on each others toes?… (more…)

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The Touch

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Michelle Yeoh both produces and stars in this good looking, enjoyable action film by Peter Pau, the Oscar-winning cinematographer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But as possibly the first Hong Kong/Chinese production entirely in English, does it work?… (more…)

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