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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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Double Vision

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
It’s Seven meets Ring in a supernatural horror from Peony Pavilion director Chen Kuo-fu - starring Hong Kong’s Tony Leung Ka-fai and America’s David Morse… (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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Golden Chicken

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
An entertaining trip through the social and economic ups and downs of nearly a quarter of a century in Hong Kong - as seen through the more literal ups and downs of a hooker… (more…)

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Heroes Shed No Tears

Monday, July 10th, 2006
It’s John Woo at his most brutal and explosive, but Woo fans beware - there was a reason this film originally stayed on the shelf for a couple of years… (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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Koma

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005
Plenty of potential, but way too predictable – this is Asian horror by numbers… (more…)

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Re-Cycle

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
The Pang Brothers reunite with the star of The Eye for another imaginative horror… (more…)

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The Eye

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Unsettling and genuinely scary, the Pang brothers follow-up to Bangkok Dangerous is no pale Sixth Sense imitation… (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 Eye Infinity

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
The curse of seeing dead people? The curse of the sequels more like!… (more…)

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Three

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Solid horror anthology with three very different takes on life after death from three different Asian countries and directors… (more…)

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