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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…)

Since 1999 Hong Kong Legends had released remastered versions of classics (relatively) old and new that had gained them an international reputation. But that wasn’t enough to keep them in business - why? (more…)

Nominated for an Oscar, Jet Li stars in director Zhang Yimou’s (Raise The Red Lantern, Not One Less) first foray into the swordplay genre, and it’s one of the most beautiful and offbeat yet… (more…)

A beautiful tale of romance and bitter betrayal, Zhang Yimou’s follow-up to Hero is even better… (more…)

A thought provoking and beautiful movie, the second movie from Lu Chuan (The Missing Gun) is a real winner - and finally getting the release it deserves… (more…)

The latest Tsui Hark movie is more than a decent stab at a ‘wuxia’ movie in the wake of Zhang Yimou’s Hero and House of Flying Daggers - but does it fall short of being the epic he intended?… (more…)

A nicely played and well-directed swordplay film – but haven’t we seen it all before? (more…)

The bizarre and often baffling follow up to Swordsman II sees Brigette Lin reprising her role as Asia the Invincible… (more…)

Director Zhang Yimou’s latest swordplay inspired movie is a visual delight, but this one won’t please the martial arts fans… (more…)

Director Su-chang Kong re-enters R-Point territory with this impressive shocker… (more…)

Beautifully crafted, superbly told - surely this is one film that should always be in those ‘Top 100′ movie lists? If only people knew about it… (more…)

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…)