Black Random – Simon Yam – Movie Review

Veteran actor Simon Yam stars as Mann, an accomplished police officer who has allowed his career to wane after his wife was murdered by the mafia. Mann is forced to return to his former glory though when he is assigned to take down Sam Yo (played by Michael Miu) who is kidnapping mafia bosses and demanding ransoms in exchange for their lives.

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Oldboy is back!

Choi Min-sik, star of Old Boy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is now back in this new thriller and directed by ('The Good, The Bad, The Weird') Kim Ji-Woon.

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Bruce Lee BioPic

“Bruce Lee, My Brother”, a biopic that focuses on the youth of this world-renown kung-fu icon of all time will start shooting this month. Funded by a consortium of studios from Hong Kong and mainland China, the film is budgeted at US4.5m. It will be co-directed and produced by Manfred Wong and Raymond Yip.

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A Violent Death

The film is a horror anthology that weaves four intertwining tales inspired by the headlines from Thai tabloids that have an affinity for reporting on gruesome deaths. Each segment is directed by a different director.

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New DVD/Blu Ray Releases

News / Reviews & Features

News

Jackie Chan and the Kung Fu Kid – DVD release

The dvd release of “Jackie Chan and the kung fu kid” will sure confuse people thinking its the title of the hong kong release of the karake kid, but its actually “Looking For Jackie Chan”

“Ikkyu-San: Smart Little Monk” Coming to the Big Screen

There were many who had spent endless hours watching Ikkyu-San, an extremely popular Toei animation TV series from 1975 to 1982 in Japan. When the series was premiered in China in 1983, it quickly became a favorite among children there.…

‘The Chaser’ Now On Netflix

There has been some buzz since Martain Scorsese’s successful (and more boring, that’s right I said it) version of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, retitled The Departed, that another project that Warner Bros wanted to undertake was a…

Reviews

Incredible Kung Fu master (Sammo Hung) – Review

Sammo hung stars in this kung fu comedy called “Incredible Kung Fu Master”, although not one of his biggest films the action and comedy are right up there with some of his best.

Twilight Gangsters AKA Revolver Gangsters Gang (2010) Review

If someone were to ask me to summarize the plot of Twilight Gangsters very quickly the resulting premise would go “a movie about three senior citizens robbing a bank”. This would immediately incite groans in anyone who was listening and rightfully so. On the surface this movie sounds like it could be another cheesy Martin Lawrence in a fat suit-esque venture, but the reality is that directorKang Ho Jin manages to take a potentially unbearable plot and makes a movie that is funny, exciting, and touching.

Black Ransom (2010) Review

Hong Kong cinematography Keung Kwok Man’s second directorial adventure, Black Ransom, is a hard film for me to review. On one hand it was filled with lame action movie cliches that had me giggling and simultaneously rolling my eyes. On the other hand, at the end of the movie I was left reflecting upon how much fun I had while watching this film and thus had to begin pondering what it was about this action flick that made it so entertaining.

Trailers

Jackie Chan and the Kung Fu Kid – DVD release

The dvd release of “Jackie Chan and the kung fu kid” will sure confuse people thinking its the title of the hong kong release of the karake kid, but its actually “Looking For Jackie Chan”

New trailer for The Stool Pigeon (Nicholas Tse & Nick Cheung)

A new trailer as recently hit the internet for “The Stool Pigeon”, directed by Dante Lam which stars Nicholas Tse and Nick Cheung.

Teaser Released for ‘Troubleshooter’

Troubleshooter is an upcoming Korean action-thriller that many believe will be the next stand out Asian film.