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Veteran Hong Kong action movie director Benny Chan sadly passed away today

Veteran Hong Kong action movie director has sadly passed away at the age of 58.

After a beginning of career working for RTV and TVB, director Chan served as assistant to Johnnie To. His directorial debut was “”, produced by Johnnie To, starring Andy Lau and Jacklyn Wu.

During a long lasting collaboration with Jackie Chan he directed “”, “”, “”, “Shaolin”. More action classics directed by Chan include “”, “Call of Heroes”, “City Under Siege” and “Connected”.

Benny Chan was filming his latest work, “Raging Fire” with Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse when he felt ill and was hospitalised. The filming had been completed but Chan wasn't able to supervise the post production.

Gone too soon, Chan was one of the last genuine directors of action movies in Hong Kong.

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Adriana Rosati

On paper I am an Italian living in London, in reality I was born and bread in a popcorn bucket. I've loved cinema since I was a little child and I’ve always had a passion and interest for Asian (especially Japanese) pop culture, food and traditions, but on the cinema side, my big, first love is Hong Kong Cinema. Then - by a sort of osmosis - I have expanded my love and appreciation to the cinematography of other Asian countries. I like action, heroic bloodshed, wu-xia, Shaw Bros (even if it’s not my specialty), Anime, and also more auteur-ish movies. Anything that is good, really, but I am allergic to rom-com (unless it’s a HK rom-com, possibly featuring Andy Lau in his 20s)"

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