FLAMING BROTHERS Eureka Blu-Ray Review: Keeping Love And Loyalty Alive In Joe Cheung’s Gangster Classic
The film arrives on limited edition Blu-Ray on September 16.
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HARD BOILED and A BETTER TOMORROW Trilogy Explode Onto 4K UHD And Blu-Ray In November
Four of some of the best Hong Kong action classics are coming in November from Shout!
CITY ON FIRE – Shout! Review: Chow Yun-Fat Feels The Heat In Ringo Lam’s Tastemaker Crime Classic
CITY ON FIRE arrives on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD from Shout! Studios on August 26.
Streaming Sleepers: John Woo’s HARD BOILED Reloads On 4K Digital And FAST Streaming!
Roll that beautiful Woo footage!
HONG KONG 1941 – Eureka Blu-Ray Review: All’s Fair In Love, Friendship And War In Po Chih-Leung’s Classic
Eureka Entertainment will release HONG KONG 1941 via their Masters Of Cinema series on June 17!
The Movies That Moved Me: John Woo’s HARD BOILED
Currently riding on some Chow/Woo momentum these days.🤘😎
The Movies That Moved Me: Anton Fuqua’s THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS
Today we look at Chow Yun-Fat’s Hollywood debut role as another humble entry in this series!
Shout! Launches The Hong Kong Cinema Classics Initiative Rolling Out The Hits On Digital And Disc This Summer!
Many of these titles have been out-of-print for years outside of Asia, and will finally make their debut on digital and 4K/Blus beginning in June and July!
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Trailer: Re-Live The Classic Action And Romance This February!
Sony Pictures Classics is handing wuxia fans an encore presentation with Ang Lee’s decorated 2000 release, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in theaters everywhere on February 17. The studio made the announcement several days ago via social media and a brand-new trailer which you can view at the bottom of the page. The film toplines actress and Time Magazine’s Icon Of The Year 2022, Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy) along with actor Chow Yun-Fat, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen for a story adapted for the screen from author Wang Dulu’s serialized novels in the 1940s. Set during the 19th-century Qing Dynasty, the film unravels a soaring, sweeping, and poetic epic revealing long-lost romance, and betrayal, ensuing battles of martial skills when a beautiful aristocrat catches the attention of two warriors in the wake of the theft of a legendary sword. There’s plenty to learn […]
AN AUTUMN´S TALE Review: A look back when Chow Yun Fat fell in love with Cherie Chung on the streets of New York
In her second effort as director, Mabel Cheung (Beijing Rocks), took the audience in a trip to the streets of New York, using as tool, a wonderful cinematography and a touching love story of two characters that are not meant to be with each other… Or maybe they do… In this Spring tale set in Autumn, Chow Yun Fat and Cherie Chung portrays an impossible couple. Two people with very different backgrounds and realities, that at one point of their lives become a necessity for each other. She, a spoiled bratt that moves to New York to study with her boyfriend, finding out that he might no be as loyal as she idealized back home, finding emotional shelter in her cousin (Chow Yun Fat) who just helped her to establish in New York Him, a bum who can’t live a decent life. Someone who has a big problem with gambling […]
Trailer: Felix Chong’s PROJECT GUTENBERG Teases A Dangerous Craft With Explosive Consequences
Felix Chong of ‘Overhead’ fame writes and directs PROJECT GUTENBERG starring Chow Yun-Fat and Aaron Kwok for theatrical release this Fall.
Action Thriller PROJECT GUTENBERG Launches With Aaron Kwok And Chow Yun-Fat Starring
Overheard trilogy co-helmer Felix Chong is currently in production with new big budget action thriller, Project Gutenberg. International sales agent Distribution Workshop are shopping the film at Cannes whilst having nabbed a raft of release deals throughout Asia. Chong wrote the script which sees Aaron Kwok as a member of a notorious money counterfeiting gang extradited from Thailand by Hong Kong police who are looking to bring down the gang whose leader will be played by Kwok’s fellow Cold War 2 cohort, actor Chow Yun-Fat. Rounding out the cast are Dick Liu Kai Chi, Zhang Jingchu and Catherine Chau who plays the lead detective with locations slated for Hong Kong, China, Canada and Thailand. Project Gutenberg, previously titled Unparalleled, is a Hong Kong/China co-prod. between Pop Movies and Bona Film Group. Kwok’s next outing will be in Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King 3 in time for the Chinese New Year. […]
Screener Review: COLD WAR 2 (2016)
Directors Longman Leung and Sunny Luk blew moviegoers away with their 2012 hit film, Cold War, a tale of events that would become the ultimate litmus test of the tumultous politics of the Hong Kong Police Department between two leading branches. Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung led the way and carried the film’s superb tone with sheer gravitas and gusto in their performances, and a terrific script by Leung and Luk to keep the intrigue and explosive action going. That said, going into their latest, Cold War 2, save for a few minor plot holes and disparities, we get a film that measures similarly in capacity with ample delivery. Kwok and Leung return in their respective roles immediately following the events in the first film with Kwok starring as the former head of management and now newly-appointed HKPD Commissioner, Sean Lau, and Leung in the role as former head of […]
Well Go USA Announces The July 8 U.S. Release Of COLD WAR 2
Directing duo Longman Leung and Sunny Luk had a hit on their hands in 2012 with the Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-Fai headliner, Cold War. On top of its box office earnings that year, the film won a raft of wins and nominations in the festival circuit, further solidifying the next logical step: the sequel. Thus, anyone with a computer and a love for thrilling Asian cinema will have come across the numerous trailers, promos and posters of which there are MANY. That said, the film has become one of the most highly anticipated sequels of the summer following the first film in which Kwok and Leung led the story of two opposing authorities of the Hong Kong police force caught amid tumultuous internal politics in the wake of a mysteriously disappearing police van, and instances of terror and corruption involving the ICAC. With the story unfolding and the […]
COLD WAR 2 Erupts Online With A New Trailer
Film duo Sunny Luk and Longman Leung are back at it again, and with what looks to be a fully-amped and tumultuous follow-up in the new sequel thriller, Cold War 2. Leading among our cast are Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-fai who starred in the first film as two Hong Kong deputy commisioners at an empasse following a terrorist attack and the kidnapping of five officers, and with much more to the story that ensued. SYNOPSIS: Resuming the storyline of Part 1, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Management) Sean Lau is hell-bent on nabbing the mastermind behind the kidnapping of the police van and the five police officers. On the other hand, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) Waise Lee and his son Joe Lee are joining forces with the biggest mastermind of all, Peter Choi. The three of them plot against Sean Lau in an attempt to outwit him. The Hong […]
FROM VEGAS TO MACAU 3 Gets A Worldwide Limited Release
For those of you keeping track, directing duo Andrew Lau and Wong Jing are releasing their latest, From Vegas To Macau 3 in select territories this Friday. Magnum Films Global has announced its participation in releasing the third installment of the franchise with locations in North America, Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, with dates and theater locations listed accordingly. SYNOPSIS: A grand wedding ceremony is being held at a resort hotel in Macau. It is the wedding of Ken’s (Chow Yun Fat) daughter, Rainbow (Kimmy Tong) and his protégé, Vincent (Shawn Yue). Ken’s close friends, Vic (John Chiang) and Mark (Nick Cheung) are also on the guest list. During the ceremony, Mark receives a call from his buddy, Michael Chan (Andy Lau), warning Mark that someone wants to kill Ken. Suddenly, a strange looking “Michael Chan” appears at the ceremony and self-detonated in the wedding. Vincent and Rainbow […]
Place Your Bets In The New Trailer For FROM VEGAS TO MACAU 3D
The past two years have proven fruitful for film duo Wong Jing and Andy Lau in the wake of their latest God Of Gamblers revival, From Vegas To Macau. The new title now spawning a trilogy of spectacular feats led by legendary thesp Chow Yun-Fat comes full circle with the new movie, From Vegas To Macau 3D and further upping the antee than that of its predecessor, here and now with robots and all sorts of gadgetry to showcase the next-level storytelling, energetic action and comedy that awaits; Yes, Chow chastising a mannequin is pretty chuckle-inducing. SYNOPSIS: A grand wedding ceremony is being held at a resort hotel in Macau. It is the wedding of Ken’s daughter, Rainbow and his protégé, Vincent. Ken’s close friends, Vic and Mark are also on the guest list. During the ceremony, Mark receives a call from his buddy, Michael Chan, warning him to beware […]
FROM VEGAS TO MACAU 3D Gets New Character Posters And A Teaser!
Harkening back to their popular God Of Gamblers franchise of yesteryear, director/producer duo Andrew Lau and Wong Jing have kept consistent with their latest work on the action-packed From Vegas To Macau franchise. Both the 2012 film and its sequel last year have done amply well for themselves at the box office, and so its clear the right thing to do was offer a third. And so they did with From Vegas To Macau 3D. SYNOPSIS: A grand wedding ceremony is being held at a resort hotel in Macau. It is the wedding of Ken’s daughter, Rainbow and his protégé, Vincent. Ken’s close friends, Vic and Mark are also on the guest list. During the ceremony, Mark receives a call from his buddy, Michael Chan, warning him to beware of a mysterious tycoon who has hired mercenaries to kill Ken. The wedding is sabotaged, while Ken and Mark are accused […]
COLD WAR 2 Gets A July 2016 Release With Chow Yun-Fat Joining
Further supporting reports dating back to 2013, THR has now weighed in confirming the appearance of actor Chow Yun-Fat in the forthcoming sequel, Cold War 2. All the familiar faces will be returning in the new film as well, including Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-fai, actress Charlie Young and actors Eddie Peng and Aarif Rahman, with duo Longman Leung and Sunny Luk back on board as writers and directors. Plot details are currently nil though the 2012 thriller focused on Kwok and Leung in the respective roles of Deputy Commissioners of different branches of the Hong Kong police and their brewing dissent in the wake of suspicious attacks that precede the kidnapping of five police officers. The film became a huge box office success pocketing $40 million dollars at the time with talk of a sequel slowly gaining traction. Also in tow for Chow is Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King 2 with […]
TWC Grants SHANGHAI A Limited Release On August 27!
It’s been five years since Escape Plan and 1408 helmer Mikael Håfström’s neo-noir wartime drama, Shanghai bowed in China. Interestingly enough, TWC has since landed the film for a limited theatrical release beginning on August 21, and while this is very much newly on my radar, seeing the likes of John Cusack, Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat and Watanabe Ken together feels very rewarding and promising of some stellar performances to come. SYNOPSIS: Nothing is what it seems in this Casablanca-style international thriller set in the ancient Chinese city a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. Secret Agent Paul Soames (John Cusack) has just arrived to investigate the murder of his best friend, only to become quickly immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. Shadowed by a Japanese intelligence officer Tanaka (Ken Watanabe), Soames’ investigation quickly centers on a charismatic local gangster, Anthony Lanting […]
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