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!
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Streaming Sleepers: John Woo’s HARD BOILED Reloads On 4K Digital And FAST Streaming!
Roll that beautiful Woo footage!
FOX HUNT Trailer: Leo Zhang’s Long-Awaited Anti-Corruption Thriller Finally Gets Its Release Friday
At long last, Leo Zhang’s newest thriller is coming very soon!
Felix Chong’s THE GOLDFINGER Trailer Teases New Crime Drama Starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai And Andy Lau
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau and Charlene Choi lead the way for writer and director Felix Chong’s new crime drama, The Goldfinger. Emperor Motion Pictures is out with an official trailer and poster as of Thursday along with a release date in China and Singapore on December 30. In the 1980’s, a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company. Elite anti-corruption investigator Lau uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company founder Ching, who built the company from the ground up. Little does Lau know that he’s about to meet his match in a HK$200 million investigation that will entangle him for years to come.
Cheng Er’s HIDDEN BLADE Unsheathes On Digital This Month From Well Go USA!
Hard-hitting World War II espionage thriller, Hidden Blade, is releasing on Digital beginning July 18 from Well Go USA. The film comes from award-winning filmmaker Cheng Er (Lethal Hostage, The Wasted Times), and stars Tony Leung (Infernal Affairs franchise, Hero, The Grandmaster), Wang Yibo (Born to Fly), Dong Chengpeng (City of Rock, I am Not Madame Bovary, The Thousand Faces of Dunjia), Zhou Xun (2022’s Hero, Painted Skin, Perhaps Love), Eric Wang (Saturday Fiction, Dying to Survive), and Lei Huang (Farewell My Concubine, Phantom of the Theatre). During World War II, at the height of China’s war of resistance against Japan, a group of courageous citizens develops a top-secret underground espionage network right under the nose of the newly established puppet regime. At increasingly great peril to their own lives, the double-agents masterfully extract classified information from deep behind enemy lines, an effort that gives rise to the united front […]
HIDDEN BLADE Review: Cheng Er’s Brooding Period Espionage Mishmash Settles All Deadly Scores
Well Go USA’s press pack for director Cheng Er’s latest film, Hidden Blade, partly states that he’s best known for keeping his audiences guessing. That he does, this time with a story set in the early 1940s with events chronicled before, and afterward, amid the Communist party’s campaign as it’s set against the backdrop of the invasion of imperial Japanese forces. The film weaves in its elements and characters from all angles, flashing forward in its efforts to set things in motion for the audience to begin following our main characters and learn more about them. That process eventually begins to materialize a little more about a half-hour into the film where we’ve then come to acquaint ourselves with the likes of He (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), Ye (Wang Yibo), the sinister Captain Wang (Eric Wang), Tang (Da Peng) and Watanabe (Hiroyuki Mori), all members of a Japanese spy agency operating […]
ANONYMOUS Pops Off With Tony Leung And Wang Yibo In The Newest Teaser [UPDATED]
The past year has been a little bit interesting with a few teasers making the rounds for director Cheng Er’s new World War II spy thriller, Anonymous. Not much happens in either of those teasers, save for offering little pieces here and there of characterization to go by, along with the casting of celebrated actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai to boost the film’s wider marketability. That all changes just a little more for the better now with a brand new teaser making the rounds, and footage suited to entice fans of espionage and spy warfare. That means quite a bit of hallway footage, dudes in suits, lots of walking, and more walking, all peppered in the latter half with some gunplay to whet the appetite. Fun! The logline via Letterboxd: On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The following day, the Wang False Government followed Japan’s declaration of war against […]
FOX HUNT: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai And Yihong Duan To Star In The Global Anti-Corruption Thriller
Raiders trilogy and The Grandmaster star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai will star along with Extraordinary Mission actor Yihong Duan in Fox Hunt, billed as a ripped-from-the-headlines police action thriller being produced by the state-backed Shanghai Film Group. Variety‘s Patrick Frater reports that Fox Hunt is based on the real-life operation that launched in Summer 2014 as a global anti-corruption initiative steered by China’s Ministry of Public Security. The director’s position awaits filling while cameras will reportedly roll in France and China. …The operation seeks to find and repatriate Chinese people who have fled abroad to avoid accusations of corruption. The film is expected to show cross-border criminal proceedings and the use of Interpol’s so-called Red Notices… Frater also elucidates an interesting tidbit about the film’s existence in the wake of recent protests in Hong Kong over a recently-suspended government bill that would have allowed fugitives to be handed over to authorities […]
Jingle Ma’s EUROPE RAIDERS Raid Italy With Explosive Gusto In The Official Trailer
The long-awaited third installment opens next month!
EUROPE RAIDERS: Watch The First Teaser Trailer For Jingle Ma’s Trilogy Installer
Though it’s taken well over a decade to happen, the return of actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai for Europe Raiders is a much appreciated one for fans who’ve seen the franchise in its endeavors in Tokyo and Seoul. The latest from director Jingle Ma once more at the helm also brings forth the likes of xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage Kris Wu along with actresses Tiffany Tang and Du Juan, and Thai superstar Jeeja Yanin and on that note, the first official teaser is finally stirring about hailing a stylish revival with action that measures up to par courtesy of Jackie Chan stunt team cohort Han Guanhua. Check out the teaser below!
MONSTER HUNT 2: Raman Hui’s Fantasy Adventure Sequel Lands An Official Trailer
Apart from its paltry reception in the U.S., Raman Hui’s Monster Hunt bolstered China’s box office with record numbers and was a major hit in the region. Its critical approval also stands firm as a fairly exciting and enthusing endeavor from a director boldly stepping up at the helm following a notable career on several animated projects in the U.S.. As of this Chinese New Year now, fans of the first film will finally get to set foot back into the world Hui helped build, setting the stage for Monster Hunt 2. Storied by Peter Cirlella and scripted once more by Alan Yuen, the sequel further chronicles the adventures of a baby monster destined to become king and prevent a civil war with the help of human allies. Recent campaigning for the film saw more gags than not with some behind-the-scenes footage to boot. This time, we have some actual […]
THEORY OF AMBITIONS: Global Films Leads Joint Investment In Philip Yung’s Upcoming 2018 Crime Thriller
Acclaimed Port Of Call helmer Philip Yung’s period cop thriller, Theory Of Ambitions, is currently being slated for a late 2018 release. For this, Global Group’s film shingle, Global Group Films Limited has announced a joint investment with Dadi Century Films (Beijing) Co., Ltd and Mei Ah Film Production Co, Ltd in the new movie being designated as a year-end big budget blockbuster with Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Chiu Wai debuting together on screen. Per the announcement, the film tells of the legend of four senior Chinese police officers in colonial Hong Kong, when corruption was rife, who influenced both the criminal underworld and the police force, but eventually turned their backs on that way of life, paving the way for a new anti-corruption era in Hong Kong. Rounding out the cast are Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Michael Chow Man-Kin, Michael Hui Koon Man, Du Juan, Louis Cheung, Michael Ning, […]
MONSTER HUNT 2: Wuba Hits A Roadblock In The Latest Teaser For Raman Hui’s Fantasy Sequel
2015 was a milestone year for burgeoning filmmaker Raman Hui. That CG hybrid creature fantasy, Monster Hunt, became the highest grossing film in China until this year is no easy feat to achieve and took quite the ambitious steps it needed to so and now together with producer Bill Kong, the two are back to see if lighting can strike twice with forthcoming sequel, Monster Hunt 2. Bai Baihe and Jing Boran return with the addition Tony Leung Chiu-wai to continue the story of Wuba, a baby monster born to be king whose survival is the only thing that can stave off civil war in a world where monsters and humans co-exist. Lionsgate is planning a day-and-date release in the U.S. and U.K. to coincide with its Chinese New Year premiere in February. Previous few teasers haven’t been much but this one actually has some footage to it. Check it out!
MONSTER HUNT 2 Scares Up Tony Leung Chiu-Wai To Join Cast
Actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (The Grandmaster, See You Tomorrow) is set to stake his claim in the now-filming Monster Hunt 2 from Edko Films. Raman Hui is currently rolling cameras for a 2018 release with little plot details known while Leung is said to play a role that stands pivotal for our its principal lead CG character from the first film. Leung will be joined by newly cast ppp icon and actress Li Yuchun and actor Yo Yang along with returning names, Bai Baihe and Jing Boran. Prior to Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid taking the title, Hui’s 2015 debut, Monster Hunt was a milestone hit for first time filmmaker following a career that landed him projects Dreamworks’ Antz, Shrek and Shrek 2, and as co-director for Shrek The Third, among others. The first film became China’s most successful film in history grossing up to RMB 2.43 billion, as well as […]
Jingle Ma's EUROPE RAIDERS Convene Next Month
Continuing news coming out of Hong Kong Filmart now brings word of a new film long in the making, and with none other than The Grandmaster co-star, actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai leading point. For this, we point to director Jingle Ma who has since raided Japan and Seoul in 2000 and 2006 with Tokyo Raiders and Seoul Raiders, respectively. This week, the word now is that Ma will direct a third installment to this particular franchise for Europe Raiders, with Leung back once more. The franchise so far encompasses a bevy of names like Kelly Chen, Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi and Richie Jen to name a few, with Leung starring in the first film as a tough James Bond-esque P.I. in Tokyo with a jilted bride-to-be in search of her missing fiancè, with the sequel focused on a case involving counterfeit printing plates. The new installation currently doesn’t have a […]