The Prosecutor 誤判 (2024) Review: Donnie Yen Blends an Engrossing Legal Thriller With Visceral Action-Movie Tropes
It’s a sort of Righting Wrongs redux in The Prosecutor with Donnie Yen playing the titular prosecutor with martial arts
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Hong Kong Movie Review
All Shall Be Well 從今以後 (2024) Review: A Contemplative, Well-Acted Drama Depicting the Harsh Realities of Money, Greed and Family Conflict
At one point in Ray Yeung’s All Shall Be Well, his follow-up to Suk Suk a.k.a. Twilight’s Kiss, a character
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The Last Dance 破·地獄 (2024) Review: An Introspective and Poignant Drama About Life and Death
Death may have been a natural cycle of life. Still, it was generally a taboo topic in Chinese culture normally
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Cesium Fallout 焚城 (2024) Review: A Melodramatic But Reasonably Engaging Radiation-Disaster Thriller
The year of omnipresent Andy Lau continues with Cesium Fallout, marking his fifth appearance from the early January release of
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Remembering Corey Yuen #6 – Fong Sai Yuk 方世玉 (1993) Review
Corey Yuen’s Fong Sai Yuk may have been a box-office hit in Hong Kong, ranking in the Top 5 that
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Remembering Corey Yuen #5 – She Shoots Straight 皇家女將 (1990) Review
Five years after Corey Yuen popularised the girls-with-guns subgenre, he returns with another similarly-themed action thriller, She Shoots Straight. But
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Remembering Corey Yuen #4 – In the Blood 神探父子兵 (1988) Review
Of all the movies that Corey Yuen directed in the ’80s, In the Blood remains his lesser-known movie of that
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Remembering Corey Yuen #3 – Righting Wrongs 執法先鋒 (1986) Review
Yuen Biao goes dark — figuratively speaking, that is — in Corey Yuen’s bleak action thriller Righting Wrongs, marking the
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