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Character Posters And A New Teaser For Stephen Chow's THE MERMAID!

The Octopus Man cometh in the new teaser for Stephen Chow's The Mermaid! Chao Deng, Lin Yun, Kitty Zhang, Show Lo, Shangzheng Li, Zhang Wen, Zhang Meie, Ke Bai and Lianshun Kong star in the latest from the director of...

China Box Office: AFTER EARTH Ghosts Its Way To The Top

Will Smith's domestic turkey, After Earth, enters the Chinese charts in pole position, but only just ahead of Johnnie To's still-strong Blind Detective. Rank Title Origin 8/7-14/7 (US$M) Total (US$M) Screening days 1 After Earth USA $13.89 $13.89 3 2...

China Box Office: Johnnie To's BLIND DETECTIVE Bests Keanu's MAN OF TAI CHI

Female-centric youth comedy Tiny Times holds on to the top spot for a second week, but Johnnie To's Blind Detective easily outperforms Keanu Reeves' actioner Man of Tai Chi. Rank Title Origin 1/7-8/7 (US$M) Total (US$M) Screening days 1 Tiny...

Review: BADGES OF FURY Is Barely A Jet Li Movie At All

Martial arts fans relishing the chance of seeing Jet Li square off against an assortment of villainous screen legends under Corey Yuen's action direction may well be left disappointed, as Badges of Fury really wants to be a goofy...

Final Trailer For Action Comedy BADGES OF FURY

With the mainland China premiere today for the action comedy Badges of Fury with Jet Li and Wen Zhang as the cop duos, Enlight Pictures has release the final "All-star" trailer that features an overview of the cast.  There is...

Hey, Australia, Win Tickets To See Jet Li's BADGES OF FURY!

Thanks to our friends at Magnum Films, we have FIVE double passes for Jet Li's latest film Badges of Fury to give to our Australian readers! It's been a while since Jet Li has starred in a modern martial arts movie....

More Ass Kicking Action In International BADGES OF FURY Trailer

Did you feel letdown with the martial arts taking a backseat to the goofy comedy in the last few trailers to the cop thriller Badges of Fury? Well, don't worry because an international trailer intended for the Singapore market (via...

Meet The Lovely Ladies In Third Trailer For Action Comedy BADGES OF FURY

Enlight Pictures has unveiled the third trailer for the Wang Zi Ming directed / Po Chu Chui produced action comedy Badges of Fury.  While the previous trailers puts the ass-kickery of Jet Li and the zany antics of Wen...

Chinese Only Trailer For Jet Li's BADGES OF FURY Aims Up-Kilt

Let there be no doubt about it. While the western marketing for upcoming Jet Li starring picture Badges Of Fury has done everything in its power to present the film as an action thriller, this is a comedy through and...

Jet Li Soars Into Action In BADGES OF FURY Trailer

Enlight Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for the Wang Zi Ming-directed/Po Chu Chui-produced action comedy Badges of Fury. In true buddy cop fashion, Jet Li as Huang Fei Hong is a hard boiled cop capable of delivering ass-kicking martial...

First Poster For Cop Thriller BADGES OF FURY Has Jet Li Packing Heat

Hot on the heels of the European Film Market, the first promotional art for the cop actioner Badges of Fury (aka The One Detective) has debuted via Easternlight Films, featuring an explosive Jet Li standing tall and gun ready.  The...

Jet Li, Collin Chou And Wu Jing Star In Cop Thriller BADGES OF FURY

Someone's gonna get punched. Hard. More than once. And probably more than one person.Director Wang Zi Ming is now in post production on Badges Of Fury, a crime thriller featuring one hell of a martial arts trio with Jet Li...

Shu Qi Gets All Punchy In New Stills From Stephen Chow's JOURNEY TO THE WEST

While there is little denying that the second teaser for Stephen Chow's Journey To The West has left us little more than nonplussed with dodgy CGI, the one thing that did look good about that teaser was Shu Qi. And...

Second Teaser For Stephen Chow's JOURNEY TO THE WEST Features First Footage, Dodgy CGI

One thing is very clear about the upcoming box office duel between Stephen Chow's Journey To The West and Soi Cheang's The Monkey King. There's going to be a lot of dodgy CGI.Both based on the same popular legends, Cheang's...

Blu-ray Review: INCREDIBLY EVER AFTER aka MR & MRS INCREDIBLE (FUNimation)

Most people either love or hate Louis Koo. The current star of many medium budget Hong Kong potboilers has a rather unimpressive aura about him that doesn't necessarily distinguish him from other performers. However, he somehow manages to make his...

Blu-ray Review: OCEAN HEAVEN

Ocean Heaven is not the kind of film I normally go for. This film is a tearjerker, the kind of film that would have my wife weeping openly at the predetermined beats, just as the director intended. I tend to...

Fresh From The Land Of 'What The Hell': The First Proper Teaser From Hong Kong Superhero Comedy MR AND MRS INCREDIBLE

Peter Chan's We Productions have sunk a good bit of coin into upcoming superhero comedy Mr And Mrs Incredible and they've been engaged in a lengthy and quirky ad campaign to make sure everybody knows its coming. With Louis Koo...

Who Needs Superman When You Have MR AND MRS INCREDIBLE?

Well, what do you know ... Peter Chan has a sense of humor. Best known as the director of epics both military (Warlords) and dramatic (Perhaps Love), Chan is serving as producer on Vincent Kok's superhero comedy Mr And Mrs...

OCEAN HEAVEN Review

Jet Li finally appears to be making good on his promise to retire from martial arts filmmaking with this small-scale tearjerker that is notably devoid of anything approaching action. Li plays Wang, a maintenance man at an Ocean Park-style...

Jet Li holds back Fast Kicks for Fatherly Love in OCEAN HEAVEN

Yep, you read the headline correctly.  In the upcoming Chinese drama Ocean Heaven (海洋天堂), action star Jet Li will perform no martial arts whatsoever.  On the contrary, Li took a pay-cut to his usual high salary for a rare opportunity...