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New York Asian 2018 Interview: Hong Kong Action Legend Dante Lam and Producer Candy Leung Talk OPERATION RED SEA
The New York Asian Film Festival is celebrating a true Master of Action. Director/producer/writer Dante Lam’s career spans Hong Kong’s Golden Age with films like Beast Cops, Twins Effect, Jiang Hu, through today with Beast Stalker, Unbeatable, and To The Fore....
OPERATION RED SEA: In Production Video Gives First Look at Dante Lam's Next Film
Variety had the first look at Dante Lam's follow up to last year's Operation Mekong, titled Operation Red Sea. It is a mix of footage from Mekong and behind the scenes and new footage for Red Sea which is still...
Hey Australia! Win Tickets to See OPERATION MEKONG in Cinemas!
Operation Mekong is the latest action film by Hong Kong director Dante Lam (Beast Stalker, The Stool Pigeon, Unbeatable), who has said that it is his biggest film to date. It stars Eddie Peng and Zhang Hanyu. Thanks to...
OPERATION MEKONG Trailer Feels Like A Misfire From Dante Lam
It wasn't so long ago - just back as the 2000's rolled into double digits - that Hong Kong's Dante Lam made the transition from being a journeyman jobbing director into one of the world's finest purveyors of large scale,...
Cameras Roll On Dante Lam's OPERATION MEKONG
Distribution Workshop announced today the start of shooting on Dante Lam's latest action drama. Kicking off in Thailand, Operation Mekong reunites the director once more with Taiwanese leading man Eddie Peng, whom he has previously worked with on box office...
Hey Australia! Win Tickets To See TO THE FORE In Cinemas!
Dante Lam's latest film To The Fore is coming to Australian cinemas next week! The Unbeatable director reteams with popular star Eddie Peng for another exciting sports drama, this time about the competitive world of cycling. Thanks to its distributor in...
OVERHEARD 3 Tops Hong Kong Film Award Nominations
The third installment of Alan Mak and Felix Chong's surveillance thriller series, Overheard 3, scored nominations in 11 categories, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, when the nominations for the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards were announced this...
Fruit Chan's THE MIDNIGHT AFTER Tops Hong Kong Critics Poll
The results of the 21st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards were announced earlier today, with Fruit Chan's surreal science fiction comedy thriller The Midnight After named as Best Film of 2014. Chan was also named Best Director, while Lau...
Trailer: Dante Lam, Eddie Peng Back In The Saddle For TO THE FORE
Hot on the heels of their blockbuster collaboration Unbeatable, Hong Kong action auteur Dante Lam and Taiwanese superstar Eddie Peng reunite for the globe-trotting cycling drama To The Fore. While plot details are light on the ground right now, the...
Asian Film Festival Of Dallas Delivers Its Lucky 13th Full Lineup
Many years ago, in the ancient year of 2006, I was fortunate enough to have the kindly overlords of ScreenAnarchy publish a few of my words regarding the Asian Film Festival of Dallas. It was the first time anyone ever...
ON THE JOB Opens 6th Terracotta Far East Film Festival
One of the best showcases of Asian Cinema in the UK, the Terracotta Far East Film Festival is back for its 6th year from 23 May to 1 June, and boasts a spectacular line-up of some of the most high-profile...
Hong Kong 2014 Review: THAT DEMON WITHIN Has Problems Throughout
Hong Kong's reigning champion of pyrotechnic mayhem continues to move outside of his comfort zone with the psychological crime drama That Demon Within, but the results fail to hit the mark as poor plotting, loose direction and an increasingly preposterous...
Hey Australia! Win Tickets To See Dante Lam's Latest Thriller THAT DEMON WITHIN!
Hong Kong director Dante Lam has made some solid thrillers in recent years. His latest film, That Demon Within, is one of his darkest films and sees Nick Cheung and Daniel Wu caught up in an epic battle of good...
ABERDEEN And THE MIDNIGHT AFTER To Open 38th Hong Kong Int'l Film Festival
The lineup has been announced, and two films we be officially opening this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival, which runs from 24th March to 7th April. The World Premiere of Pang Ho Cheung's Aberdeen, starring Miriam Yeung, Gigi Leung,...
Dante Lam's THAT DEMON WITHIN Hits US Screens Day And Date With Hong Kong Release
Heads up, fans of explosive Hong Kong action cinema! Director Dante Lam has been king of that particular hill for a few years now and with his latest effort - That Demon Within - about to premiere in Berlin anticipation...
Daniel Wu & Nick Cheung Wrestle THAT DEMON WITHIN In First Teaser
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Dante Lam's hotly anticipated action thriller That Demon Within will have its world premiere at next month's Berlin International Film Festival, Emperor Motion Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for the film as...
THE GRANDMASTER, DRUG WAR Top HK Film Critics Awards
Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster has been named Best Film by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, while its female star Zhang Ziyi was voted Best Actress. Johnnie To's Drug War won the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards, and...
China Lion Takes North American And Australian / New Zealand Rights For Dante Lam's THAT DEMON WITHIN
Good news for fans of Hong Kong action maestro Dante Lam with word that China Lion has taken North American and Australia / New Zealand rights for his upcoming crime thriller That Demon Within, meaning we should see a day...
Hey, Australia! Win Tickets To See UNBEATABLE In Cinemas!
Thanks to our friends at Magnum Films, we have FIVE double passes to give away for Unbeatable, the new MMA action drama from one of Hong Kong's most consistent action directors - Dante Lam.Unbeatable stars a very muscular Nick Cheung,...
Review: UNBEATABLE Goes For The Gut, But Not The Face
Dante Lam forgoes his penchant for high octane pyrotechnics to deliver this character-focused drama about a pair of MMA fighters that boasts strong performances but sparse action in a by-the-numbers story of redemption.After an excellent run of form over the...
