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Marshy's Favourite Asian Movies Of 2015 Part 1
I'm just going to come out and say it: 2015 has been a really disappointing year for Asian Cinema so far. I didn't get to go to Cannes, so I have yet to see promising offerings from the likes of...
Hong Kong 2015 Review: TWO THUMBS UP, A Delightfully Gonzo Heist Flick
Long-time screenwriter Lau Ho Leung (Painted Skin, Kung Fu Jungle) makes his directorial debut in this energetic action comedy following a gang of thieves who masquerade as cops to pull off a heist, only to encounter a rival posse with...
The Many Faces Of Nicholas Tse
This week, the Chinese drama But Always (aka. Yi Sheng Yi Shi) premieres in several countries worldwide, including the USA. A lengthy description of a doomed romance, it stars Gao Yuanyuan and Nicholas Tse as the star-crossed lovers. James reviewed...
Review: BUT ALWAYS Urges Chinese Emigrants To Come Home Or Die
Nicholas Tse proves he is better-suited to tough guy roles than romantic leads, but his inert performance here opposite Gao Yuanyuan is far from the only problem with Snow Zou's shockingly cliched and unaware tragi-romance.When a film opens in New...
Opening: 14 BLADES, Marking The Return Of Donnie Yen
More than four years after it opened in Asia, Daniel Lee's 14 Blades is finally coming to America, marking the return of Donnie Yen as a martial arts hero. Right off hand, I have no idea why it took so...
Francis Ng Has A Scam With A Van In The TWO THUMBS UP Teaser
Produced by Soi Cheang (Motorway, The Monkey King) and directed by Lau Ho Leung, writer of numerous Hong Kong movies including Painted Skin and The Great Magician, Two Thumbs Up is an action comedy starring Francis Ng and Simon Yam...
TRIPLE TAP Blu-ray Review
Director Derek Yee teams up with regular collaborators Daniel Wu and Louis Koo for another tense Hong Kong crime drama in Triple Tap. The film follows a pair or expert sharp shooters unexpectedly pitted against one another in a game...
AFFD 2011: TRIPLE TAP Review
Harkening back to the golden era of Hong Kong cops 'n' criminals flicks, Derek Yee's Triple Tap kicks off with not one, but two high-adrenaline action sequences before settling down to tell its story. A sequel, of sorts, to...
14 BLADES: Review
Remember the HK martial arts films from the early 90s? Well, they're back. The first time I picked up some really obvious signs was when watching Tracing Shadows, but with 14 Blades I think the verdict is definitive. The year...
Action Fest 2010: 14 BLADES Review
[Stefan's review of 14 Blades originally ran back in January and with the film now screening at Action Fest I've finally had a chance to see it myself and I've got to say I agree wholeheartedly. Overplotted and pretty clumsy...
Full Trailer For Derek Yee's TRIPLE TAP
It's from one of the acknowledged leaders of current Hong Kong film. It features an all star cast. It also features reportedly thousands of rounds fired. So why am I not more excited about Derek Yee's Triple Tap? Is anyone...
14 Blades! This trailer is... slightly longer than the last one!
There is not much in the way of new footage but it is nearly a full minute longer than that previous trailer and that has to count for something. It plays out more like a music video than anything. Still....
Louis Koo and Daniel Wu go All OK Corral in Derek Yee's 槍王之王 (Triple Tap)
We previously mentioned Derek Yee's upcoming gun bonanza thriller 槍王之王 (Triple Tap), starring Louis Koo, Daniel W, Charlene Choi and Li Bingbing, which recently completed its shoot in utmost secrecy. And why would you shut yourself off and work a...
Rocket Crossbows and Badass Tattoos, it's the New 錦衣衛 (14 Blades) Trailer!
Not much in the way of new footage, but at least Kate Tsui has managed to escape from being labeled as the "villain with the menacing cleavage," with some action of her own - and since we're there, Tsui plays...
Derek Yee Fires "Tens Of Thousands Of Bullets" Creating The Perfect Action Scenes For TRIPLE TAP.
Well, well. After waging a very public PR battle around his Jackie Chan starring drama The Shinjuku Incident - a battle he lost with the film being banned in mainland China and released in a cut version in Hong Kong...
New Set of Posters for 錦衣衛 (14 Blades)
Ohh... pretty. Sina just released five new posters for Daniel Lee's upcoming Ming dynasty actioner 錦衣衛 (14 Blades), featuring the top five characters - Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Wu Chun of Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit, Qi Yuwu and Kate Tsui....
How About 3 More Minutes of Action from 錦衣衛 (14 Blades)?
If the first teaser we posted a few days ago was more or less about setting the mood, and announcing with big badass fanfare that Donnie Yen is back, the longer trailer which was released today is filled with money...
First Look at Donnie Yen in 錦衣衛 (14 Blades) - Now With HD Teaser!
[I know, I know, three updates in two days? But at last this is a good one, courtesy of the fine folks over at Mtime.谢谢!]Although the only piece of video related to Daniel Lee's upcoming actioner 錦衣衛 (14 Blades) is that...
