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Now Streaming: WARRIORS OF FUTURE, Bravery Amidst Alien Creatures and Robots

Louis Koo, Lau Ching-Wan and Carina Lau star in a sci-fi summer smash from Hong Kong, now streaming worldwide on Netflix.

Review: SHOCK WAVE 2 Boils Briskly

Andy Lau and Sean Lau (Lau Ching Wan) star in an action thriller from Hong Kong, directed by Herman Yau, that snaps, crackles and pops from its first moments.

Exclusive Clip: CALL OF HEROES, Jar Fight - Go Behind the Scenes

Of all the spectacular moments in the spectacular Call of Heroes, one of the most memorable is a jar fight between Eddie Peng and Wu Jing. It's not like they're standing inside a cafe tossing jars at each other. No,...

Watch Exclusive CALL OF HEROES Trailer, See Box Art, Be Happy

Watching the opening moments of Call of Heroes at Fantastic Fest last month sent shivers of joy down my spine. Initially, the period action movie feels like a callback to classic Hong Kong fight flicks of the late 80s and...

Review: Benny Chan's Call of Heroes (2016)

Released recently in UK Cinema's, Call of Heroes (2016), proves to be one of the best recent Hong Kong action films released in the past few years, focusing more on good acting, excellent action sequences and as little CGI as...

Benny Chan's CALL OF HEROES Delivers Old School Kung Fu Action In Trio Of Character Teasers

It's only natural that fans will have certain expectations of a big screen team up of veteran Hong Kong action helmer Benny Chan and iconic action director Sammo Hung. If ever there were a duo capable of delivering a solid...

Wu Jing And Eddie Peng Square Off In First Trailer For CALL OF HEROES

While Sammo Hung's The Bodyguard may not have caused much excitement, the next ensemble martial arts film he has in the works already promises a whole lot more. Hung is serving as action director on Benny Chan's Call Of Heroes,...

Ann Hui's THE GOLDEN ERA Triumphs At Hong Kong Film Awards

The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards have named Ann Hui's epic drama The Golden Era Best Film of the year, with Hui taking the Best Director prize. The film, which stars Tang Wei as famed Chinese writer Xiao Hong, won five...

INSANITY: Lau Ching Wan & Huang Xiaoming Get Crazy In First Trailer & Stills

Distribution Workshop just dropped a cache of marketing materials for Insanity, the Derek Yee-produced psychological thriller written and directed by David Lee Kuan Yew. We first reported on the project when it was announced back in October 2013. Lee apparently...

Hey Australia! Win Tickets To See OVERHEARD 3 In Cinemas!

Overheard 3 is the latest thriller from Alan Mak and Felix Chong, the directing duo that brought us the first two Overheard films and (together with Andrew Lau) the Infernal Affairs trilogy. Like the previous two films in the franchise, Overheard...

First Teaser For Alan Mak and Felix Chong's OVERHEARD 3

Directors Alan Mak and Felix Ching are headed back to Hong Kong screens with the third installment of their Overheard thriller series. True to form with the shift from the first film to the second - in which the cast...

China Box Office: Ning Hao's NO MAN'S LAND Stakes Claim On Charts

Finally released after a four year battle with the censors, Ning Hao's No Man's Land makes a huge debut at the Chinese box office, while The Four 2 and The White Storm ensure local product dominates. Rank Title Origin 2-8/12/2013...

HK Asian 2013 Review: THE WHITE STORM Is Bloated, Unwieldy, Yet Still Entertaining

Benny Chan cranks it up to 11 in his latest high-stakes crime thriller, but with the action, intrigue and melodrama all hitting fever pitch, The White Storm proves an entertaining, yet exhausting and unintentionally amusing affair.Three childhood friends, Tin (Lau...

Lots Of New Character Posters For OVERHEARD 3

Felix Chong and Alan Mak are getting ready to unleash the third in their Overheard series of audio surveillance thrillers, and have just released these images of their rogues gallery. The previous films did not follow the same characters, and...

Hey Australia! Win Tickets To See OUT OF INFERNO In Cinemas!

Thanks to our friends at Magnum Films, we have FIVE double passes to give away for Out Of Inferno, the latest film from Hong Kong's Pang Brothers, who are most famous for their 2002 film The Eye.  Out Of Inferno...

Lau Ching Wan And Louis Koo Look All Heroic And Stuff In New Trailer For The Pang Brothers' INFERNO

If there were ever any filmmakers out there who have managed to squander more goodwill than have Hong Kong directing duo the Pang Brothers, then I'm not entirely sure who that might be. The Pangs started off strong and quickly...

Louis Koo & Lau Ching Wan Face the Flames in INFERNO 3D Teaser

Universe has released a stack of publicity materials for its upcoming 3D disaster flick, Inferno 3D. Directed by Danny and Oxide Pang, who have previously dabbled with the technology to less than inspiring effect in Child's Eye and Sleepwalker, are...