Tag: leonlai

Hong Kong's Dante Lam has won a lot of love here at ScreenAnarchy over the past few years for one very simple reason: The man is on a hot streak unparalleled in the world of Asian action film right now....

When it comes to Hong Kong action cinema nobody has been doing it quite as well as Dante Lam over the past few years and Indomina Releasing are bringing one of his most recent efforts to US DVD October 25.In...

[Our thanks to Guillem Rosset for the following review.]In the past few years there's been a revival of classic Hong Kong cinema genres, such as martial arts and action. Action thrillers about cops and robbers (which often are only...

Another acquisition for Indomina Releasing. Near the end of Fantastic Fest they secured the North American rights for Dante Lam's recent Hong Kong action film Fire of Conscience. The full press release is after the break. Details on their release strategy...

[With Dante Lam's Fire of Conscience soon to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival we now revisit James Marsh's earlier review.]With his latest film, director Dante Lam firmly establishes himself as Hong Kong's brightest light for a possible renaissance...

Even though I'm a big fan of Hong Kong action cinema, for some reason most Hong Kong police thrillers don't really have what it takes to make me sit up and take notice. Up until now Johnnie To's work has...

Okay, old school Hong Kong action fans, mark May 14th down on your calendar. That's the day Dante Lam's Fire of Conscience hits DVD and BluRay in Hong Kong. Both editions are fully English friendly and, for those concerned about...

Our admiration for Dante Lam's Beast Stalker is well documented in these pages and we've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of his Fire of Conscience for the past several months. Why? Because for old school Hong Kong violence, nobody does...

You want hard boiled cops, vicious thieves, lots of gun play and dangerous stunts o'plenty?  You want Dante Lam's Fire of Conscience.The investigation of a prostitute homicide brings headstrong, heavy-handed Detective Manfred in an unlikely collaboration with sly, man-of-the-world Inspector...

We don't do a lot of 'Movie X has a new poster' posts in these parts because I just generally don't consider marketing materials to be news, but I do make exceptions in certain cases. And Dante Lam's Fire of...

Fresh off the success of his award winning cop thriller The Beast Stalker - my review here - director Dante Lam is currently hard at work on his next feature, Fire of Conscience.  Starring Leon Lai and Richie Jen it...