Tag: wenjiang
NYAFF 2012 Review: THE LOST BLADESMAN, Forthright in Both Action & Drama
With its New York premiere happening this Saturday, July 7 as part of the 2012 New York Asian Film Festival, we now revisit James Marsh's review from April 2011.It has been almost a decade since director Alan Mak and then-screenwriter...
Contest: Win One of Three LET THE BULLETS FLY Blu-rays
We've got three copies of Let the Bullets Fly courtesy of Well Go on Blu-ray up for grabs and all you have to do is shoot off an e-mail. First, here's the official synopsis:In the lawless land that is rural...
Blu-ray Review: LET THE BULLETS FLY COLLECTOR'S EDITION
Let the Bullets Fly was the first film I saw at Fantastic Fest last year. I specifically left my home in Dallas during the morning rush hour so that I'd roll up in Austin just in time to collect my...
Exclusive Clip From LET THE BULLETS FLY: An Ambush and ... Bird Calls?
Rambunctious and epic-sized, Let the Bullets Fly features the return of Chow Yun-Fat in an action picture, but the real star is director Jiang Wen. He plays "Pocky" Zhang, a legendary bandit in 1920's China who pretends to be the...
Well Go USA Drops LET THE BULLETS FLY Red Band Trailer!
The time has come for China's highest grossing feature ever to land on US shores. Jiang Wen's Let the Bullets Fly is coming to selected theaters and VOD this March 2nd, and to get you pumped, Well Go has delivered...
FANTASTIC FEST 2011: LET THE BULLETS FLY Review
With Jiang Wen's film playing at this year's festival here's a chance to read my earlier review.Over the past few years, the majority of big-budget mainstream Chinese movies have insisted on beating their audiences over the head with overtly nationalistic...
THE LOST BLADESMAN Blu-ray Review
Edko Films Ltd. has released Felix Chong & Alan Mak's period action epic THE LOST BLADESMAN on DVD and Blu-ray and given it a rather impressive looking HD scrub-up for home viewers. The story of revered warrior and tactician-turned-godlike symbol...
Well Go USA Picks Up China/HK Blockbuster LET THE BULLETS FLY For US Distro
I guess it's just one of those nights. Let the Bullets Fly is China's top grossing domestic film in history, and now it will most likely get it's moment to shine on American big screens. Well Go USA has picked...
LET THE BULLETS FLY (Wen Jiang) Review
Wen Jiang films aren't known to be all that accessible. My first experience with his work (The Sun Also Rises) was a somewhat bewildering experience, but it definitely left me with a taste for more. His latest stays true to...
THE LOST BLADESMAN Review
It has been almost a decade since director Alan Mak and then-screenwriter Felix Chong combined forces with Andrew Lau to create the iconic crime thriller, INFERNAL AFFAIRS. Since then, Lau has cut the apron strings and Chong has graduated...
Tribeca 2011: LET THE BULLETS FLY Review
Over the past few years, the majority of big-budget mainstream Chinese movies have insisted on beating their audiences over the head with overtly nationalistic sentiment. It has gotten to the point where you can't spend two hours in a...
Third Trailer For THE LOST BLADESMAN, Plus See Donnie Yen Direct The Action
Hot on the heels of The Weinstein Company supposedly picking up North American sales rights to Alan Mak and Felix Chong's period set martial arts epic The Lost Bladesman, a third trailer has arrived via Mtime, containing slightly more footage. ...
The Weinstein Company Buys Rights To THE LOST BLADESMAN?
Reports are circulating throughout the Chinese media that The Weinstein Company has picked up North American sales rights to Alan Mak and Felix Chong's period set martial arts epic The Lost Bladesman. Now, the Chinese news media are notoriously unreliable...
Music Video and Making-of Video For THE LOST BLADESMAN
As the release date is approaching near, more promotional material to Alan Mak & Felix Chong's biographical martial arts film The Lost Bladesman has turned up via Mtime in the form of a music video and a behind-the-scenes video. The...
Donnie Yen Breaks Out the Green Dragon Blade! Second Trailer For THE LOST BLADESMAN
The second trailer to Alan Mak & Felix Chong's biographical martial arts film The Lost Bladesman has turned up via Mtime and unsurprisingly (yet still awesome), it has Donnie Yen delivering some blade-slashing action as the legendary warrior, Guan...
Donnie Yen Kicks Ass In The First LOST BLADESMAN Trailer
In many ways Alan Mak and Felix Chong's The Lost Bladesman feels a bit like a lesser version of Zhang Yimou's Hero. They're clearly going for that same sort of big period epic look and have star Donnie Yen fighting...
First Poster For THE LOST BLADESMAN reveals Donnie Yen as Guan Yun Chang
Only when a poster tickle our fancy is when we give it much-deserving love here. A teaser poster with just your average title logo in large fonts and listing the big-name stars attached doesn't cut it. There needs to be...
'Let the Bullets Fly' already picked up for U.S. remake!?!
This is one of the reasons why I love the Chinese film industry.Jaing Wen's film has been out for what, days, and "... one of Hollywood's biggest companies," has picked up the U.S. remake rights for it already!?! Apparently so, according...
First Images From Donnie Yen Starring Historical Epic THE LOST BLADESMAN
Donnie Yen's no dummy. Now in the latter half of his forties and in higher demand than he has ever been in, Yen knows that he has only four or five peak years left in him and is packing as...
Chow Yun Fat Stars In Rock And Roll Western LET THE BULLETS FLY
When last we had word from Jiang Wen's Let The Bullets Fly the word was bad - the film had been delayed enough that it was going to miss the fall festival season - but now it's back with something...
