Reviews

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  Seeding Of A Ghost

  2.5
  Crime, Horror, Thriller  •  Hong Kong

  For the undemanding genre fan, or neophyte viewers just discovering Asian horror, ‘Seeding of a Ghost’ is that illustrious “beer & pizza” time waster that provides a taster of what else to expect.

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  Double World

  3.0
  Action, Adventure, Fantasy  •  China

  Big of budget and large in scope, ‘Double World’ starts out promising and begins to build to something rather exciting before petering off in the final third when it can’t quite keep up its momentum.

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  Zen Master 6

  3.0
  Action, Martial Arts  •  China, Hong Kong

  Too early for the post-‘Once Upon A Time In China’ boom and too late for the post-‘Shaolin Temple’ frenzy in 1981, ‘Zen Master 6’ is perhaps better appreciated all of these years later.

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  Skyfire

  2.5
  Action, Disaster  •  China

  ‘Skyfire’ is a suitably big and brash disaster epic that mimics the bombastic Hollywood productions that reached their apex in the 1970s.

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  Abduction

  3.5
  Action, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Thriller  •  China, USA

  A bit like a SyFy Channel movie mixed with an Adkins actioner, ‘Abduction’ is ninety or so minutes of sci-fi silliness coupled with action awesomeness featuring two of the best screen fighters around.

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  House Of The Rising Sons

  3.0
  Biography, Drama, History, Music  •  Hong Kong

  It’s a solid study of the strains that sudden fame has on friendship, especially when the screaming girls and management team are favouring two members over the whole five.