Reviews

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  Ip Man 4: The Finale

  3.0
  Action, Biography, Drama, History, Martial Arts  •  Hong Kong

  This fourth go around for Yen and director Yip with the Ip saga is as solid as ever from the duo but pales in comparison to the first two instalments.

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  Future Kick

  3.0
  Action, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi  •  USA

  Don Wilson is on good form and gets to strut his stuff in a few crunchy, punchy, round housing fight scenes including a brutal face off with Chris Penn come the finale.

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  Blackbelt

  3.5
  Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Thriller  •  USA

  Along with all the sweet kickboxing action the flick crams in a fair chunk of graphic gore and a surprising amount of drama for a low budget B-movie.

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  My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

  3.5
  Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi  •  Japan

  ‘Heroes Rising’ is a step in the right direction but it is still some way from being the ultimate ‘My Hero Academia’ movie.

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  My Prince Edward

  3.5
  Drama, Romance  •  Hong Kong

  Tackling familiar pressures that face young couples – especially women – in modern Hong Kong, Wong favours an understated, low-fi style that suits the material very well.

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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.