• Yellow Fangs

    Oct 8, 2024

    ‘Yellow Fangs’ is an excellent creature feature that may have slipped under the radar for many audiences. Hopefully, Sanada’s burgeoning reputation worldwide might mean that this changes soon.

  • Moscow Mission

    Sep 17, 2024

    Bookended by two outstanding train-based action sequences, ‘Moscow Mission’ starts with a bang before settling into a more standard, yet still entertaining, police procedural.

  • Crystal Fortune Run

    Sep 9, 2024

    Despite its strengths and a bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember that early-90s aesthetic, ‘Crystal Fortune Run’ is less than the sum of its parts.

  • Corey Yuen Kwai – A Tribute

    Aug 23, 2024

    Andrew Saroch honours the career of Hong Kong director, producer, action choreographer, and actor Corey Yuen Kwai (元奎).

  • A Light Never Goes Out

    Aug 19, 2024

    A beautifully shot portrait of grief, redemption and family, ‘A Light Never Goes Out’ deserves the plaudits it is receiving and much more.

  • The Crippled Masters

    Aug 1, 2024

    Few genre films have achieved the cult status that ‘The Crippled Masters’ has and, thanks to a lovely remastered release from Film Masters, it can finally reach a wider audience.

  • Cheng Pei-Pei – Remembering The Girl With The Thunderbolt Kick

    Jul 29, 2024

    Andrew Saroch looks back at the career of Chinese-American actress Cheng Pei-Pei (鄭佩佩).

  • The Romancing Star

    Jul 16, 2024

    ‘The Romancing Star’ might be a product of a particular time and culture, but its problems do not lay there – the fact is that it’s unfunny and annoying.

  • Legend Of The Fox

    Jul 3, 2024

    It’s a shame to report that ‘Legend of the Fox’, while peppered with solid characters and decent fisticuffs, is a frustrating experience.

  • Chilli Laugh Story

    Jun 19, 2024

    ‘Chilli Laugh Story’ is pure Hong Kong, a comedy drama about those that would probably be forgotten about by other film industries.

  • The Legend And Hag Of Shaolin

    May 28, 2024

    Once it settles down and the MacGuffin doesn’t become the sole focus of the story, ‘The Legend and Hag of Shaolin’ becomes an enjoyable homage to early 90s Hong Kong cinema.

  • Raid On Royal Casino Marine

    May 15, 2024

    Part three has none of the charm of the original and doesn’t even stack up well against the second part; this is a lazy, charmless affair that had me looking at the clock every couple of minutes.