Genre: Action

In comparison to what ‘Hit Team’ could have been with a slightly bigger budget and a better realised narrative, this is a disappointment.

Penned by prolific director and writer Wong Jing, ‘Hit Team’ is a formulaic cop thriller done on a low budget, something that makes itself very apparent early on.

Jet lacks the screen presence to hold our attention and ultimately makes the long wait between the action set pieces just too long.

This is one for die-hard fans of Lam Ching Ying or the Chinese comedy horror genre in general.

While it does have its fair share of amusingly bizarre dialogue and cheesy action sequences, it also has quite a bit of uninteresting filler that regularly drags it down.

Though certainly not uncomfortable to sit through, there’s without a doubt something missing that stops it firing on all cylinders.

‘Hong Kong 1941’ is a powerful and moving study of the effects of war on the ordinary person and the strains of such pressure on any friendship.

This film’s strength lies in its joy in beating you over the head with excessive 80s bloodshed and cheese.

Although this didn’t set the Hong Kong box-office alight, it is still recommended viewing.

‘House Of Flying Daggers’ has too many trappings of an arthouse production that screams ‘self-conscious’ throughout.

It doesn’t rank up there with the best of any genre but for a lightweight action-comedy it is worth a watch.

Perhaps too overly convoluted, po-faced and twist happy for its own good, ‘Hunt’ is nevertheless mounted with impressive verve and if one can forgive its flaws, is an exhilarating action charged political thriller.