Genre: Crime
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Beijing Blues
Feb 22, 2015‘Beijing Blues’ is occasionally frustrating, but acts as an interesting anathema to the usual portrayal of police work as gritty or glamorous.
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Beyond The Law
Feb 12, 2021It’s still a poor attempt at a revenge flick that is sorely lacking in action and regularly feels like a chore to sit through.
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Big Bullet
Feb 23, 2015Although the state of Hong Kong cinema is much approved now, it’s hard to forget the wretched state just a few years ago. ‘Big Bullet’ really stood out when it was released and remains a class act.
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Black Coal, Thin Ice
May 10, 2015‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ is one of those films that are encountered once in a while that are much easier to admire than feel warm and fuzzy about.
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Blind Woman’s Curse
Jun 20, 2025Further elevated by an offbeat sense of humour, with periodic bursts of slapstick and broad comedy, Teruo Ishii’s ‘Blind Woman’s Curse’ is nothing if not memorable.
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Blood Brothers
Feb 24, 2015Not a complete waste of time as it does provide some basic gangster movie stylings but ‘Blood Brothers’ is just that: an exercise in style and a style that has been done much better by other films.
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Bodyguard Kiba
Mar 18, 2024Existing in its own heightened reality, ‘Bodyguard Kiba’ is all about making our hero look cool (and indestructible!) and the bad guys as nasty as possible.
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Bodyguard Kiba 2
Mar 21, 2024Not as riotously entertaining as the first instalment, ‘Bodyguard Kiba 2’ is still a fun watch, mainly to see Chiba strutting his cool stuff and for the impressive fight scenes that open and close the film.
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Boiling Point
Feb 25, 2015For newcomers, it may prove a little difficult to get into and occasionally confusing but those already enjoying Kitano’s films will easily find several merits here that are synonymous with his best work.
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Born To Fight
Feb 25, 2015It’s basically just ninety minutes of acrobatic fight sequences, nail-biting stuntwork and laughable plot devices, so enjoy!
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Boyka: Undisputed
Oct 16, 2017Scott Adkins returns to one of his signature roles in this fourth instalment of the ‘Undisputed’ franchise and, much like Parts 2 & 3, he and the film deliver.
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Breaking News
Feb 26, 2015‘Breaking News’ is punctuated by tension-filled action set-pieces, but its main draw is the sharp characterisation and the insightful critique of the media that fills most of the running time.