Tiger Cage III 1991 Film Review: A film with a sudden shift in visual style
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Film Name: 冷面狙击手 / Tiger Cage III / Tiger Cage 3 / 冷面狙擊手 Where’s the cold noodles? — The sniper ate them. Where’s...
Classic Hong Kong Movies
A Better Tomorrow III 1989 Film Review: Old Films, New Perspectives: Drawing Sword and Looking Around, Heart Feels Lost
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Film Name: 英雄本色3：夕阳之歌 / A Better Tomorrow III / A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon / 英雄本色III夕陽之歌 This moment is de...
A Better Tomorrow II 1987 Film Review: Heroes only mature, never grow old.
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Film Name: 英雄本色2 / A Better Tomorrow II / Yinghung bunsik II Picking up where the first installment left off, the sequel cont...
A Better Tomorrow 1986 Film Review: Three Types of Heroes an Era Needs
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Film Name: 英雄本色 / A Better Tomorrow / Gangland Boss I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this movie. All I kn...
The Invincible Power of Kindness 1995 Film Review: The Unforgettable Dream of the Jianghu
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Film Name: 仁者无敌 / The Invincible Power of Kindness / 仁者無敵 Chen Xunqi’s Martial Arts Masterpieces: The Commercially Divi...
True Legend 2010 Film Review: New bottle, old wine; the intoxication lingers.
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Film Name: 苏乞儿 / True Legend / Su Qi-Er / Beggar Su / 蘇乞兒 Jackie Chan’s classic song “Drunken Fist” radiate...
She Shoots Straight 1990 Film Review: An action film for women produced by the Seven Little Fortunes
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Film Name: 皇家女将 / She Shoots Straight / 皇家女將 In October 1989, the mother of the Seven Little Fortunes passed away. The member...
Island of Fire 1991 Film Review: The Success and Failure of “All-Star Blockbusters”
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Film Name: 火烧岛 / Island of Fire / Island On Fire / Fire Burn Island / The Prisoner / The Burning Island / When Dragons Meet /...
The Bodyguard from Beijing 1994 Film Review: This outcome is the best possible outcome.
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Film Name: 中南海保镖 / The Bodyguard from Beijing / The Defender / 中南海保鑣 Because of the movie “The Bodyguard from Beijing,&...
All’s Well End’s Well, Too 1993 Film Review: Big-Eyed Brother
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Film Name: 花田喜事 / All’s Well End’s Well, Too / 花田囍事 After watching the entire film, what left the deepest impress...
Cream, Soda & Milk 1981 Film Review: A Brief Discussion on Adolescent Behavior in Films
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Film Name: 忌廉沟鲜奶 / Cream, Soda & Milk / 忌廉溝鮮奶 Film Synopsis: Sisters Ding Ling and Ding Dang were separated for years aft...
Dr. Wai in the Scripture With No Words 1996 Film Review: Pondering the Concept of “Time Travel”
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Film Name: 冒险王 / Dr. Wai in the Scripture With No Words / 冒險王 Several years ago, a “time-travel craze” swept acro...
Dragons Forever 1988 Film Review: Hard work that delivers tangible results
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Film Name: 飞龙猛将 / Dragons Forever / 飛龍猛將 I honestly don’t understand why this late-80s film has such a low rating, beca...
Flaming Brothers 1987 Film Review: Wong Kar-wai’s gangster films are a bit different.
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Film Name: 江湖龙虎斗 / Flaming Brothers / 江湖龍虎鬥 Although its plot isn’t particularly unique among Hong Kong’s numerou...
God of Gamblers 3 1996 Film Review: The Gambler: The Prequel
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Film Name: 赌神3之少年赌神 / God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage / 賭神3之少年賭神 I’ve watched this movie three times and revisited i...
In the Mood for Love 2000 Film Review: Certainty in Uncertainty
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Film Name: 花样年华 / In the Mood for Love / 花樣年華 Two years ago, while reading Alain Badiou’s “Rhapsody for the Theat...
Film Review: Remembering Hong Kong Cinema 1988 “Drunken Master II”
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Film Name: 裤甲天下 / King of Stanley Market / 褲甲天下 Back in 1988, I was still in elementary school. Every family was equally poor...
Drunken Master II 1994 Film Review: Capturing both form and spirit
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Film Name: 醉拳2 / Drunken Master II / Legend of the Drunken Master / 醉拳Ⅱ Such an exceptional film deserves a cigarette or a gl...
The Conmen in Vegas 1999 Film Review: The Last Goddess-Level Starlet, Wong Jing’s Leading Lady
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Film Name: 赌侠大战拉斯维加斯 / The Conmen in Vegas / 賭俠大戰拉斯維加斯 The film’s greatest achievement lies in discovering Lin Xilei, w...
The Bride with White Hair 1993 Film Review: An Extraordinary Love
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Film Name: 白发魔女传 / The Bride with White Hair / 白髮魔女傳 The main focus of the story, in my view, rests entirely on Wu Zhenyu. Th...