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Tag Archives: Hong Kong
Ordinary Heroes (1999) Ann Hui, Kang-sheng Lee, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Kwan-Ho Tse
Ordinary Heroes is a 1999 Cantonese-language film directed by Ann Hui. Read More »
Fox Hunter (1995) Wei Tung, Jade Leung, Jordan Chan, Rongguang Yu
An undercover assignment turns into a deadly game of revenge for a Hong Kong police-woman. Read More »
Breaking News (2004) Johnnie To, Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung
When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion Read More »
Throw Down (2004) Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying
A former judo champion quits the tournament cirucit and runs a nightclub. Read More »
The Venus Tear Diamond (1971) Umetsugu Inoue, Lily Ho, Yun Ling, Chih Hsien Po
Legendary jewel thieves “Nocturnal Earl” (Ling Yun) and “Fragrant Night” (Lily Ho) are set on a collision Read More »
The Mission (1999) Johnnie To, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-yin Lui
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis Read More »
Black Mask (1996) Daniel Lee, Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Karen Mok
Micheal, a former test subject of a project to create supersoldiers Read More »
Four Assassins (2013) Stanley J. Orzel, Will Yun Lee, Miguel Ferrer, Mercedes Renard
“FOUR ASSASSINS” aka “Far Away Eyes” is a tense drama about an ace assassin who reunites with three professional Read More »
Gong Tau: An Oriental Black Magic (2007) Herman Yau, Mark Cheng, Maggie Siu, Suet Lam
Bearing the same Chinese-language title as the 1975 Shaw Brothers shocker Black Magic Read More »
Demon of the Lute (1983) Tak-Cheung Tang, Kuang-Hung Chi, Ping-Ying Hou, Kara Wai
The lute demon Chin Mo has reappeared in the world to wreck havoc. Hsiao Feng-ling is ordered to find a special bow and arrow that can counter the demon. Read More »
Mary From Beijing (1992) Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah Mon, Kenny Bee, Cynthia Cheung
Ma Lei which sounds like “Mary” is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. Read More »
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) Stanley Kwan, Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »
The Drummer (2007) Kenneth Bi, Jaycee Chan, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Angelica Lee
When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Read More »
Angel Hunter (1992) Chung Sun, Vivian Chow, Ching Wan Lau, Man-Tat Ng
A detective investigating a student’s suicide discovers it is connected to a secret Satanic cult. Read More »