A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hong Kong
Postman (1995) Jianjun He, Jue Chen, Yuanzheng Feng, Zhixing Ge
Postman tells the Decalogue-like story of Xiao Dou, an introverted young postal worker who is suddenly promoted from installing mail boxes to delivering letters. Read More »
Death Hunt (1981) Peter R. Hunt, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens
Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. Read More »
Away With Words (1999) Christopher Doyle, Tadanobu Asano, Georgina Hobson, Christa Hughes
The protagonist is Asano who has had an amazing memory since his youth spent in Okinawa. Read More »
Princess Chang Ping (1976) John Woo, Kim Sung Lung, Shuet Shi Mui, Kim-Dan Chu
Love story of Princess Changping, the last princess of the Ming Dynasty in China. Read More »
Song Of the Exile (1990) Ann Hui, Maggie Cheung, Siu-Kwong Chung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Drama
After the Sino-Japanese War, Kwei Dz, one of the family members of Japanese soldiers accepted a Chinese officer’s proposal and remained in China. Read More »
Spiritual Love (1987) David Lai, Taylor Wong, Yun-Fat Chow, Cherie Chung, Deannie Ip, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
A small-time triad member, played by Chow Yun-Fat, discovers a letter from an antique desk written by a young girl, played by Cherie Chung, who died from an illness years before. Read More »
Bullet in the Head (1990) John Woo, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Read More »
The Stewardess (2002) Tak-Sam Leong, Sam Lee, San-san Lee, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Keung suffers from a recurring nightmare in which a woman in red chases him down a highway and tries to kill him with a plastic toy jet. Read More »
Saga of the Phoenix (1990) Ngai Choi Lam, Sze Yu Lau, Biao Yuen, Gloria Yip, Loletta Lee, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Holy Maiden of Hell, Ashura possesses immense power that can destroy humanity. Read More »
Pickpocket (1997) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Hongjian Hao, Baitao Zuo, Drama
Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn’t invite him for his wedding. Read More »
The Happenings (1980) Ho Yim, Kwok Keung Cheung, Chau-Wah Yim, Jan-Wah Yim, Drama
A group of bored teenagers with more hormones and bravado than sense stop at a service station after a leaving a disco. Read More »
Keep cool (1997) Yimou Zhang, You Ge, Wen Jiang, Gang Jiao, Comedy, Thriller
A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover Read More »
Peking Opera Blues (1986) Hark Tsui, Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung, Comedy, Action
The movie is set in chaotic 1920’s China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen’s underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. Read More »
Paper Marriage (1988) Alfred Cheung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Maggie Cheung, Joyce Godenzi, Action, Comedy
An illegal immigrant in Hong Kong, unable to get a Green Card, is subjected to humiliation, and does odd things to survive – like taking part in a mud wrestling match. Read More »