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Reviewer February 23, 2021 Wu Xia Review: The film is Chan using new ways to reinvigorate the classic wuxia genre

In the six years since he shifted his aim to China, Peter Chan has directed only three films: Perhaps Love, The Warlords and Wu […]

Reviewer February 3, 2021 Black Ransom 2010 Review: The film manages to be amusing and harmlessly entertaining

Looking for a short synopsis of the Wong Jing-produced cop thriller Black Ransom? How about “Simon Yam: Jedi Cop”. An […]

Reviewer January 23, 2021 The One 2001 Review: Jet Li and Jason Statham as a pair of cops in action film

A severely asinine sci-fi/action flick that isn’t even worth the number of stars listed in the title. “The One” is […]

Reviewer January 12, 2021 Motorway 2012 Review: This Film Was Called Like Asia’s Fast & Furious

Cheung (Yue) and Lo (Wong) work for Hong Kong’s ‘Invisible Squad’. A team of specialist police drivers who catch the […]

Reviewer January 6, 2021 The Stool Pigeon Review: An action film with a grave, melancholic strain

Smarting with as much psychological as physical bruising, “The Stool Pigeon” is an action film with a grave, melancholic strain. […]

Reviewer December 9, 2020 Marauders 2016 Review: Bruce Willis looks lost in confused crime thriller

Marauders is like a sophomoric college essay. It’s full of interesting ideas that get bungle in the execution. Interspersed with some […]

Reviewer December 5, 2020 No Escape 2015 Review: A film you’d want to recoil from taking seriously.

The whites-in-peril thriller No Escape set in an unnamed country is essentially World War Z with Asians. The plot summaries […]

Reviewer November 26, 2020 A Man Called Hero 1999 Review: Both beautiful and touching

After a colorful opening credits sequence that reveals the film’s comic book origin. “A Man Called Hero” jumps right into […]