Stylish Hong Kong Noir entirely shot in black
and white. Dark, intense Feel Bad crime drama
when cops are looking for a serial killer in a
slum part of HK. Cya Liu impresses in her role
and japanese master Kenji Kawai made the ST

Limbo (Jichi)

Direction: Soi Cheang, production: HK 2021

Cast: Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Cya Liu, , Mason Lee, Fish Liew
Blu-ray in cantonese audio with english subtitles, b&w, region A
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation Ltd. bluray edition

Hyperkinetic and very violent crime action
and seemingly a bloodbath homage to the
1980's fast moving and fun action movies.
Sean Lau is a psycho homeless ex-cop who's
solving the Chosen Sleuth's case

Detective vs. Sleuths

Direction and production Wai Ka Fai: HK 2022

Cast: Sean Lau Ching Wan, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong CN Entertainment DVD edition

Huge Chinese blockbuster war action about
the cold winter battle of the 1950 Korean war
where the PVA pushed the US behind the 38th
parallell. 200 million dollars to make and
grossing 900 million dollars plus

The Battle at Lake Changjin

Produced, directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam, China 2021

Cast: Wu Jing, Jackson Lee, Hu Jun, Duan Yihong, Zhang Hanyu
Blu-ray in mandarin audio with with english subtitles, region B
UK Cine Asia 2022 bluray edition

Another wondrous art drama noir from Bi Gan.
Mysterious, fascinating and enigmatic. Another
hypnotic journey with a man looking for a girl
lost, and with the famous long one-take in 3D.
The blurbs on the sleeve are not hyperbole

Long Day's Journey Into Night (Diqiu zuihou de yewan)

Direction and script: Bi Gan, production: China 2018

Cast: Huang Jue, Tang Wei, Chen Yongzhong, Sylvia Chang
Blu-ray in mandarine audio with english subtitles, region A
US Kino Lorber 2 disc bluray edition in 3D and in 2D

Haunting art drama and fascinating roadmovie
in a masterful feature film debut from Bi Gan, a
new exciting talent of Chinese cinema.
Maybe the best Chinese film i've ever seen, and
i hadn't heard about it until now (in Mars 2022)

Kaili Blues (Lu bian ye can)

Direction and script: Bi Gan, production: China 2015

Cast: Chen Yongzhong, Zhao Daqing, Xie Li Xun
Blu-ray in mandarine audio with english subtitles, region ?
US Grasshopper Film 2017 bluray edition

From the G Affairs director comes a visually
stunning art noir thriller with some disturbing
violence . A stylish experiment with magnetic
looking Irene Wan, but maybe more slick edgy
visuals than substance. Dark and depressing

The Fallen

Direction: Lee Cheuk Pan, production: HK 2020

Cast: Irene Wan, Eddie Chen, Kenny Kwan, Hanna Chan
DVD in cantonese audio and other languages with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation 2020 DVD edition

I liked this a lot. A crime drama with some action
about two smugglers in Qingdao China in a
homage to the John Woo 1986 classic. Great
acting and fine chemistry between Kai Wang
and Darren Wang. Sentimental male bonding
and a nice japanese shoot-out

A Better Tomorrow 2018 (Ying xiong ben se)

Direction and script: Sheng Ding, production: China 2018

Cast: Kai Wang, Darren Wang, Ma Tien Yu, Yu Ailei, Lam Tsuet
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation 2018 DVD edition

Fantasy adventure with 2 youngsters on the
road, a half-human Fox Spirit and a student
experiencing crazy adventures and becoming
buddies. Meeting a Lotus prostitute ghost
and looking for the elixir of a human soul

Soul Snatcher (Chi hu shu sheng / Red Fox Scholar)

Direction: Song Haolin & Yi Liqi, production: China 2020

Cast: Xian Li, Chen Li-Nong, Jiang Chao, Hani Kyzu
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

Absolutely fascinating Judo art-movie drama that
gets into your head. A quirky and existential tale
from the grand old master and innovator of the
Hong Kong film. My favourite Johnnie To film,
experimental and playful in it's approach

Throw Down (Yau doh lung fu bong) My Favourite Johnnie To Film

Direction: Johnnie To, production: HK 2004

Cast: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-Fai
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region A
Hong Kong Panorama 2021 bluray edition

Trashy and nonsense Agent spoof comedy
with B grade version Stephen Chow comedian
Dayo Wong as Agent Mr. Chan investigating
The Case of the Hydogen drug.
Mildly entertaining with your brain turned off

Agent Mr. Chan (Dong du te gong)

Direction: Jeff Cheung Ka-Kit, production: HK-China 2018

Cast: Dayo Chi Wah Wong, Charmaine Sheh, Sze-Kwan Cheng
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation DVD edition

Taiwanese fantasy romance comedy where the
world stops and everyone incl. postal office girl
Hsiao-Chi misses Valentine day. Everyone almost
except nerd Wu Ku Tai that can stalk her as he
wants and take the frozen girl to the beach

My Missing Valentine (Xiao shi de qing ren jie)

Direction and script: Chen Yu-Hsun, production: Taiwan 2020

Cast: Patty Pei-Yu Lee, Liu Kuan-Ting, Duncan Chou
DVD in mandarin with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

2013 Drug War crime-action with a 2019 sequel
in name only. With the great Lau Ching Wan in
the first and with Andy Lau in the sequel.
Louis Koo the only one who returned from the
first film, but as a completely new character

The White Storm + The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2 disc)

Direction: Benny Chan/Herman Yau, production: 2013/2019 China-HK

Cast: Lau Ching Wan, Nick Cheung, Louis Koo/Andy Lau, Louis Koo
DVD in cantonese with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films 2 disc DVD edition

A Visual Feast. SUPER HIT fantasy action
adventure with beautiful animation and based
on a novel about old folk legends and ancient
Chinese gods. Just fascinating and one of the
highest grossing Chinese films of all time

Ne Zha (ne Zha zhi motong jiangshi/Birth of the Demon Child Nezha)

Direction and co-story: Yu Yang, Production: China 2019

Cast: Animated Film
Blu-ray in putonghua mandarin audio with english subtitles, region A
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation bluray edition

Well made war movie where Chinese CPV
soldiers battle US forces to build, hold and to
cross the Geumgang river and to join the front.
3 director's with one segment each. Film takes
place in 1953 at the end of the Korean war

Sacrifice / Jingang chuan (Geumgang River))

Direction: Guan Hu / Frant Gwo / Lu Yang, production: China 2020

Cast: Zhang Yi, Jing Wu, Jang Du, Deng Chao
Mandarin audio with english subtitles, streaming video
Youtube streaming video

Powerful, gripping and well made War action
that was the No.1 grossing film of 2020. True
story about 400 Chinese soldiers defence of
the Sihang warehouse in Shanghai in 1937
against the occupying Japanese army

The Eight Hundred (Ba Bai)

Direction and co-script: Guan Hu, production: China 2020

Cast: Zhang Junyi, Zhizhong Huang, Du Chun
Blu-ray in mandarin audio with swedish subtitles, region B
Nordic Noble Entertainment bluray edition

After the Infernal Affairs and Overheard
trilogies Alan Mak is back with yet another
High Finance thriller. This time with the
Anti-Corruption agence vs. smugglers and
money launderers. Very complex intrigue

Integrity (Lian zheng feng yun)

Direction, script: Alan Mak, production: Hong Kong-China 2019

Cast: Sean Lau Ching Wan, Nick Cheung, Karen Lam, Alex Fong
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong CN Entertainment DVD edition

Mak and Chong's trilogy deals with property
developers and inside stock traders. High
finance thrillers with Lau Ching Wan, Daniel
Wu and Louis Koo in all of them.
From the makers of Infernal Affairs et al.

Overheard Trilogy (Sit ting fung wan 1 - 3)

Direction, script: Alan Mak & Felix Chong, prod: HK-China 2009 - 2014

Cast: Lau Ching Wan, Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Alex Fong
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region all and region 3
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation 4 disc DVD edition

Funny not too romantic time travel comedy about
the middle-aged loser Xia Luo who suddenly
finds himself being transported back to his
highschool days in 1997 with the opportunity
of getting the cutest girl in class - the 2nd time

Goodbye Mr. Loser (Xin luo te fan nao)

Direction: Yan Fei & Peng Da Mo, production: China 2015

Cast: Teng Shen, Li Ma, Zhi Wang, Yu Tian, Song Yang
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region all
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation DVD edition

Drama based on real events when failed shop
owner Cheng Yong starts parallell importing
cheap Indian medicines for leukemia. He sells
it to Chinese patients too poor for buying the
legit pills sold for exorbitant prices by the Big
Pharma with protection from corrupt officials.
Winner of multiple film festival awards

Dying to Survive (Wo bushi yao shen)

Direction: Wen Mu Ye, production: China 2018

Cast: Xu Zheng, Zho Yi Wei, Eric Wang, Tan Zhuo
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region all
Hong Kong Edko Film DVD edition

Fine Taiwanese Art Roadmovie drama, prize
awarded and with a nice soundtrack. Mickey
wants to be a temple performer and with her
friend Gin Gin, a Go-Go dancer they go to the
Chinese Mega City of Guangzhou searching

Mickey On the Road (Mi zou Guangzhou)

Direction and script: Lu Hui Mian/Man Man, production: Taiwan 2020

Cast: Yeh Pao-Wen, Chang Ya-Ling, Miao Ke-Li, Wen Shi-Sing
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Taiwanese Deltamac 2021 DVD edition

Beautiful Taiwanese animated drama about
a middle-aged woman returning to Taiwan for
a funeral and thinking about her early days.
"The american daughter is home" and the film
jumps between then and now

On Happiness Road (Hsing Fu lu sheng)

Direction and script: Hsin Yin-Sung, production: Taiwan 2017
Cast: Animated Film, Gwen Lun Mei the voice for Lin Shu-Chi
DVD in mandarin, english and taiwanese Min nan dialect audio
with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama Corporation Ltd. DVD edition

Diao Yinan is Back with an amazing piece of
China Noir Crime Action and visually stunning.
This is "The Chinese Gangster movie" about
a Cop killer on the run, and Gwei Lun Mei is
hypnotic. Set-pieces and set-ups a plenty

The Wild Goose Lake (Nanfang chezhan de juhui)

Direction and script: Diao Yinan, production: China 2019

Cast: Hu Ge, Gwei Lun Mei, Liao Fan, Wan Qian, Qi Dao
Blu-ray in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region all
US Film Movement 2020 blu-ray edition

Another beautiful China Noir from Zhang Ke,
with Diao Yinan the masters of the Chinese New
Wave. A gangster roadmovie drama and a
miserable love story when Zhao Tao travels all
over China in search for her lost boyfriend

Ash is the Purest White (Jiang hu er nü)

Direction and script: Jia Zhang Ke, production: China-France 2018

Cast: Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Xu Zheng, Diao Yinan
Blu-ray in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region B
UK New Wave Films blu-ray edition

The Start of China Noir? Brilliant crime drama
from Henan province, central China, where 2
miners and killers has found a way of cheating
private mining entrepeneurs out of their money

Blind Shaft (Mang Jing)

Direction and script: Li Yang, production: China 2003

Cast: Li Yixiang, Wang Shuangbo, Wang Baoqiang
DVD in mandarin (henanese) audio with english subs, region all
US Kino Video & Hong Kong Star Treasure Holdings DVD edition

The Great Stephen Chow is back with his new
version of his 1990's film, and it's a fine feel
good comedy with fun and warmth. and the
wonderful actress Vin E Jingwen as Dreamy

The New King of Comedy

Direction, script and co-production: Stephen Chow HK 2019

Cast: Vin E Jingwen, Wang Bao Qiang
DVD in cantonese or mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films 2019 DVD edition

Crime action comedy and a very enjoyable
sequel to the Chinese Hit about the bumbling
detective Tang Ren. He lures his friends over
to Chinatown, NY, to solve a crime case, but all
the world's best detectives are there too.
A Super Hit and Detective Chinatown 3 in 2020

Detective Chinatown 2

Direction and script: Chen Sicheng, production: China 2018

Cast: Wang Baoqiang, Haoran Liu, Xiao Yang, Natasha Liu
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

Is this the best film of 2014? Well, maybe not
but it's for sure a brilliant winterly Neo-Noir
crime thriller from the northeastern desolate
Heilongjang coal district of China. Yet another
masterful crime story from mainland China

Black Coal, Thin Ice (Bai ri yan huo)

Direction and script: Diao Yinan, production: China 2014

Cast: Liao Fan, Gwei (Kwai) Lun Mei, Wang Xuebing
Blu-ray in mandarin audio with english subs, region A
Well Go USA Entertainment bluray edition

Everyone and everything are disgusting
and ugly (except Huang Lu) in this arty
murder mystery. Yes, but it's undeniably
told innovatively by debut director Lee
and there has been some buzz around it

G Affairs (G Saat)

Director: Lee Cheuk Pan, production. HK 2018

Cast: Hanna Chan, Huang Lu, Chapman To
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2019 DVD edition

Supernatural comedy about a hotel executive
stalked by ghosts. A so-so supernatural
comedy but with an odd mix of comedy, melo-
drama, slapstick, incarnation buddhism stuff

Hotel Soul Good

Direction and co-script: Yan Pak-Wing, production: HK 2018

Cast: Chrissie Chau, Louis Cheung, Eric Kot, Maggie Shaw
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region all
Hong Kong CN Entertainment DVD edition

I Loved it! Just wonderful Feel Good comedy
about love of music and with some romance
it could surely work for viewers worldwide.
Music students plays old Chinese instruments
and struggles with getting any recognition

Our Shining Days (Shan guang shao nu)

Director: Wang Ran, production: China 2017

Cast: Xu Lu, Peng Yuchang, Liu Yong Xi
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

A slightly arty but unusual and interesting
drama-comedy in a mix of Robinson Crusoe,
Lost and Lord of the Flies. Nicely shot with
director Huang Bo also in the lead role

The Island

Direction & co-script: Huang Bo, production: China 2018

Cast: Huang Bo, Shu Qi, Wang Bao Qiang, Yu Hewei
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2018 DVD edition

Multiple dreaming mystery horror drama
with Lin waking up from dreams where her
family is killed by a psychopath and rapist.
Taiwanese singer Ariel Lin is fine as the
traumatized student Miao Miao

The Mysterious Family (Shenmijia zu)

Director and script: Park Yu-hwan, production: China 2017

Cast: Ariel Lin, Kara Hui, Blue, Wu Jing, Chen Xiao
DVD in mandarin with english subtitles, region 3
Taiwanese DVD edition

A Big Pharma virus crime thriller that takes place
in Malaysia and Hong Kong. and with a decent
car chase shot in Kuala Lumpur. A wikileak
type of organization fights evil Big Pharma

The Leakers

Direction: Herman Yau, production: HK 2018

Cast: Julian Cheung, Frances Ng, Ken Cheng, Charmaine Sheh
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2018 DVD edition

A not very good crime action but with an OK
Chow Yun Fat as the disgusting psychopath.
Mostly with uninspired gunfights and with a
stupid false narrative.
Who's the Painterman?

Project Gutenberg

Direction & script: Felix Chong, production: HK-Thailand 2018

Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Aaron Kwok, Catherine Chau
DVD in cantonese and mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2019 DVD edition

Just astonishing. I'm speechless. The 3rd part
in the crime action SPL saga and this is the best .
Great acting and Fantastic martial arts from
Brother Sammo Hung. Intense, dark feel bad
and showered with well earned prizes

SPL 3: Paradox (Sha Po Lang: taam long)

Direction: Wilson Yip Wai Shun, production: HK 2017

Cast: Louis Koo, Wu Yue, Chris Collins, Tony Jaa, Gordon Lam
DVD in thai and cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Well Go USA Entertainment DVD edition

Weird, sadistic and ... funny for all of the
members in the League of Sick Puppies.
A Taiwanese freak-show written by Giddens
Ko with Simon Yam as a sadistic and per-
verted landlord spying on his tenants

The Tenents Downstairs (Lou xia de fang ke)

Direction & production: Adam Tsuei, Taiwan 2016

Cast: Simon Yam, Shao Yu Wei, Hou Yan Xi, Xing Li
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films 2017 DVD edition

Great teenage horror-drama directed and
scripted by novelist and filmmaker Giddens Ko.
Highschool drama and apocalyptic horror when
a gang of annoying schoolkids meets and traps
a young monster girl and her sister gets annoyed

Mon Mon Mon Monsters

Direction, script and production: Giddens Ko, Taiwan 2017

Cast: Deng Yu-Kai, Eugenie Liu, Kent Tsai, Lin Pei-Hsin
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films 2017 DVD edition

Visually amazing looking period fantasy based
on a japanese sci-fi novel. A japanese monk
travels to Tang period China 850 AD to solve the
mystery of famous concubine Yang's death and
the strange appearances of the black demon cat

Legend of the Demon Cat

Direction and co-script: Chen Kaige, production: China 2017

Cast: Huang Xuan, Shota Sometani, Zhang Yu Qi, Qin Hao
Blu-ray in mandarin and japanese audio with english subtitles, region A
Hong Kong Panorama bluray 2018 edition

Fine crime thriller about a kidnapping where
Lau plays Mr. Wu, a famous HK filmstar and
singer who gets kidnapped by a brutal Beijing
kidnap gang. Will the Chinese police rescue
him before he's murdered? Suspenseful

Saving Mr. Wu

Direction, script, editing and production: Ding Sheng, China 2015

Cast: Andy Lau, Wang Qianyuan, Liu Ye, Wu Ruo Fu
Blu-ray in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region A
US Well Go USA Entertainment bluray edition

John Woo's return to the crime action genre and
a re-make of a japanese film results in a mildly
entertaining and trashy action filled with every
cliché from every action movie Woo ever made

ManHunt

Direction: John Woo, production: China-Hong Kong 2017

Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Masaharu Fukuyama, Angeles Woo
DVD in mandarin, some japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2018 DVD edition

Drama with some martial arts when a japanese
woman in HK takes over her fathers dojo and
starts training for a comeback as a fighter.
An overuse of heavenly music as J.S.Bach
can't hide that this really is cliché filled fluff

The Empty Hands

Direction, co-script and co-production: Chapman To, HK 2017

Cast: Stephy Tang, Chapman To, Yasuaki Kurata, Stephen Au
DVD in cantonese and some japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2018 DVD edition

Prize awarded crime drama with 3 parallell stories
directed by 3 directors about 3 HK gangsters.
Will the Three Kings of thieves unite for one
last big job? Lam Ka Tung is scary as Kwai
but otherwise a very overrated film

Trivisa

Direction: Frank Hui/Jevons Au/Vicky Wong, production: HK 2016

Cast: Lam Ka tung, Richie Jen, Jordan Chan
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

Artmovie drama and political satire about a
very stubborn querulant woman, Li Xuelian
obsessed with getting justice and she turns
into a horror for officials at all levels

I Am Not Madame Bovary

Direction: Feng Xiao Gang, production: China 2016

Cast: Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, Da Peng
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films 2017 DVD edition

Fantastic acting in a drama about the deep
friendship between 2 women, being friends
from when they were 13. Gripping and both
Zhou Dongyu and Ma Sichun won a Golden
Horse Award for their mesmerizing performances

Soul Mate (Qi yue yu an sheng)

Direction: Derek Tsang, production: China 2016

Cast: Zhou Dong Yu, Sandra Ma Sichun, Toby Lee
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

A very fine dark crime drama about the clashes
between illegal chinese immigrants and yakuza
in the sleazy area of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Prime noir
with Jackie Chan as we've never seen him before.
I totally missed this gem in 2009

The Shinjuku Incident

Direction and co-script: Derek Yee, production: Jackie Chan 2009

Cast: Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, Naoto Takenaka, Fan Bing Bing
DVD in cantonese, mandarin, japanese audio with subs, region 2
UK Cine Asia Showbox 2 disc DVD edition

The Master is Back from the big production
quagmire hell, YES! With a taut and exciting
hospital crime action thriller and with a Grand
Brian De Palma-esque finale. Welcome back
great old Johnnie. Best To movie in a long time

Three

Direction, co-production: Johnnie To, HK 2016

Cast: Vicky Zhao Wei, Louis Koo, Chung Hon Leung
DVD in cantonese (or mandarin) audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2016 DVD edition

Intricate murder mystery romance based on the
writing of Cai Jun where an unsolved murder
in 1995, The Nanming Road murder, leads to
another identical strangling in 2015. A Nice
mystery but too mainstream sugary romance

Kill Time

Direction, script and production: Fruit Chan, China 2016

Cast: AngelaBaby, Ethan Juan, Zhang Chao
DVD in mandarin audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Emperor Motion Pictures 2016 DVD edition

Stephen Chow strikes again in a charming
romantic comedy-fantasy about a mermaid
and a ruthless property developer millionaire.
Very entertaining and a Super Blockbuster
in China that may be a success elsewhere too

Mermaid (Mei ren yu)

Direction, co-script and production: Stephen Chow, China 2016

Cast: Deng Chao, Jelly Lin, Zhang Yu Qi, Show Luo
DVD in mandarin (or cantonese) audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films 2016 DVD edition

Great and dark, well ... this is a Soi Cheang film,
martial arts action with Tony Yaa and Wu Ying
joining forces against human organ traffickers.
Tony Yaa impresses with good acting in this
brutally dark and overstrung but GREAT film

SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (Saat po lang 2)

Direction: Soi Cheang, production: HK 2015

Cast: Tony Yaa, Wu Jing, Zhang Jin, Simon Yam
DVD in cantonese and thai audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Universe 2015 DVD edition

Fantasy adventure action chinese tomb raider
style based on the hugely popular Ghost Blows
out the Light novel series. There are strange
fossiles hidden in the Kunlun Mountains and a
group of explorers seek the Ghostly Tribe secret

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe

Direction and script: Lu Chuan, production: China 2015

Cast: Hu Bayi, Chen Yao, Wang Qingxiang
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama 2016 DVD edition

An OK old time exorcist horror when a socialite
psychiatrist watches a demon possess her
teenage daughter. The Power of christ compels
you ... Kara Hui is great as the tormented mother
in a horror that deserves a better script

Daughter

Direction and co-script: Chan Pang Chun, production: HK 2015

Cast: Kara Hui, Yanny Chan, Kenny Wong, Yu Miao
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong CN Entertainment 2016 DVD edition

A Finely tuned and gripping roadmovie drama
about a man on a 15 year odyssey through
China searching for his abducted child.
Great photo, beautifully told and with Andy
Lau in one of hist best roles ever

Lost and Love

Direction and script: Peng Sanyuan, production: China 2015

Cast: Andy Lau, Jing Boran, Tony Leung Ka fai
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

Josie Ho, the Billionairess, not a slasher killer this
time but an broken and out ex-champion badminton
player in a unashamedly nonsensical comedy.
She sees a shuttlecock shaped meteor and decides
to make a Re-set and start competing again

Full Strike

Direction and script: Derek Kwok/Henri Wong, production: HK 2015

Cast: Josie Ho, Ekin Cheng, Andrew Lam, Ronald Cheng
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Vicol Entertainment DVD edition

Hark gives us an entertaining fantasy war action
popcorn rollercoaster about the PLA taking the
Tiger Mountain from bandit Lord Hawk in 1946.
Tons of CGI, cool bandits when only 36 soldiers
takes on 2000 bad guys in the northeast of China

The Taking of Tiger Mountain (Zhi qu weihu shan)

Direction: Tsui Hark, production: China 2014

Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Zhang Hanyu, Yu Nan
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

Pang surprises with a Slasher Comedy about a
woman murdering her way to the perfect apartment.
A BLOODBATH and possibly the most violent
film ever made in Hong Kong. Gore Galore!
Absolutely disgusting deaths are promised

Dream Home

Direction, story and co-script: Pang Ho Cheung, prod: HK 2010

Cast: Josie Ho, Eason Chan, Derek Tsang
Blu-ray in cantonese audio with english subs, region B
UK Network Releasing bluray uncut 2015 DVD edition

An unusual and interesting crime-drama
from the economical- and bank crise times
of Hong Kong where bomb attacks and
demonstrations leads to the finale, the
chaotic bank robbery

Doomsday Party

Direction and script, production: Ho Hong, HK 2013

Cast: Kelvin Kwan, Fish Liew, Paul Wong
Blu-ray in cantonese audio with english subs, region A
Hong Kong Panorama bluray edition

BRILLIANT Horror Crime Thriller from Taiwan
where the solution to the mystery could be found
in Taoistic mysticism. Dark, suggestive and very
well acted by Leung Ka-Fai and Morse. Great stuff

Double Vision (Shuang tong)

Direction and co-script, production: Chen Kuo Fu : Taiwan 2002

Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, David Morse, Rene Liu, Dai Li Zen
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 2
Japan Sony Columbia Pictures 113 min uncut DVD edition

A beautiful, delicate and gripping teenage
drama from Taiwan. Three boys seeks the
answers to why a fellow student, a young girl
has committed suicide. Maybe a crime-drama

Partners in Crime

Direction: Chang Jung-Chi, production: Taiwan 2014

Cast: Huang Teng-Hui, Oliver Chou
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Deltamac DVD edition

Nice and enjoyably paceful martial arts
crime action. Old maestro Donnie Yen is up to
the task and still delivers a great fight when
the hunt after a mental martial arts killer is on

Kung Fu Killer

Direction: Teddy Chen, production: HK 2014

Cast: Donnie Yen, Wang Baoqiang, Charlie Young
Blu-ray in cantonese audio with english subs, region B
UK Signature blu-ray edition

Apocalyptic horror Sci-Fi comedy something
when a minibus with 17 passengers disappears
in a road tunnel to Tai Po.
A Great start and middle but with a poor ending

The Midnight After

Direction and script: Fruit Chan, production: HK 2013

Cast: Janice Man, Wong You-nam, Simon Yam, Lam Tsuet
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

Amazingly dark crime drama about a bunch of
people about to explode in the predatory and
ruthless atmosphere of capitalism today.
Supposedly based on real occurrences and a
winner of film festival prizes. Highly recommended

A Touch Of Sin (Tian Zhu Ding)

Direction and script: Jia Zhang-Ke, production: China 2013

Cast: Jiang Wu, Wang Baoqiang, Tao Zhao
Bluray in mandarin audio with english subs, region B
UK Arrow blu-ray DVD edition

Psychological crime drama and a mountain
slasher from the innards of Taiwan. Extremely
gorgeous cinematography ... maybe too slick
actually, and the Oscar nominee for Taiwan.
Jimmy Wang is great as a detestable old man

Soul (Shi hun)

Direction, script, photo: Chung Mong-hong, prod: Taiwan 2013

Cast: Jimmy Wang, Joseph Chang, Vincent Liang
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Deltamac DVD edition

Great drama with a very good Nick Cheung in a
prize winning performance as a 48 year old ex-
boxer on the run from triad loan sharks, who
tries a secon career as a MMA fighter in Macau

Unbeatable

Direction and script: Dante Lam, production: HK 2013

Cast: Nick Cheung, Crystal Lee, Mei Ting
DVD in cantonese and mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

OK, this is not Chinese or HK stuff - but almost
as a wuxia in style. A Great and slick looking
Vietnamese fantasy martial arts that's enjoyable
and with some absolute gorgeous actresses

The Lady Assassin (My Nhan Ke)

Direction: Nguyen Quang Dung, production: Vietnam 2013

Cast: Pham Thahn Hang, Thang Thahn Ha, Le Thai Hoa
DVD in vietnamese audio with english subs, region 2
UK Terracotta 2014 DVD edition

A totally OK horror homage to the old hopping
vampire films as comedy classic Mr. Vampire.
But, this is certainly not a comedy. Dark about
a has-been actor moving into a house with some
ectoplasmic problems to commit suicide

Rigor Mortis

Direction: Juno Mak, production: HK 2013

Cast: Chin Siu-ho, Nina Paw, Anthony Chan, Richard Ng
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Kong Deltamac DVD edition

Lovely Vicky's debut feature as director is a
blockbuster drama about some youth's in
college. Their friendship, love affairs and
dreams about the future. A prizewinner and
a huge hit moneywise and critical

So Young

Direction: Vicky Zhao Wei, production: China 2013

Cast: Yang Zishan, Mark Chao
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

Enjoyable Trash and female buddy action
comedy. Three very thin fashion models are
kidnapped and has to fight in a cage and
expose a human trafficking gang. These girls
really look like muscled fighters .... NOT!

Kick Ass Girls (Bao 3 Qiao Jiao wa/Bau 3 chiu Giu wa)

Direction, script: Cheuk Wan Chi, prod: HK - Malaysia 2013

Cast: Chrissie Chau, Hidy Yu, Dada Lo, Cheuk Wan Chi
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Kam Ronson DVD edition

Huge blockbuster hit in HK and China.
A bloody crime-action where a horde of
hapless cops are slaughtered and Hong Kong is
demolished by a ûber-nasty gang of robbers.
Poor CGI popcorn flick and some stupid fun

Firestorm

Direction and script: Alan Yuen, production: HK 2013

Cast: Andy Lau, Lam Ka Tung, Yao Chen
DVD in cantonese with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

Prizewinning family-drama about a parents
struggle to keep the custody of his daughter.
Atmospheric and gripping from the Taiwan
coastal city of Kaohsiung and filmed in
black and white. Great movie

No puedo vivir sin ti

Direction: Leon Dai, production: Taiwan 2009

Cast: Chen Wen-Pin, Chao Yo-Hsuan, Lin Chih-Ju
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, b&w, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

A VERY good crime docu-drama were we get to
see the humanistic cop Huilang and his colleagues
solve small everyday crimes by small criminals
and in the main role we see the city of Beijing

Beijing Blues

Direction: Gao Qunshu, production: China 2012

Cast: Zhang Li Xian, Zhou Yun Peng
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region all
China Guosi Culture DVD edition

Slow but pretty stylish and interestingly made
crime-drama about cops vs. drug criminals in
the borderland of China and Burma.
Yet another solid crime story from the mainland

Lethal Contact

Direction and script: Cheng Er, production: China 2012

Cast: Sung Honglei, Wang Luodan, Gao Ye
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 6
China Opus Media DVD edition

Terrific family drama with a Hypnotic Yan
Bing Yan as a dissatisfied middle age woman.
She's intensely alive and deservedly won a
best actress reward at the Beijing Film Festival.
I don't know a word of mandarin but her acting
overcame all language barriers

Feng Shui

Direction: Wang Jing, production: China 2012

Cast: Yan Bing Yan, Jiao Gang, Chen Gang
DVD in mandarin audio without english subs, region all
China DVD edition

OK crime-mystery and the deadly duo Chow
and To's follow up to their unhinged Murder.
Simon Yam is investigating a brutal crime where
the leads points 20 years backwards in time

Nightfall (Dai zeoi bou)

Direction: Roy Chow, script: Christine To, production: HK 2012

Cast: Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Janice Man
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

Slickly made romantic fantasy tale that look great.
Forgettable popcorn flick about a fox demon Xiao
Wei who eats human hearts and the princess
who lusts after a soldier lover. The sequel to
Painted Skin from 2008

Painted Skin: The Resurrection

Direction: Wuershan, production: HK - China 2012

Cast: Vicky Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong IVL DVD edition

YES! Surprisingly effective little car chase thriller
about robbers fleing from the police using a wheel
spin trick in the HK streets. Very nice and straight
to the point and delightfully unpretensious.
Guo Xiaodong cool as a robber racing wiz

Motorway

Direction: Soi Cheang, production: Johnnie To HK 2012

Cast: Anthony Wong, Shawn Yue, Guo Xiaodong, Lam Ka Tung
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Mega Star DVD edition

Another brilliant crime á la Hong Kong Noir
with great acting, atmospheric photo, doomed
romance and plenty of god old Feel Bad.
Wow! The Golden Era of HK filmmaking returns
and the spirit of Long Arm of the Law lives.
This was the 1st time i saw Gwi Lun-mei and I
was hypnotized by her performance

The Stool Pigeon

Direction, script: Dante Lam, Jack Ng, production: HK 2010

Cast: Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Kwai Lun-mei
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Emperor Motion Pictures 2 disc DVD edition

Lam/Ng strikes again in a almost as good sequel to
their 2008 modern classic The Beast Stalker.
Gorgeous looking Crime Noir with some very
stringently effective action scenes.
The Long Arm of the Law Lives Again

Fire of Conscience

Direction: Dante Lam, script: Jack Ng, production: HK 2010

Cast: Leon Lai, Richie Jen, Liu Kai Chi, Wang Baoqiang
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Mega Star DVD edition

Brilliant! Masterful and hailed by critics.
A Crime-thriller from the creative duo Lam/Ng
that Re-Animates this HK Golden Era genre
into modern day Hong Kong. A Knock-Out!
Almost as good as icon Long Arm of the Law

The Beast Stalker

Direction: Dante Lam, script: Jack Ng, production: HK 2008

Cast: Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Zhang Jingchu, Wong Suet Yin
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Joy Sales - Emperor Motion Pictures 2 disc DVD edition

Slick looking Virus on the loose Kuala Lumpur
shoot out chase action that's pretty enjoyable.
Lam leaves his ambitious HK Noir crime style
for a more mainstream popcorn orientated film

The Viral Factor

Direction: Dante Lam, production: HK 2012

Cast: Nicholas Tse, Jay Chou, Lin Peng
DVD in mandarin audio and others with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Emperor Motion Pictures 2 disc DVD edition

Crime Murder Mystery where Lau Ching Wan
plays an orderly master detective investigating
a murder with strangely missing bullets in a
munition-factory during the 1920's or 1930's

The Bullet Vanishes

Direction: Lo Chi-Leung, production: HK - China 2012

Cast: Lau Ching Wan, Nicholas Tse, Yang Mi
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Welcome Int. 2 disc DVD edition

Very enjoyable Sci-Fi Sex nonsense comedy trash.
A Delightfully sleazy Cat. 3 that makes you think
about the good old times Golden Era films.
But below it all this film has got a friendly charm

The 33 D Invader

Direction: Cash Chin, production: HK 2011

Cast: Macy Wu, Yoshizawa Akiho, Kato Takako
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Kong Kam Ronson DVD edition

The Sequel with the under-cover cop
Laughing Gor who made his debut in the Super
Hit TV series in 2009. The Story ?
I've no idea but Janice Man was HOT

Turning Point 2 (Laughing Gor 2)

Direction: Herman Yau, production: HK 2011

Cast: Francis Ng, Michael Tse, Janice Man, Chapman To
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong CN Entertainment DVD edition

Welcome to the Gobi Desert and the hopeful
sleepy Shamatown. Local entrepreneur Tang
wants investers and tourists and gangster
boss Mao wants the hidden treasure of local
legend Bandit Hu. Enjoyable chinese comedy

Welcome to Shamatown (Jue Zhan Sha Ma Zhen)

Direction and co-script: Li Weiran, production: China 2010

Cast: Honglei Sun, Chi Ling Lin, Huang Hai-Bo
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Kam & Ronson DVD edition

Great Fun! A constantly entertaining and smart
detective romp and wuxia from the reign of the
Tang empress Wu in 689 AD.
A Lavish production that looks great and with
a handful of great actors. A Sequel is coming

Detective Dee & the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Direction: Tsui Hark, production: HK - China 2010

Cast: Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Deng Chao, Carina Lau
DVD in cantonese or mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Emperor Motion Pictures 2 disc DVD edition

Good looking entry in the flood of Neo-Wuxia
about Beggar Su Can, the creator of the Drunken
Fist style martial arts. Plenty of CGI and with
Michelle Yeoh and Gordon Liu in small parts.
Yuen Woo Ping, the genre director legend

True Legend (Su Can/Begger Su)

Direction: Yuen Woo Ping, production: China 2010

Cast: Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Andy On, Michelle Yeoh
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 1
US Vivendi Entertainment DVD edition

Historical action drama about a ruthless
rulers hunt after the last descendant of the
Zhou family. A visually nice looking film and
a blockbuster in China .... but a bit boring

Sacrifice

Direction: Chen Kaige, production: China 2010

Cast: Wang Xueqi, Ge You, Fan Bingbing
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 6
China Guoshi DVD edition

Excellent mainland Blockbuster melodrama
about the fate of a family between 1976-2008
and the Earthquake in Tangshan 1976 and the
one in Sichuan 2008. Great Disaster movie

Aftershock

Direction: Feng Xiaogang, production: China 2010

Cast: Zhang Jingchu, Chen Daoming, Xu Fan, Li Chen
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Mega Star DVD edition

Crime flick where a pistol sharpshooter marksman
and a finance tycoon is drawn into, and is the
suspect for, a robbery. Somewhat entertaining
but nothing special. Sequel to 2000 Double Tap

Triple Tap

Direction: Derek Yee, production: HK 2010

Cast: Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Li Bing Bing, Charlene Choi
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Vicol - Emperor Motion Pictures 2 disc DVD edition

A VERY unusual crime thriller with an UNHINGED
plot twist. Inspired madness that makes you either
cheer or destroy the DVD. Just Love it. Crazy.
Never seen crime thriller before, the hype is true

Murderer - A Masterpiece or a gobbling Turkey ?

Direction: Roy Chow, scipt: Christina To, production: HK 2009

Cast: Aaron Kwok, Ning Chang, Eddie Cheung, Tam Chun Yat
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition

Lavishly made and great looking WW2 spy
thriller from the great Chen "Double Vision" Kuo Fu.
The Japanese army is chasing a chinese mole in the
puppet rulers Secret Service. Zhou and Bing Bing
are great. More Chinese WW2 pics please

The Message (Feng sheng)

Direction and script: Chen Kuo Fu, production: China 2009

Cast: Zhou Xun, Li Bing Bing, Zhang Hanyu
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Joy Sales Films and Video DVD edition

Depressingly dark crime-thriller where a group
arranges murders looking like accidents.
Disgusting killers and a cold unsympathetic film
with Louis Koo in an extra odious role.
Cold and Unlikeable but done with skill

Accident

Direction: Soi Cheang, production: Johnnie To HK 2009

Cast: Louis Koo, Richie Jen, Michelle Ye, Feng Tsui Fan
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Media Star DVD edition

One of the Pang Brothers surprises with an
unexpectedly finely tuned youth pic. Teenage
melodrama about 3 friends with lots and lots
of tears, but the young actors are lovely

Basic Love

Direction: Oxide Pang, production: HK 2009

Cast: Janice Man, Rex Ho, Elaine Kwong
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Universe Digital Entertainment 2 disc DVD edition

This film has absolutely nothing to do with Ninjas
and may have one of the weirdest sleeves ever.
But we do get to see the agile wushu master
Luxia Jiang in some great fights against the gang
who may have kidnapped her boss

Coweb (Ninja Masters/Combat Web)

Direction: Xin Xin Xiong, production: HK - China 2009

Cast: Jiang Lu Xia, Sam Lee, Eddie Cheung
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 1
US Lion's Gate DVD edition

A Very enjoyable crime horror where the cop Yue
is transferred to the Department of Strange Affairs,
and Yes, that includes supernatural stuff.
Department Rule No. 1 - There's NO Ghosts

Rule No. 1

Direction: Kelvin Tong, production: HK - Singapore 2008

Cast: Shawn Yue, Ekin Cheng, Stephanie Cho, Fiona Xie
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Joy Sales DVD edition

Happenings around a car. Artmovie drama from
a beautiful Taiwan by Night with some interesting
characters. Histories are woven around the night
and the parked car

Parking

Direction, script, photo: Mong Hong Chung, prod: Taiwan 2008

Cast: Gwei Lun-mei, Chen Chang, Peggy Tseng, Jack Kao, Chapman To
DVD in mandarin and cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Kam Ronson 2 disc DVD edition

Great looking Ghost story and wuxia fantasy in
a cool retro looking 1980's early 1990's style
where a female demon falls in love with a warrior.
Nothing special but mildly enjoyable

Painted Skin

Direction: Gordon Chan, production: HK - China 2008

Cast: Vicky Zhao Wei, Donnie Yen, Zhou Xun
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

Lavishly made and good looking martial arts
action about the Master of Wing Chun - IP Man
with fighter legend Donnie Yen as Master.
From the makers of MA classic Sha Po Lang

Ip Man

Direction: Wilson Yip (Yip Wai-shun), production: HK 2008

Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Fan Sui Wong, Hiroyushi Ikeuchi
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Universe DVD edition

Visually stunning martial arts dystopian
action based on a manga comic.
Soi's follow up and sophomore effort after
the great Dog Bite Dog flopped even
though it's style is quite interesting

Shamo

Direction: Soi Cheang, production: HK 2008

Cast: Shawn Yue, Francis Ng, Masato, Pei Pei
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Universe DVD edition

Yeeeees, a really cool B-ish crime action with some
great fight scenes where martial arts wiz Wu Jing
deliver the goods. The Lovely singer Celina Jade
is absolutely OK as a mainland cop Check her
out in her Youtube videos

Legendary Assassin (Long nga)

Direction: Nicky Li & Wu Jing, production: HK 2008

Cast: Wu Jing, Celina Jade, Aoyama Noriku, Lam Tsuet
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Gold Typhoon DVD edition

Slick, elegant and a light-hearted crime romp in
some sort of 1960's retro style about a gang of
pickpockets. Nostalgic To in a homage to the
City of Hong Kong

Sparrow

Direction: Johnnie To, production: HK 2008

Cast: Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Lam Ka Tung
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Universe DVD edition

A delightfully quirky crime story about a very
eccentric ex-cop helping the HK police solving a
strange case. With yet another homage and not to the
city of HK but to the master Orson Welles and the
famous Mirror Room scene in Lady From Shanghai

Mad Detective

Direction: Johnnie To, production: HK 2007

Cast: Lau Ching Wan, Andy On, Kelly Lin
DVD in cantonese audio with english subtitles, region all
Hong Kong Mei Ah DVD edition

Good and smartly made thriller with some real
suspense for a change and another great role
from Aaron Kwok as a shady and slightly bummed
up private investigator. A Murder Mystery also

The Detective

Direction: Oxide Pang, production: HK 2007

Cast: Aaron Kwok, Liu Kai Chi, Lau Siu Ming
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Universe DVD edition

The Sequel to Sha Po Lang - SPL from Wilson Yip.
A Good crime-action with some delicious fighting
scenes from Donnie Yen.
This edition with extras on disc 2 and with english
subs and some postcards are included too

Flash Point

Direction: Wilson Yip, choreography: D. Yen, prod: HK 2007

Cast: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Chou, Xing Yu
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Deltamac 2 disc DVD edition

THIS IS IT ! Already a Hong Kong classic.
Crime Action and martial arts action done in the
Hong Kong Noir way á la The Golden Era.
Gorgeous fights with and choreographed by
good old Donnie Yen and other MA wizards

SPL - Sha Po Lang

Direction: Wilson Yip, production: HK 2005

Cast: Simon Yam, Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Deltamac 2 disc DVD edition

A thriller ... yeah, what else as i mostly watches
crime movies, but HK surely know how to make
them. The Duel stands between Police vs. robbers,
between Tony Leung vs. Simon Yam.
Remade in South Korea as Cold Eyes in 2013

Eye in the Sky

Direction: Yau Nai Hoi, production: HK 2007

Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Simon Yam, Kate Tsui
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Kam Sundream 2 disc DVD edition

Strong crime-drama and feel bad about the living
hell among the sufferers of the narcotics trade,
and the people profiteering on their misery.
Daniel Wu's maybe best role in a sombre film

Protégé

Direction: Derek Yee, production: HK 2007

Cast: Daniel Wu, Andy Lau, Zhang Jing Chu, Louis Koo
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Deltamac 2 disc DVD edition

Low key crime-drama (yet another crime flick ... yeah,
i know, but i like this stuff so ...) but quite good.
A former Triad boss returns to Hong Kong after a
stint in jail for 8 years. Well acted and surprisingly
sensitively made for a HK crime movie

Heavenly Mission

Direction: James Yuen, production: HK 2007

Cast: Ekin Cheng, Stephen Fung, Alex Fong, Hu Jing
DVD in cantonese with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Joy Sales DVD edition

Nice historical action drama based on a manga
cartoon where warrior Ge Li leads the little state
of Liang in the battle 300 BC against the powerful
aggressive kingdom of Zhao.
Andy Lau as the philosophical warrior

A Battle of Wits (Muk Gong)

Direction: Jacob Cheung, production: HK - China 2006

Cast: Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Fan Bing Bing, Nicky Wu
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Deltamac 2 disc DVD edition

A Gloriously stylish experiment and a very
unusual and interesting gangster-western
from the Maestro of the Hong Kong film. One of
the best films from asia in 2006 for sure.
A Great decade for the filmmaking of Johniie To

Exiled

Direction: Johnnie To, production: HK 2006

Cast: Francis Ng, Anthony Wong, Roy Cheung, Lam Tsuet
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Mega Star DVD edition

Wu Jing cold be the hope for the martial arts
film in Hong Kong, just as Tony Yaa has been in
Thailand. There's light at the horizon for the genre.
Here, Jing is a wushu master drawn into illegal
street fighting

Fatal Contact

Direction: Dennis Law, production: HK 2006

Cast: Wu Jing, Andy On, Ronald Cheng, Lam Tsuet
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Garrys Trading DVD edition

Dark, intense and somewhat disturbing HK
Noir crime drama with a battle between a
khmer killer and a cop

Dog Bite Dog

Direction: Soi Cheang, production: HK 2006

Cast: Sam Lee, Edison Chen, Cheung Siu Fai
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Joy Sales DVD edition

Brilliant! Smart! Talented! Quirky sort of crime
drama and a huge personal favourite of mine.
Visually exciting and with the great Simon Yam
in the role of his life. One of the best HK films
not just from 2007 but from this century

Exodus

Direction: Pang Ho Cheung, production: HK 2007

Cast: Simon Yam, Annie Lau, Nick Cheung
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Deltamac DVD edition

Another artmovie drama from this very
productive director, and this time with 7
small tales based on his writing and his
short stories

Trivial Matters

Direction: Pang Ho Cheung, production: HK 2007

Cast: Chapman To, Eason Chan
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Kam Ronson DVD edition

Low-key drama from Macao before the
return to mainland China.
About a bum cop and his meeting with
his possible daughter

Isabella

Direction: Pang Ho Cheung, production: HK 2005

Cast: Isabella Leong, Chapman To, Anthony Wong Wai-Man
DVD in cantonese or mandarin audio with english subs, region 3
Thai Rose DVD edition

A very, VERY funny black comedy about
4 buddies, male buddies that is, and their
plans of having a chauvinist orgy party
when their wives are away. Second film from
Pang and one of the funniest films ever
from the Hong Kong filmindustry

Men Suddenly in Black

Direction: Pang Ho Cheung, production: HK 2003

Cast: Eric Tsang, Jordan Chan, Teresa Mo
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Mei Ah 2 disc DVD edition

Quite charming drama fairytale in beautiful
colors about a young female with an addiction
to shoes in every form.
A promising feature film debut from Robin Lee
and Vivian Hsu, she's adorable

The Shoe Fairy

Direction: Robin Lee, production: Taiwan 2005

Cast: Vivian Hsu, Duncan Lai, Tang Na, Pinky Yuan
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region all
Thai EVS DVD edition

Johnnie To continues his dissection of the
Hong Kong and Chinese gangster world and
it's power structure. This time with the power
struggle within the Triad Wo Shing Society

Election & Election 2

Direction: Johnnie To, production: HK 2005/2006

Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Simon Yam/Simon Yam, Louis Koo
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

Another delightfully odd and playful addition to
the Johnnie To Canon and of his best films.
Andy Lau is a bodybuilder with ESP powers who
helps the police fighting crime and he seeks the
murderer of a friend. Inspired and strangely great

Running On Karma

Direction: Johnnie To, production: HK 2003

Cast: Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Mei Ah DVD edition

Atmospheric and slick drama about the life
of Wang Qi Yao between the 1940's and the
1980's based on the novel by Wang Anyi.
Surprisingly with Sammi Cheng in a heavy role

Everlasting Regret

Direction: Stanley Kwan, production: HK - China 2005

Cast: Sammi Cheng, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Hu Jun
DVD in mandarin audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition

A Masterful drama of Love told through three
episodes from three different epochs in time.
Amazing artmovie from the Taiwanese film master
and maybe my favourite film from 2005.
Shu Qi always works great in finely tuned films

Three Times

Direction: Hou Hsiao Hsien, production: Taiwan 2005

Cast: Shu Qi, Chang Chen
VCD in mandarin audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong First Distribution DVD edition

Aaah, YES, a powerful and lavishly made mainland
China war movie about the Great Heroic War during
WW2 against the Japanese occupant oppressors.
Interesting as the chinese peoples suffering and
bravery are seldom shown in western WW2 films

On the Mountain of Tai Hang

Direction: Wei Lian, production: China 2005

Cast: Xu Guangming, Wong Wufu, Tony Leung Ka Fai
VCD in mandarin audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Mei Ah Video CD edition

The Long version of Fruit Chan's episode in the
Horror Anthology Three Extremes, and this
story was a shining light in that collection for sure.
Fascinating and disgusting about what lines some
people will cross to keep a youthful look

Dumplings

Direction: Fruit Chan, production: HK 2004

Cast: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Ka-Fai
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Mega Star DVD edition

A Beautiful artmovie drama where Karena Lam
travels to Qingdao, China in search after a
place, a landscape, from one of her dead
boyfriends paintings. Low-key and thoughtful

The Floating Landscape

Direction: Carol Lai, production: HK 2003

Cast: Karena Lam, Ekin Cheng, Liu Ye, Huang Jue
DVD in cantonese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Universe DVD edition