Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Soi Cheang
Starring: Louis Koo | Michelle Ye Suet Lam | Richi Jen | Stanley Sui-Fan Fung
Jason says: “Crime movies are filled with hitmen, to the extent that, if these numbers existed in the real world, it would be a shock if any potential murder victim lived more than a couple of days and nobody could make
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Director: Jack Lai | Yuen Fai Ng
Starring: Jessica Hester Hsuan | Lai-Ming Tang | Louis Koo | Raymond Lam | Sonija Kwok
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Pou-Soi Cheang
Starring: Chun-Him Lau | Louis Koo | Raymond Lam | Richie Jen | Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jazz Boon
Starring: Francis Ng | Louis Koo | Nick Cheung | Palyao Jiang
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Ringo Lam
Starring: Joseph Chang Hsiau-chuen | Louis Koo | Shawn Yue Man-ick | Tong Liya | Yuen Qiu
Jason says: “Welcome back Ringo Lam, a director who has been absent from the Hong Kong movie scene for too long, but who doesn’t really seem to have missed a beat with this neon-noir. In many ways, Hong Kong cinemas
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Matt Chow | Wilson Yip
Starring: Amber Kuo | Charmaine Sheh | Francis Ng | Julian Cheung | Louis Koo | Oceane Zhu | Sammy Chung
Jason says: “There’s a shiny new Shaw Brothers logo among the vanity cards before TRIUMPH IN THE SKIES, likely because it’s a spinoff of a TV show that ran on Hong Kong’s TVB network, which was also founded by the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang
Starring: Carrie Ng | Eric Tsang | Gigi Leung | Louis Koo | Man-Tat Eng | Miriam Chin Wah Yeung
Jason says: “Is there a term for when directors like Pang Ho-cheung who have thrived, maybe not on the edge, but certainly in a part of the film industry where things are less polished and more open to eccentricity, do
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Crystal Huang | Guo Tao | Lam Suet | Li Jing | Louis Koo | Sun Honglei
Kyle says: “The New York Premiere of DRUG WAR brought out enough fans of the great Hong Kong director Johnnie To to fill the Walter Reade Theater, although more than likely, the combination of drugs, cops, criminals and gun battles
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Cheang Pou-Soi
Starring: Alexander Chan | Louis Koo | Michelle Ye | Richie Ren | Shui-Fan Fung | Suet Lam
Bruce says: “Not often do I wish that a foreign film would be remade by Hollywood but ACCIDENT is the perfect candidate. My hope is that some clarity would be added to the film, thus ratcheting it up the cat
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Johnny To
Starring: Louis Koo | Simon Yam | Tian-lin Wang
Bruce says: “It is not necessary to see Johnnie To’s ELECTION before seeing TRIAD ELECTION but I would strongly recommend it, particularly for anyone who plans to see both films. In TRIAD ELECTION, two years have passed since the bloodshed
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