Customs Frontline (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Herman Yau
Starring: Brahim Chab | Francis Ng | Jacky Cheung | Karena Lam Ka-Yan | Nicholas Tse
Raging Fire (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Benny Chan
Starring: Angus Yeung | Ben Lam | Deep Ng | Donnie Yen | Lan Qin | Nicholas Tse | Patrick Tam
But Always (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Snow Zou
Starring: Gao Yuanyuan | Lam Suet | Nicholas Tse
Jason says: ““Is it cynical of me to start counting shots between a ‘New York 2001′ caption and the first glimpse of the World Trade Center, or of writer/director Snow Zou for putting the audience in that position? That’s not
Read the review...The Bullet Vanishes (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lo Chi-leung
Starring: Boran Jing | Lau Ching-wan | Liu Kai-chi | Nicholas Tse | Wu Gang | Yang Mi
Kyle says: “About twenty years ago, I was complaining to a friend how formulaic and uninteresting most new American movies were, and he asked me if I was familiar with Hong Kong cinema. I said no, asking if he meant
Read the review...The Bullet Vanishes (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chi-Leung Law
Starring: Jing Boran | Lau Ching-wan | Li Kai-chi | Nicholas Tse | Wu Gang | Yang Min | Yumiko Cheng
Jason says: “A friend of mine recently lamented on Twitter about the demise of the mystery movie in Hollywood, and the best thing I could point him to was a Chinese movie that will likely be more considered a martial
Read the review...Shaolin (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Benny Chan
Starring: Andy Lau | Bing Bai | Bingbing Fan | Jackie Chan | Nicholas Tse | Yu Xing
Jason says: “Benny Chan’s SHAOLIN is not a remake of any of the Shaw Brothers films that focused on that legendary temple and its monks (though only fifty-odd years gone at the time, Gordon Liu-starring movies like THE 36TH CHAMBER
Read the review...The Storm Warriors (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Danny Pang | Oxide Pang Chun
Starring: Aaron Kwok | Charlene Choi | Ekin Cheng | Kenny Ho | Nicholas Tse | Simon Yam | Suet Lam
Jason says: “My monthly pull at the comic shop is pretty international: North American, British, French, Korean, Japanese. No Chinese, though; not much of that has made it to America in translation. Which means I can’t say for sure whether
Read the review...Bodyguards and Assassins (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Teddy Chan
Starring: Donnie Yen | Jun Hu | Leon Lai | Nicholas Tse | Tony Leung Ka-fai | Xueqi Wang | Yuchun Li
Jason says: “Before BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS, the festival presented Development Hell, a documentary not about the making of this film, but of the collapse of multiple attempts to shoot it under multiple titles over decades. Unlike many cursed productions, this
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