Veteran Hong Kong director David Lam (Street Angels) is once again firing up another storm in P-Storm, the follow up to 2016’s S-Storm, 2014’s Z-Storm and 2018’s L-Storm. The first three films followed the predicaments of William Luk Che Lim (Louis Koo), a lead investigator in the ICAC unit (Independent Commission Against Corruption), and his war with naughty organizations. According to AFS, the returning cast for P-Storm includes Louis Koo (The White Storm), Julian Cheung (The Suspect), Gordon Lam … Continue reading →

On May 17th, Netflix will be streaming Maria (read our review), the critically acclaimed Filipino action film from director Pedring Lopez (Nilalang). In Maria, a highly trained, ex-special forces agent-turned-cartel assassin (Reyes), has one last job to do. But when she deliberately misses her target, the cartel turns on her, thus, the hunter now becomes the hunted… Maria also stars Germaine De Leon (Buried Alive), KC Montero, Guji Lorenzana, Freddie Webb, Jennifer Lee, Cindy Miranda and features action/stunt choreography by Sonny … Continue reading →

Director Dante Lam (Operation Mekong) has been reliably turning out hard-hitting films that have helped expand the scope of the action/thriller genre in Hong Kong – and his next film, The Rescue, mega-budget thriller about a sea rescue during a typhoon – will continue the tradition. Now, Lam has announced plans for Operation Red Sea 2, the sequel to his 2018 box office smash, Operation Red Sea (read our review). According to AFS, there’s a possibility that the sequel … Continue reading →

When creating spectacular movies, filmmakers often neglect the laws of natural science. Let’s analyze three well-known films from the scientific viewpoint. Scientific Inaccuracies in Hollywood Blockbusters If you look closely, you can find mistakes in any movie. From the scientific point of view, perfect movie stories do not exist. The more movie directors try to impress us, the more they get carried away and forget about reality and science. In … Continue reading →

Remember those days when we used to gaze at the Star Trek Movie, wondering how are these things even possible? Years later, here we are, actually talking to machines and using them as assistants in our daily lives. Scientists have pondered on the same, and students still work on papers on the transformation of technologies from movies to real life. From the electronic tablets in Space Odessey to the foldable … Continue reading →

On April 2nd, 2019, ITN Distribution is releasing the DVD for 2018’s No Surrender, an Egyptian-produced period actioner starring… Actually, don’t let the DVD cover fool you! Although Adkins is front and center, the real lead of the film is Amir Karara, but that’s not to say that Adkins (Triple Threat) fans should skip this (just watch the Trailer below). Alexandria, Egypt. 1940. Three young Egyptians come to the aid of an Egyptian woman who is being attacked by … Continue reading →