Max Zhang – the rising star of Ip Man 3 and The Brink – is working on a sequel to Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (read our review). Zhang will reprise his scene-stealing role as Cheung Tin-chi from Ip Man 3.  According to AFS, the sequel is taking a budget cut (around 13M$, down from the first film’s 28M$). It’s currently not known if Yuen Woo-ping (Miracle Fighters) will be returning to the director’s chair. The first Master Z film starred … Continue reading →

A sequel to 1999’s Gen-X Cops and 2000’s Gen-Y Cops (aka Metal Mayhem) is in-the-works with director Benny Chan (Call of Heroes) and the films’ original stars Daniel Wu (Sky on Fire), Stephen Fung (Bio-Cops), Nicholas Tse (The Viral Factor) and Sam Lee (Wild City) are all returning. According to FEF (via FCS), Tse has told the local media that the film’s script is currently being written and there will certainly be action scenes, … Continue reading →

It’s crazy to think about the rapid rise of Fortnite. It’s made Epic Games a billion dollar company and enthralled millions of people around the world, young and old, male and female. It’s well and truly been a revolution, with it being discussed almost daily. There are now 40 million players of the game. But what’s the secret of its success? Fortnite only launched little over a year ago but … Continue reading →

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 →