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Paul Bramhall on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’You're correct about Accident Man, it's an adaptation of a short lived Britis…
Nancy Lo on Nansun Shi, Hong Kong film producer of ‘A Better Tomorrow’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in China’, passes away at 75Rest in peace.
Andrew Hernandez on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoExcept the character he played wasn’t a savior. He was a flawed cop trying to…
Ska Martes on ⚽ Women take the field! Watch the First Trailer for Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ (aka ‘Shaolin Soccer Part II’)Chow walked away from acting and went out on a relative high....CJ7 while not…
Ningen on ⚽ Women take the field! Watch the First Trailer for Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ (aka ‘Shaolin Soccer Part II’)Looks like it's a hit in China. https://deadline.com/2026/07/stephen-chow-kun…
Ska Martes on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’I watched Accident Man 2 on your recommendation. I haven't seen the first mov…
Ska Martes on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI recently bought the 4k bluray of Crouching Tiger. The movie absolutely hold…
Ska Martes on The Furious (2026) ReviewLOL. I had to slightly censor my review cos I didn't want to come across as a…
Ska Martes on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI think the insensistivity would be casting Asian hate crime perpertratror Ma…
Ska Martes on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI'm not accusing Marky Mark of being a right wing facist (I don't know his po…
Andrew Hernandez on The writer behind ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ is back! Watch the Trailer for the all-star martial arts thriller ‘Lion Fist’Mathis Landwehr should be best known for Kampfansage. (The Challenege) I can’…
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cheung kai ping on VR Fighter | DVD (4Digital Media)We have many good action Kung Fu films
dakuan on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’Diablo and Hitman's Holiday are the best ones, i'd say.
JJ Bona on The Furious (2026) Review"Finally saw this movie on streaming and while I do think people are slightly…
Andrew Hernandez on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’Diablo definitely belongs on the new list as well as Reckless. I hope Bedlam,…
Andrew Hernandez on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoAny insensitivity towards Asian characters in The Corruptor was no different…
Andrew Hernandez on The writer behind ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ is back! Watch the Trailer for the all-star martial arts thriller ‘Lion Fist’I don’t think this is common in martial arts films, and it would be quite ref…
Andrew Hernandez on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoWahlberg being dogshit has nothing to do with his politics. Plenty of liberal…
Throwdown on It’s Morphin’ Time! Watch the New Trailer for ‘Legend of the White Dragon’ starring the late Jason David FrankThe people behind Power Rangers are not nice people. It's hard to enjoy the s…
Throwdown on The writer behind ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ is back! Watch the Trailer for the all-star martial arts thriller ‘Lion Fist’Is there some deep-seated aversion to colour in films that I'm unaware of? Fe…
Throwdown on ⚽ Women take the field! Watch the First Trailer for Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ (aka ‘Shaolin Soccer Part II’)I'll definitely see it when it comes out here but I don't have high hopes. St…
Throwdown on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoNancy, you're not wrong, and that critique likely applies to basically every…
Throwdown on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoAll great points! Crouching Tiger was a stone-cold classic that's weirdly for…
Ningen on In the Mood for Love | 4K UHD (Criterion)Free upload from Shout. https://youtu.be/jWD3zCx9chk?is=nReZWZNUaXUgb8BD
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Tag Archives: Gong Yoo
Seo Bok (2021) Review
Director: Lee Yong-Joo Cast: Gong Yoo, Park Bo-Gum, Jo Woo-Jin, Yeon Je-Wook, Lee Un-Jung, Lee Sang-Kyung, Park Byung-Eun, Jang Young-Nam, Kim Jae-Gun Running Time: 114 min. By Paul Bramhall Around the turn of the millennium the Korean film industry saw itself increasingly dabbling in the science fiction genre, with movies like 2001’s 2009 Lost Memories, 2002’s Yesterday, and 2003’s Natural City, and while they all had their moments of inspiration, … Continue reading
Age of Shadows, The (2016) Review
AKA: Secret Agent Director: Kim Ji-woon Cast: Goo Uoo, Song Kang-Ho, Han Ji-Min, Um Tae-Goo, Shin Sung-Rok, Seo Young-Joo, Lee Byung-Hun, Shingo Tsurumi, Kim Dong-Young, Park Hee-Soon Running Time: 140 min. By Martin Sandison I remember going to see Kim Ji-woon’s A Bittersweet Life back when it came out, and thinking: This is something special. An artistic aesthetic, but with populist entertainment at its heart. I then saw The Good, the Bad and the Weird, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gong Yoo, Kim Jee-Woon (Kim Ji-woon), Lee Byung-Hun, Song Kang-Ho
Train to Busan (2016) Review
Director: Yeon Sang-Ho Writer: Park Joo-suk Cast: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-Seok, Jung Yu-Mi, Choi Woo-Sik, Ahn So-Hee, Kim Soo-Ahn Running Time: 118 min. By Paul Bramhall Korea’s film industry is one which is rarely associated with the medium of animation, however one name that may change all that is director Yeon Sang-ho, who’s been successfully carving out a name for himself within the animated arena. His hard hitting features like … Continue reading
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Tagged Choi Woo-Sik, Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Yeon Sang-Ho
Suspect, The (2013) Review
Director: Won Shin-yun Writer: Lim Sang-Yoon Cast: Gong Yoo, Park Hee-Soon, You Da-In, Cho Seong-Ha, Jo Jae-Yun, Kim Sung-Kyun Running Time: 137 min. By HKFanatic When The Bourne Supremacy first hit theaters back in 2005, the close-quarters handheld camerawork and rapid editing during action sequences had some film-goers claiming they experienced motion sickness rather than popcorn thrills. Soon afterwards, the term ‘shaky cam’ began popping up in critical reviews, and … Continue reading


















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