Today, after a lull that started in the 2000s, there is renewed global interest in Hong Kong films from both past and present. (From left) German Cheung, Terrance Lau and Tony Wu in a still from Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, by far the biggest Hong Kong blockbuster of 2024. Photo: Media Asia Films … Read more
He has said in interviews that it is important to be on time, be prepared, and to get on and do the work. He loves acting and wants to make as many films as he can, and that approach also works out financially for him – he has never been ashamed to talk about making … Read more
Although there were long gaps between the releases, and they varied slightly in style and presentation, the series kept its special flavour and all the movies provided top-notch entertainment. Detective Dee was an actual person – his real name was Di Renjie – and Tsui has said that he enjoyed figuring out ways to apply … Read more
Instead, Chan depicted how the return to China was changing Hong Kong’s culture and identity. He showed this by filming the small daily occurrences he saw around him. “None of it relates to my political stance. I just try to project what is happening every day on to the big screen,” he told the Post … Read more
His second film, Chan Is Missing (1982), an independent film that loosely focuses on the search for a missing friend, was the first Asian-American film to garner attention in the US. Let’s hear it for these Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, Lau Kar-leung action movies Wang conceived the film as an experimental piece, but it evolved … Read more
Lee did not make an appearance until Way of The Dragon (1972) showed up in seventh place, behind foreign blockbusters like Jaws and The Towering Inferno, and Chor Yuen’s popular satire House of 72 Tenants (1973). How Stephen Chow’s Royal Tramp films updated an already popular story Hui’s films were hilarious, but they also connected … Read more
