“We were a family of five and we only had one bike and one watch, so when I decided to follow in the footsteps of my older brother and train in wushu, we all had to rely on my dad’s watch and a flashlight to read the time to wake us up at 4.30am,” recalls … Read more
Mann in a still from The Modelizer. Photo: Berton Chang “I have a deep love of Hong Kong. And I made this movie for Hong Kong,” says its screenwriter-star. “I was born and lived there until I was 18. Then I would go back every year for months on end, just because I liked living … Read more
Li’s reinvention as a modern action hero was surprisingly successful, and the contemporary actioners he made in Hong Kong before he decamped to Hollywood – alongside a few superior period kung fu pieces like Fearless – proved very entertaining. Why Ann Hui’s debut feature The Secret was such an important Hong Kong film Below we … Read more
