Review by Jerome: Ip Man is a semi-biographical depiction of the “Grandmaster of Wing Chun” and Bruce Lee’s master, Yip Man prior to his migration to Hong Kong. This reviewer calls it semi-biographical as some of the events in the film never happened in Yip’s life or they are sl...
A Side, B Side, Seaside Ling Kong, Ho-man Lee, Ching-yi Mak Released: 2005 Directed by: Ah Chiu A Very Short Life Maggie Shiu, Leila Tong A Very Short Life is a 2009 Hong Kong drama film written, produced and directed by Dennis Law. It is Law's fifth feature film as a write...
A Hong Kong take on Hollywood’sThe Witches of Eastwickspliced together with a classic Chinese fairy tale may sound a bizarre concept, but this film was a breakthrough for leading actress Amy Yip, who would go on to star in a number of local classics likeSex and Zen,To Be Number Oneand...
Engaging veteran actorAnthony Wongplays an ironic older Ip Man who arrives in Hong Kong from the mainland as the curtain rises. His pretty wife Wing Sing soon follows him. They’ve lost their wealth and part of their family in China during the Sino-Japanese war and are looking to make a ...
Hong Kong’s handover in 1997. None of them even know of rumour at first, but hearing about it sets off a chain of events that does end up bringing them together. This fictionalised story is actually based on three notorious real-life Hong Kong triad members, Kwai Ping-hung, Yip Kai...
Far from a failure and a milestone from being great, Ip Man remains a credible piece of martial arts sequel cinema that is very much worthy of inclusion.The movie is basically like this: It is set in right after Yen’s first film escape from China to Hong Kong. From there he wants ...
Well Go USA has unveiled the official US trailer for a Hong Kong martial arts action movie titled Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, now ready for a US release in limited theaters this August. It first premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival a few months ago, and we featured the ...
Ning Kong Actor Mortuary Blues(1990) Gregory Charles Rivers Actor Man on the Edge(2022) Choi Fei Actor The Story of the Gun(1991) Chi-Sam Poon Actor Final Edge(2002) Yiu-King Lee Thug Bullet in the Head(1990) Ka-Leung Wong Policeman (as Chia-Liang Huang) ...
as well as Fruit Chan’sDurian, Durian, and noting that former Hong Konger, Clara Law also had her fine new film showing at the 25thHKIFF,The Goddess of 1967(which I’ve praised elsewhere), one can state that the festival ended with the Hong Kong film industry on the upswing in both ...
October 29, 1968 (Hong Kong) Country of origin Hong Kong Language Cantonese Also known as 红鸾星动 Filming locations Yucca de Lac Restaurant, Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong SAR, China Production company Hing Ngee Film Company See more company credits at IMDbPro ...