Category: Great Movies
Mulan: Rise of a Warrior Review- The Movie Story Based on the Chinese warrior-girl Legend
The story of Mulan, the Chinese warrior-girl who takes her father’s place in war to defend him and their country. Mulan must overcome vast hardships…
Escape Plan 2 Review: A baffling Stallone prison breakout thriller
The whole film is as graceless, lurid and unnecessary as a Stallone painting. But without the winning naivety. Sylvester Stallone played Ray Breslin in 2013’s Escape…
Manhunt 2017: A Hong Kong Action Thriller with Heroic Bloodshed genre
John Woo’s return to the Heroic Bloodshed genre has been one of my most anticipated movies of the year; the Maestro himself is back with…
22 Bullets Review: I Just love That Jean Reno So Much
Jean Reno stars in this revenge thriller from the producers of Taken. But is it as good as its tenuous Luc Besson connections imply? Duncan…
The Transporter Refueled Review: A Famous Action Movie But Absent Jason Statham
See this one if you enjoy watching cars drifting an unnatural amount and panoramic shots of Europe. The Transporter Refueled (Nguoi Van Chuyen: Tai Xuat)…
Hummingbird Review: This is a slow-burning character piece charting a man’s attempt at finding redemption
Hummingbird is not your normal Jason Statham film. If you are expecting another basic actioner like The Transporter or The Expendables. Then you’ll most likely not know what to…
The Adventurers – It’s a cross between Mission: Impossible and James Bond
This movie was at 17% on Rotten Tomatoes for some bizarre reason. And as usual I disagree with the majority of critics. Sure, The Adventurers…
God of War: Gordon Chan’s Martial-Arts Epic With The Two Star Vincent Zhao and Sammo Hung
A genre that dominated the 00’s in China and culminated with the massive success of John Woo’s Red Cliff. And Peter Chan’s The Warlords. The war epic has been…
Vampire Cleanup Department Review: A Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Yan Pak-wing and Chiu Sin-hang
Babyjohn Choi and a cast of industry veterans star in Yan Pak-wing and Chiu Sin-hang’s old-school genre comedy. After all, Vampire Cleanup Department (Cuong Thi Biet…
Shanghai Affairs Review: The Most Martial Arts Movie Directed by Donnie Yen
Third in the Donnie Yen canon is the most coherent, but most mundane. A reworking of Bruce Lee’s Big Boss, it’s easily the most accessible…