High Risk (1995)
HIGH RISK Hong Kong, 1995, Wong Jing/Wai-Lun Lam One of the things I love about Hong Kong action movies is that they never shy away from depicting massive civilian casualties. And not only that, they are usually quite blase about it too. High Risk is one such movie. It will go from one minute...
This is how you end a movie!
In Hong Kong, they really know how to end a movie. Remember that insane ending from Red Panther? Don’t? Check it out, I posted it here a while back. Well, how about another insane ending, dear reader? This week I would like to share with you, the internet, the ending from the Category III oddity...
To Hell with the Devil (1981)
TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL 1981, John Woo THWTD stars Hong Kong 1980s comedy mainstay, Ricky Hui as Bruce. Bruce is a lovesick songwriter, conman and aspiring pop star who also happens to be in love with the fickle, Peggy. The unscrupulous management of an evil pop star called Rocky manage to steal one of...
Worst gunshot reaction ever?
This week in Show Me Face, I present to you one of my favourite little oddities (of many) inexplicably left in the theatrical cut of a Hong Kong film. From In the Line of Duty 4, comes this little gem. When I first watched this movie I rewound and played the below four seconds over...
Peacock King (1988)
PEACOCK KING original title: Kujaku ô 1988, Ngai Choi Lam Only in Hong Kong could a movie with such a stupid name be ridiculously awesome. From Ngai Choi Lam, director of popular HK nasties Story of Ricky and Her Vengeance, comes the special effects and martial arts joyride that is Peacock King, or The Peacock...
Legacy of Rage (1986)
LEGACY OF RAGE 1986, Ronny Yu Before Ronny Yu went to Hollywood and directed the popular horror films, Bride of Chucky (1998) and Freddy vs. Jason (2003), he was making some super-stylish action flicks in Hong Kong. The Chow Yun Fat kung fu epic, The Postman Fights Back (1982), and his critically praised The Bride...
Sentenced to Hang (1989)
This week in Show Me Face, I have decided to share one of my favourite Hong Kong movie posters of all time. Below is the poster for Sentenced to Hang. While far from one of my favourite HK films, I was inspired to take a punt on buying the DVD of this after witnessing the...
Run Tiger Run (1985)
RUN TIGER RUN 1985, John Woo Before he was directing some of the most awesome bloody and bullet-y actioners ever to come out of anywhere, and long before he went to the USA and made some pretty good actioners followed by some forgettable ones, aaaand even longer before he went back to Hong Kong and...
The Red Panther (1983)
THE RED PANTHER 1983, Jiang Long Last year I went on a pilgrimage to Hong Kong to see the land that the bulk of my DVD collection is from. After briefly checking out the obligatory tourist spots, I set off to buy all the movies I could fit into my little suitcase, going from mall,...
Iron Angels (1987)
IRON ANGELS AKA Angel AKA Fighting Madam AKA Midnight Angels(1987) 1987, dir: Teresa Woo, Raymond Leung Iron Angels is one of the more popular of the Girls ‘n Guns movies from Hong Kong and rightfully so. It features some jaw-dropping scenes of squibs and pyrotechnics action as well as some great displays of martial arts....
Royal Warriors (1986)
ROYAL WARRIORS 1986, Dir: David Chung Royal Warriors (AKA In the Line of Duty), stars Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as the imaginatively named super cop, Michelle Yip. On her plane ride home to Hong Kong from a holiday in Japan, Michelle encounters a pair of men terrorising the passengers on this luxurious...
Scared Stiff (1986)
Scared Stiff 1986 Dir: Chia Yung Liu (AKA Lau Kar Wing) Lau Kar Wing, (director of Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon), directs this frantic mess of a movie, that fuses childish antics with occasional moments of melodrama and brutal violence. At this point I need to mention that I find this movie an absolute treat....
