Tag Archives: China

Review: The Big Call (China/HK 2017) – NYAFF 2018

Posted on July 4, 2018 by David

The Big Call, the latest from Oxide Pang, is so hilariously overwrought (even by Hong Kong standards) for its subject matter that I spent most of the first half of the movie convinced it was a sly parody.  No such … Continue reading →

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Review: Reign of Assassins aka Jian Yu (Taiwan/China/Hong Kong 2010)

Posted on August 4, 2017 by David

Reign of Assassins is one of the best wu xia films of the past decade, marrying old school pleasures with comic book aesthetics and inventive action instead of relying on the grim seriousness mandated by the Hero model. Characterization is … Continue reading →

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NYAFF 2017 Review:  Extraordinary Mission (China 2017)

Posted on July 1, 2017 by David

Extraordinary Mission is exactly the kind of movie that Hong Kong as always excelled at – a twisty undercover cop thriller that frequently breaks out into no-holds-barred action scenes.  Very much in the spirit of its direct cinematic forebears like … Continue reading →

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Review: The Mermaid (China 2016)

Posted on May 25, 2017 by David

It may have been a colossal moneymaker, but The Mermaid is pretty far from Stephen Chow’s finest. Still, this bizarre take on The Little Mermaid is damn funny, with all the slapdash CGI and manic hijinks that have come to … Continue reading →

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