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Running on Karma
Arnold Schwarzenegger really pumped up his muscles for it, while Hong Kong star Andy Lau put on a smart suit, but the result is the…Published on: -
The Story of My Son
The master of crime films and crazy comedies is apparently also able to tell beautiful social stories. A single father gets further and further into…Published on: -
Lifeline
Human heroes in this beautiful firemen’s film. They do make mistakes occasionally. Sometimes they save the wrong person, but together they eventPublished on: -
Exiled
A group of gangsters finds refuge on Macau where no one is then safe. When the celebrated filmmaker could afford to, he founded his own…Published on: -
Loving You
A well shot, fantastically acted crime film that is far from superficial. A grubby cop who is mainly interested in women and drink gets a…Published on: -
A Hero Never Dies
What a gangster film. Hit men caught up in a gang war. A stylised, pure exercise in the genre film. Hard in a way that…Published on: -
Justice, My Foot!
Broke the box offices 25 years ago all over Asia and is still funny and virtuoso. With Stephen Chow, the most talented comedian in Hong…Published on: -
My Mother Is a Belly Dancer
Housewives in Hong Kong who take belly-dance lessons, is that fun? It isn’t just fun, it’s also charming, entertaining and even moving, bePublished on: -
Election 2
The law that says a sequel never lives up to the original doesn’t apply in this case. If part one looked as if it couldn’t…Published on: -
Throw Down
Action film with a dizzying cinematographic ingenuity and catchy sense of humour. About a rundown nightclub owner with the crazy idea of robbing gangsPublished on: