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Film Review: Shock Wave 2 拆彈專家2 (2020) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 21/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   3 years after the entertaining action thriller “Shock Wave”, comes the stand alone sequel directed by Herman Yau. This time, Yau managed a bigger budget to boot and in the process allows him to explode an even greater Hong Kong landmark - the Hong Kong airport, the famed bridge and the twin IFC towers. In fact, Yau seems to have...

The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords 掃毒2天地對決 (2019) - Hong Kong / China   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. In terms of over the top and ridiculous entertainment fun, few can top Benny Chan’s “The White Storm”. The sequel directed by Herman Yau is equally bombastic, except it uses Hong Kong rather than Thailand for its most impactful action display in the midst of the business centre of Hong Kong’s key locations and transportation system. What I thoroughly...

Chasing the Dragon (2017) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan One of Hong Kong biggest film in 2017 comes in the reboot of two landmark 90s gangster films in the form of "Lee Rock" and "To be Number One". Starring Donnie Yen as the legendary Crippled Ho and Andy Lau as the infamous corrupted cop Lee Rock, "Chasing the Dragon" manages to be epic, ultra violent, unforgiving, while at the same time totally racist and bashing of the British colonial era. Above it all, directors Wong Jing combines so well with Jason Kwan that literally we see next to...

The Adventurers (2017) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew ChanRemaking John Woo's classic comedy heist film Once a Thief is a tough ask. Directed by Stephen Fung and starring Andy Lau, Shu Qi, French actor Jean Reno, Zhang Jing Chu and Taiwanese Tony Yang, it works as a fun mindless entertainment that goes a tad too long. Films about stealing priceless valuables and the process behind the heist is always a joy to watch. Fung if anything managed to make everyone looking at their coolest and it's easy to say when you three of the most photogenic actors...