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Film Review Hand Rolled Cigarette 手捲煙 (2020) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) In a twist of events, debutant director Chan Kin Long managed to create a masterpiece of an extended finale filled with action packed and stunt choreography that is both impressive and technically complimented in the crime action film - “Hand Rolled Cigarette”. There are many themes that Chan touches upon, but the most evident one remains brotherhood, bloodshed and a recall of beautiful cocktail mixture between the likes of Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan and Japanese Takashi Miike. Despite a genuine overload...

Suk Suk 叔．叔 (2019) - Hong Kong   Aka Twilight Kiss Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021.  https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Buy me a coffee ☕️ or two to support our Asian cinema film reviews since 2004! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog   Director Ray Yeung is no stranger to controversial films and his third film comes in the form depicting two elderly gay lovers coming together in a highly conservative Hong Kong society. It is the kind of story that is not often told and if told, a young pairing of actors would be used, instead...