News — Carlos Chan

Film Review: Ready o/r Knot (不日成婚) (2021) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 20/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   The beauty of Director Anselm Chan latest romantic comedy “Ready Or Knot” lies in its storytelling and relatable happenings that goes beyond the expected genre cliches. There is almost an innate expectation of how these kind of movies usually turns out, but Chan makes great use of its likeable leads in Carlos Chan and Michelle Wai to stretch the audience emotions and...

Legally Declared Dead 死因無可疑 (2020) - Hong Kong 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     One of the most atmospheric gore crime thriller of the year, comes in the form of local Hong Kong film - “Legally Declared Dead”. Director Steve Yuen plays with human characters and the internal struggles between evil and good. What makes the film fascinating is the slow burn effect which focuses on how the characters develop...

Binding Souls 綁靈 (2018) - Hong Kong   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. There is a lot of problems with this so-called local horror thriller “Binding Souls” as it is neither thrilling or scary in any possible way. With the premises of Japanese prison camp and haunted school, it can easily play off far more effectively as seen in Taiwanese “Detention”. However, Director Chan Pang-chun (“Daughter”) is horrible in his execution and hampered by an inconsistent script with an...

You Are The One 我的筍盤男友 (2020) - Hong 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. Patrick Kong is a hit and miss, whilst being enormously commercially successful for many years with sub-par filmmaking and cynical messages about love, dating and cheating. In the latest romantic comedy “You Are The One”  is surprisingly affecting and shows a certain maturity in Kong’s development both as a screenwriter and filmmaker. The film is filled with good performances from Carlos Chan and Gladys Li (in...

House of the Rising Sons 兄弟班 (2018) - Hong Kong     Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Director and “Wynners” band man Anthony Chan created a film that equal on nostalgia and emotively charged on a personal level. It retell the true story of how the popular band group “Wynners” came about and the struggles and difficulties that came with fame and most importantly the brotherhood of the pack. With superstars Alan Tam and Kenny Bee as the band members, it probably goes without saying that these two will forever overshadow the rest of the...