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Film Review: Hong Boxing 百家拳之洪拳(2020) - China 🇨🇳 Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 09/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   Director Li Lian Jun is another Chinese filmmaker heavily influenced by Hong Kong 90s martial arts cinema. In “Hong Boxing”, Li recreates the Wong Fei Hung universe with a back story focused on his famed pork butcher student - “Lam Sai Wing”. Many Hong Kong cinema fans will recall Sammo Hung’s “Magnificent Butcher”, but this film is far from that level, it is simply a...

Detective Dee: Solitary Skies Killer 狄仁杰探案之天煞孤鸾 (2020) - 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. Cashing in on the success of the “Detective Dee” film series, the online streaming giant distributor continues the popular trend with “Detective Dee: Solitary Skies Killer”. The film falsely credit martial arts star Vincent Zhao in a supporting role, but in reality, Zhao was never in the film. Brushing this major disappointment aside, the film suffers from obvious budget constraints, a contrived and predictable plot...

Double World 征途 (2020) - China (Netflix)     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. Based on a best selling Chinese video game, goes the distance in terms of CGI and special effects, but lacks crucial heartfelt characters for all to embrace. “Double World” is not a bad film and manages to entertain in its various brutal fight scenes revoking “Gladiators”, “Hunger Games” and “Games of Thrones”. It’s a shame as visually the film got most things correct, except for...