News — Ekin Cheng

The Storm Riders 風雲雄霸天下 (1998) - 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.   Fresh off the gangster cult following of the commercially successful “Young and Dangerous” series, Andrew Lau teams up with Ekin Cheng and the rest of the cast to film the comic book inspired “The Storm Riders”. The film will go on to be a major box office hit, aided by two big stars in Aaron Kwok and Sonny Chiba. Watching “The Storm Riders” again, after...

Golden Job 黄金兄弟 (2018) - Hong Kong / China   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     One of the biggest problem with the anticipated Young and Dangerous reunion cast is style over substance and a film that relies heavily on the existing chemistry of the ensemble cast fails to engage or click with the audience. The result is an extremely generic action adventure that essentially disconnect with the established fan base of the original Young and Dangerous series. It’s been over 20 years since the first film and technically not billed as a sequel and...

A Nail Clipper Romance (2017) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan Cinematographer Jason Kwan is a wonderful talent and it is almost timely that he makes his directorial debut in the ridiculously themed, yet ultimately satisfying coming of age - A Nail Clipper Romance. Without doubt many scenes and moments are over the top, but it is the colour, beautiful Hawaii backdrop and pure indulgence of emotions that makes this a intriguing cocktail to endure. It helps that Joseph Chang and Zhou DongYu are seriously great actors and their chemistry is just too good to refuse.  It...