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Film Review The Furious 火遮眼 (2026) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 9/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There are films that tell a story, and there are films that become a force of nature. The Furious belongs to the second category. It does not ask for your attention. It seizes it by the throat and refuses to let go until the final, exhausted breath. Wang Wei (Xie...

Film Review: Once Upon a Time in China IV 黃飛鴻之四王者之風 (1993) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com Vincent Zhao steps into the shoes of Wong Fei-hung and does not stumble. That alone is no small achievement. After Jet Li walked away from the series, Tsui Hark’s grand patriotic martial-arts saga could easily have collapsed. Instead, Once Upon a Time in China IV finds...

Film Review: School on Fire 學校風雲 (1988) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 9/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com Ringo Lam’s School on Fire does not merely depict the corruption of youth. It forces you to watch the process in real time, as if someone has locked the classroom doors and set the building alight from the inside. The film opens in the ordinary chaos of a Hong...

Film Review: Murder 黃蜂尾後針 (1993) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 7/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is something quietly cruel about memory. It can be stolen in an instant, and what remains is not always mercy. Lawrence Cheng’s Murder opens with a shot that should kill. A lawyer named Jessica Yau (Carol Cheng) discovers her husband has been laundering millions for the Thai underworld. He puts a...

Film Review: The Kung Fu Scholar 倫文敘老點柳先開 (1994) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 7.5/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is a particular pleasure in watching two young stars, still carrying the glow of their early fame, bounce off each other inside a period school comedy that never quite takes itself seriously. The Kung Fu Scholar is not a great film, but it is a cheerfully serviceable one...