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Film Review: Full Alert 高度戒備 (1997) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic 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 “Full Alert” is one of those rare Hong Kong crime pictures that feels less like entertainment and more like a tightening wire around your chest. Set in the jittery final months before the 1997 handover, it’s a cat-and-mouse thriller that understands something essential: the real suspense isn’t in...

Film Review: The End of the Stumer 偽鈔的末日 (2003) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 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 In the crowded field of early-2000s Hong Kong crime dramas, “The End of the Stumer” arrives like a reliable but unremarkable beat cop — it knows the neighborhood, walks the same streets as its betters, and does its job without much flair or inspiration. This is a...

Film Review: A Fishy Story 不脫襪的人 (1989) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic 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 There are movies that glide along on charm and star power, and then there are those rare ones that use charm as a Trojan horse to slip deeper truths about ambition, class, love, and a city on the edge of chaos into your heart. A Fishy Story is one of...

Film Review: Up for the Rising Sun 抱擁朝陽 (1997) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6/10 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 In the grand tradition of Hong Kong melodramas that blend business intrigue with family soap opera, “Up for the Rising Sun” arrives like a sturdy cruise ship: reliable enough to get you across the harbor, but hardly built for waves of excitement. It’s the kind of mid-tier 1990s production...

Film Review: It’s a Drink! It’s a Bomb! 聖誕奇遇結良緣 (1985) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic 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 endearingly lunatic about certain mid-1980s Hong Kong comedies that throw together crime, slapstick, romance, and holiday cheer as if the script were written during a caffeine-fueled all-nighter. “It’s a Drink! It’s a Bomb!” is one of those movies. Its very title sounds like a...