News — Iko Uwais

Triple Threat (2019) - USA / 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. What is so exciting about “Triple Threat” is the “wow” factor of having the equivalent dream cast of “Asian Expendables” in Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Tiger Chen, Celina Jade and add on that with B-List Hollywood action stars Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins. With Chinese investment, Director Jesse Johnson gets his biggest budget to date to blow out some real action scenes. The story is...

Mile 22 絕地22哩 (2018) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais is the best thing to come out of this uninspiring crime action thriller headlines by Mark Wahlberg. What went wrong begins with director Peter Berg who previously crafted decent crime action thrillers with Wahlberg on several occasions, Lone Survivor, Patriots Day and Deepwater Horizon. However, this film fails from not having an interesting story, lack of sparks and characters that we care or connect with. In the end, the film feels half baked, uninteresting and bland...