News — Lau Ching Wan

Film Review: Shock Wave 2 拆彈專家2 (2020) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 21/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   3 years after the entertaining action thriller “Shock Wave”, comes the stand alone sequel directed by Herman Yau. This time, Yau managed a bigger budget to boot and in the process allows him to explode an even greater Hong Kong landmark - the Hong Kong airport, the famed bridge and the twin IFC towers. In fact, Yau seems to have...

The White Storm 掃毒 (2013) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) during the 2013 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival. Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. In special memory of Director Benny Chan. After the disappointing and over hyped action / thriller blockbuster, “Cold War”, the makers behind “The White Storm” decided to make a lesser publicity storm, instead letting the quality of the film to tell a thousand words. Director Benny Chan managed to pull of the impossible, while Nick Cheung continues to...

Integrity 廉政風雲 煙幕 (2019) - Hong Kong / China   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)  Director Alan Mak and frequent corroborator Felix Chong decided to kick off the Chinese New Year with the first instalment of a trilogy of ICAC films in “Integrity”. Pitting two best actors in the form of Lau Ching Wan and Nick Cheung as Chief ICAC and key whistleblower respectively to the high profile fraud and bribery case. The audience gets two excellent performance plus a strong turn and welcome return to the big screen to screen goddess Karena Lam as Lau’s...

Black Mask (1996) - Hong Kong  (Original Cut)     Reviewed by Andrew Chan (FCCA)   One of Jet Li’s final Hong Kong film before heading for Lethal Weapon stardom plays like a Hollywood popcorn action comic book hero blockbuster. Always a pleasure to witness Li don similar black mask as the legendary Bruce Lee’s Kato. For Li fans, the film action sequences and storyline is probably subpar to his stellar 90s effort that includes Once Upon a Time in China series, Fong Sai Yuk and Fist of Legend, only to name a few classics. However, the original non-English dubbed...