News — Louis Koo

Chasing the Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch 追龍II: 賊王 (2019) - Hong Kong / 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. There is a lot of issues with “Chasing the Dragon 2” namely having nothing to do with the original or its original stars (Donnie Yen or Andy Lau). It’s simply a film about crime boss Cheung Tze-keung who famously kidnapped and ransomed Hong Kong tycoons Li Ka Shing, Walter Kwok and the the alleged kidnapping of Macau magnate Stanley...

P Storm P風暴 (2019) - Hong Kong / 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. Just when you think that the alphabetical “Storm” series is over, the forth film of the box office successful never ending ICAC crime busting fantasy action thriller continues with “P Storm”. Set mostly within the confines of a prison drama, our hero William Luk (played by the inflatable and incorruptible Louis Koo) purposely get caught for drink driving this time to go undercover to...

A Home with a View 家和萬事驚 (2019) - 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. With the up pending house prices in Hong Kong, social frustration of the inaction in the government and coupled with hopelessness of the generation next. The result is a well meaning black comedy produced and scripted by Cheung Tat Ming and directed by veteran Herman Yau. It’s very much a local film for Hong Kong audience with a welcome reunion of sorts for...

L Storm L風暴 (2018) - Hong Kong / China   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     It is probably as generic as it gets in terms of the latest “Storm” series and ICAC promotional cinematic piece. Director David Lam whose only notable films in the past decades are “Z Storm” and “S Storm”, continues this tradition with a tag on patriotic ending that is in line with the Chinese government stance on anti corruption. Ignoring this aspect, the film is quite solid if never spectacular from the direction to film editing to the casts. Once...

SPL 3 / Paradox (2017) - Hong Kong Review by Andrew ChanLouis Koo goes berserk in his most physical performance to date and even manage to make Liam Neeson looks proud in the process as the father on a mission desperately searching for his missing daughter in Pattaya. It is also easily Koo best ever performance and most certainly in line for a Best Actor award. Director Wilson Yip returns to the directing chair for the third instalment and like its predecessors, it is brutally entertaining and tension filled from start to finish and not a film for the faint...