News — Michael Tong

Ip Man and Four Kings (2019) - 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. Cashing in on the fame of Ip Man 4 release, comes a cheap budgeted VOD version starring Hong Kong’s Michael Tong in the title role of Ip Man. The production values is obviously cheapened as are the exterior sets, the fight scenes are edited and shortened with camera angles more suitable for cable TV. The result is a poor man Ip Man affair that is unlikely...

Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Martial Arts maestro Vincent Zhao is back as the role that made him known to the Western market - Wong Fei Hung! In-spite of the VOD release, this is a big thing to the martial arts world of fans. Exactly 24 years since Once Upon a Time in China ("OUATIC") 4 and 5, when the young and fresh Vincent Zhao took on the mountain of a mantle left behind by the legendary Jet Li. Since then, Vincent Zhao, unable to make a career in Hong Kong, left the shores and struggled...