News — Nick Cheung

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...

Guilt By Design 催眠·裁決 (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. There is a lot to like and appreciate about the latest trio of directors’ (Lau Wing-Tai, Kenneth Lai and Paul Sze) efforts. Guilt By Design” is extremely well crafted psychological courtroom action thriller that engages you from start to the almost too sensationalised and over the top “Jackie Chan’s style” finale. Nick Cheung excels in the role of a professional hypnotist appointed to be a juror in...

Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy 使徒行者2：谍影行动 (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. One of the best thing about the sequel to the atrocious “Line Walker” is that this film have nothing to do with the original and apart from a few familiar faces and TVB investments. “Line Walker 2” smartly revokes the John Woo and Ringo Lam bloodshed and brotherhood action genre, meaning we get non-stop action display going across Hong Kong, South East Asia and...

Bodies at Rest 沉默的證人 (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. Opening the HKIFF festival requires a film that can generate enough buzz, yet with enough quality for the cinephiles. The director of “Die Hard 2” have been in China over the past 5 years, notably making the rather average Jackie Chan action starrer in “Skiptrace”, the good news is that “Bodies at Rest” is a return to form for Renny Harlin and the...

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...