News — Tony Jaa

Film Review: Jiu Jitsu (2020) - USA Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Help me reach one review per day in 2021.  https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Buy me a coffee ☕️ or two to support our Asian cinema film reviews since 2004! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog   With the film’s poster headlining Nicolas Cage and Tony Jaa in prominent leading roles, it is undeniably frustrating when you release that both actors ended up taking the backseat to martial arts and stuntman Alain Moussi (“Kick-boxer” series). That’s not to say that Moussi lack any kind of physical presence, but his bland acting display contrast with...

38 HKFA Coverage: Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy 葉問外傳：張天志 (2018) - 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. The “Ip Man” legacy continues with a spin-off, focusing on Cheung Tin Chi character as the main story played by the convincing Max Zhang. Adding to the international martial arts superstar status are Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa, Dave Bautista and with full creative control direction by master Yuen Woo Ping. The result is a action packed martial arts fan-fest likely to...

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...

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...