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Film Review: The Nobles 單身貴族 (1989) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is something disarmingly honest about a romantic comedy that doesn’t pretend its characters have life all figured out. “The Nobles,” a buoyant 1989 Hong Kong film directed by Norman Chan (also known as Chan Hok-yan), understands that the real comedy—and the real drama—of modern urban life lies in the gap between what...

Film Review: Guns of Dragon 虎穴屠龍之轟天陷阱 (1993) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 7.5/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is something irresistibly alive about certain Hong Kong action pictures from the early ‘90s, those scrappy, high-octane B-movies that didn’t always have the budget of a John Woo epic but compensated with sheer audacity and streetwise energy. “Guns of Dragon” is one of those films. It doesn’t reinvent the...

Film Review: Return Engagement 再戰江湖 (1990) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is a moment late in “Return Engagement” when the camera lingers on Alan Tang’s weathered face as he steps out of prison after twenty years, the Vancouver sky gray and indifferent above him. In that single, unhurried beat, the film announces what it truly is: not just another bullet ballet...

Film Review: Killers from Beijing 僱傭兵(2000) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 7/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is something stubbornly appealing about the rough-edged Hong Kong action films of the early 2000s — those straight-to-video warriors that arrived after the golden age had faded but still carried the old DNA of loyalty, betrayal, and bullet-riddled honor. “Killers from Beijing” is one such specimen: modest in budget, uneven...

Film Review: Troublesome Night 7 陰陽路柒撞到 (2000) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 5.5/10 Rating: ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is a certain charm to Hong Kong’s long-running Troublesome Night series, those scrappy little supernatural comedies that treat ghosts less like terrors from the grave and more like nosy neighbors who just won’t let the living get on with their MTV shoots. The seventh entry, Troublesome Night 7 (or Yin...