News

Film Review: Oily Maniac 油鬼子 (1976) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia)  Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 23/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   Danny Lee stars as “Oily Maniac” in this superhero/villain mashed into a Cat 3, violent, action thriller filled erotica affair. It is one of those 70s Shaw Brothers flick that simply entertains with its comedic infused special effects and hilarious fight scenes whenever the oily maniac is transformed and involved. Remastered on Blu Ray, this slasher classic film gets a new audience and as...

Film Review: Hong Kong Hong Kong 男與女 (1983) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 22/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   Re-released and remastered on Blu Ray, the Shaw Brothers produced 1983’s “Hong Kong Hong Kong” stars pre-superstars Cherie Chung and Alex Man as illegal immigrants trying to create a better life in 1980s Hong Kong. Directed by Clifford Choi, the film is filled with intense emotions, infidelity, romance, hardship and aspirations all wrapped up within the poverty and wealth of Hong...

Film Review: Shock Wave 2 拆彈專家2 (2020) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 21/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   3 years after the entertaining action thriller “Shock Wave”, comes the stand alone sequel directed by Herman Yau. This time, Yau managed a bigger budget to boot and in the process allows him to explode an even greater Hong Kong landmark - the Hong Kong airport, the famed bridge and the twin IFC towers. In fact, Yau seems to have...

Film Review: Ready o/r Knot (不日成婚) (2021) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 20/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   The beauty of Director Anselm Chan latest romantic comedy “Ready Or Knot” lies in its storytelling and relatable happenings that goes beyond the expected genre cliches. There is almost an innate expectation of how these kind of movies usually turns out, but Chan makes great use of its likeable leads in Carlos Chan and Michelle Wai to stretch the audience emotions and...

Film Review: Son-Mother (Pesar-Madar) (2019) - Iran [HKIFF45] Reviewed as part of 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021 by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 18/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   Iranian cinema goes dark and the sense of constant hopelessness of the country’s state of being is added with deeper unresolved misery. Such is the premises of “Son-Mother”, by feature film debutant Director Mahnaz Mohammadi and written by veteran and the assuming Mohammad Rasoulof (“Manuscripts Don’t Burn” and “A Man of Integrity”). There is...