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Film Review: The Honest Thief 末路狂盜  (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     Liam Neeson once said that “Taken 3” would be his last gritty action thriller and as we reach  the end of 2020, Neeson continues to play the same role as the gritty action hero with plenty of unique skill sets in the toolkit. “The Honest Thief” is really more of the same, the workable...

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...

All's Well, End's Well 2020 家有囍事2020 (2020) - Hong Kong 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   ews since 2004!   One of the most enjoyable aspect of Raymond Wong revisiting his most successful franchise, is the sheer mindless entertainment factor into the whole film experience. It is a formula that tried and true and served Wong extremely well over the past decades. In fact, the evergreen veteran takes in the...

Legally Declared Dead 死因無可疑 (2020) - Hong Kong 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     One of the most atmospheric gore crime thriller of the year, comes in the form of local Hong Kong film - “Legally Declared Dead”. Director Steve Yuen plays with human characters and the internal struggles between evil and good. What makes the film fascinating is the slow burn effect which focuses on how the characters develop...

Suk Suk 叔．叔 (2019) - Hong Kong   Aka Twilight Kiss 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   Director Ray Yeung is no stranger to controversial films and his third film comes in the form depicting two elderly gay lovers coming together in a highly conservative Hong Kong society. It is the kind of story that is not often told and if told, a young pairing of actors would be used, instead...