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My Prince Edward 金都 (2019) - 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   What makes “My Prince Edward” different to the numerous romantic comedy that Stephy Tang used to play, is the realistic element and the gender commentary that makes debut director and writer Norris Wong, a film to watch. This is not your typical happy go lucky film, as it explore a personal story as well as social concerns...

Baseball Girl 야구소녀 (2019) - South Korea Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) as part of Korean Film Festival in Australia 2020 coverage 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   Fresh from “Itaewon Class” fame, young actress Lee Joo-young is the main attraction in the coming of age and gender breaking the glass ceiling sports drama in “Baseball Girl”. Director Choi Yun-tae smartly immerse the audience into a relevant topic and challenges the audience and characters to exceed...

The Fallen 墮落花 (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   Veteran Hong Kong actress Irene Wan returns to the genre that made her famous in the 90s, in the exploitation genre film - “The Fallen”. Directed by the promising “G Affairs” Lee Cheuk-pan, the film equally visually stunning as colours are infused to the point of being in a infusion of a dream effect. However, the film possesses...

Ultimate Justice (2017) - USA Reviews 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   Mark Dacascos follows the “Expendables” meets “Taken” formulas with a low budget version in “Ultimate Justice”. Stringing together fellow stunts and B-movie martial arts actors, this film manages to excel in most of its action scenes. The story is largely inconsequential as it play second fiddle to the stunts work and various martial arts and guns battle one after...

Fatal Visit 聖荷西謀殺案 (2019) - 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     In line with many Hollywood murder mystery thrillers, the latest Sammi Cheng and Charlene Choi starring vehicle,  Fatal Visit” takes precisely that route. Based on the popular Hong Kong play “Murder in San Jose” by Candace Chong (one of the best playwrights in Hong Kong), the film script is adapted by Philip Yung (“Port of Call”) and...