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First Night Nerves 八個女人一台戲 (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. In true Gala Premiere fashion, we get the usual mid-festival star gazing first film at this year’s Hong Kong Cultural Centre with a Hong Kong film. This time we get renowned and respected director Stanley Kwan’s “First Night Nerves” and a star studded cast in presence of Sammi Cheng, Gigi Leung and Bai Baihe to name a few. This is a fantastic vehicle for female actresses...

Maria (2019) - Philippines   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. There is a lot of lingering problems with the Netflix released Filipino film “Maria”, despite the obvious femme fatale premise and “John Wick” obvious inspiration, the action film is only mildly entertaining, uninteresting characters to follow and not to mention bland directing. The leads are attractive, especially Cristina Reyes who plays the title character and avenger for the death of her family. The film lacks a decent story...

Bodies at Rest 沉默的證人 (2019) - Hong Kong / 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. Opening the HKIFF festival requires a film that can generate enough buzz, yet with enough quality for the cinephiles. The director of “Die Hard 2” have been in China over the past 5 years, notably making the rather average Jackie Chan action starrer in “Skiptrace”, the good news is that “Bodies at Rest” is a return to form for Renny Harlin and the...

TV Series: Defected 鐵探 (2019) - Hong Kong / China Season 1: 45 minutes x 30 episode   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. One of the best police crime thriller TVB series in years, comes “Defected” a joint venture with Tencent Digital China, the series reached peak viewing local figures. It became the first TVB series to be screened internationally by Netflix. With a star studded cast of Kara Wai, Philip Keung, Benjamin Yuen,  Sisley Choi,  Mat Yeung, Oscar...

P Storm P風暴 (2019) - Hong Kong / 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. Just when you think that the alphabetical “Storm” series is over, the forth film of the box office successful never ending ICAC crime busting fantasy action thriller continues with “P Storm”. Set mostly within the confines of a prison drama, our hero William Luk (played by the inflatable and incorruptible Louis Koo) purposely get caught for drink driving this time to go undercover to...