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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...

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) - USA 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. The best thing about the third John Wick film is not Keanu Reeves, but the long awaited return to big screen of Asian American martial artist actor Mark Dacascos. It is his steer presence that elevate the film from the usual “John Wick” affair and his comic timing adds to the menace required of the role in what is extremely physically demanding m. Dacascos...

The Attorney 一級指控 (2019) - 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. “The Attorney” is a tight and efficient legal thriller that fills a much needed void in the Hong Kong cinema market. Director Wong Kwok Fai shines in creating a tightly gripped and tense character study of the human and moral condition. Similar to many of the lawsuits and fight for legal justice movies of the early 90s Hong Kong cinema and more recently contemporary Korean cinema...