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Air Strike 大轰炸 (2018) - USA / China Aka The Bombing / The Unbreakable Spirit Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     This is a terrible example of a how to make bad movies and expensive one as well. There is so much off-screen drama and scandal that surrounds this film that makes it far more interesting than the WWII war epic itself. With all the top billings in Bruce Willis, Adrien Brody, Fan Bing Bing and all. Only Willis get substantial screen time to phone in a walk in the house VOD performance that he has gotten...

Operation Red Sea 红海行动 (2018) - China   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     Before the patriotism and negative Chinese sentiments comes into play for evaluating the latest Dante Lam blockbuster war disaster epic. On a technical level, it is something to be proud of and with a massive budget to play with Lam manages to use every inch of explosives, bombs, bullets, body counts and effects to make a war epic that is so loud and brutal where it matches Hollywood standards in terms of production values. However, what the film sacrifice in the...

Halloween 月光光心慌慌 (2018) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     It’s been a tough ride for the fans of “Halloween” franchise as Michael Myers have become more of a cult than the film series have been churning out low quality films. The great news is that the 2018’s “Halloween” is undeniably fresh, brutally violent, adequately suspense and a return to form for the series, cast and all round Halloween experience. It is what these kind of slasher films are about, haunting and unpredictable villains in the form of the pure evil Michael Myers...

Kamikaze (2016) - UK   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.   Billed as Welsh first action star, Marcus Shakesheff needs no introduction to the stunts arena. Having build a credible resume of stunt works in high profile films in “Wonder Woman”, “Maleficent”, “Thor” to name a few, Shakesheff turned to direct and star in low budget actioner “Kamikaze”. The result is amazing on a stunts and action perspective, especially the scenes involving the car chase revoking Jackie Chan’s movies...

One Cut Of the Dead 屍殺片場 (2018) - Japan   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     Filmed on a shoestring budget of US$27,000 with a cast of newcomers, the latest zombie comedy directed by indie Shinichiro Ueda is not just a good film, but easily the funniest zombie comedy since “Shaun the Dead”. After taking the Japanese box office by storm and the international film festival circuit with standing ovations, “One Cut of the Dead” is now opening across Asian territories where it will undoubtedly become a cult classic. There are a few stand out...