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Film Review: Fearless 霍元甲 (2006) - Hong Kong / China

Andrew Chan Collin Chou Fearless Jet Li Ronny Yu

Film Review: Fearless 霍元甲 (2006) - Hong Kong / China

Fearless (2006) - 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. Billed as Jet Li's final wushu film, Fearless directed by Ronny Yu is an epic affair. Watching the director cut's version with a duration of 2 hours and 35 minutes, a good 35 minutes longer, it definitely feels more complete, developed and coherent. In the former theatrical version, the middle redemption part is far too short to be convincing. A decade onwards, Fearless is every bit as...

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Film Review: The Adventurers (2017) - Hong Kong / China

Andrew Chan Andy Lau Jean Reno Shu Qi Stephen Fung The Adventurers

Film Review: The Adventurers (2017) - Hong Kong / China

The Adventurers (2017) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew ChanRemaking John Woo's classic comedy heist film Once a Thief is a tough ask. Directed by Stephen Fung and starring Andy Lau, Shu Qi, French actor Jean Reno, Zhang Jing Chu and Taiwanese Tony Yang, it works as a fun mindless entertainment that goes a tad too long. Films about stealing priceless valuables and the process behind the heist is always a joy to watch. Fung if anything managed to make everyone looking at their coolest and it's easy to say when you three of the most photogenic actors...

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Film Review: The Saint (2017) - USA

Andrew Chan Adam Rayner Eliza Dushku The Saints

Film Review: The Saint (2017) - USA

The Saint (2017) - USA Reviewed by Andrew ChanIn terms of cinematic experience this is as flat and non-interesting as it gets. When the storyline is so tired, it's not difficult to imagine how The Saints, original a TV series pilot converted into a movie after falling to impress TV studio heads. Pegged as Sir Roger Moore final film appearance (also starred in the original film), the film suffers from lack of action, gadgets and thrilling moments that is supposed to make up of a spy thriller like The Saints.  Adam Rayner simply lacks the charisma for the coolness in...

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Film Review: The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) - USA

Andrew Chan Elodie Yung Gary Oldman Ryan Reynolds Salma Hayek Samuel L Jackson The Hitman's Bodyguard

Film Review: The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) - USA

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) - USA Reviewed by Andrew ChanWhat happens when you put the cool headed Samuel L Jackson to buddy up with Ryan Reynolds? Well the result is simply magical as the two plays off each other with an undeniable attraction and chemistry. The Hitman's Bodyguard is funny throughout, the action and car chase scenes are loud and tense enough to be involving. Like Fate and Furious, this is easily a highly entertaining affair from start to finish.  Samuel L Jackson is simply the coolest actor on Earth with his spontaneous outlook on life as a hitman with...

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Film Review: Tokyo Ghoul (2017) - Japan

Andrew Chan Aoi Yu Fumika Shimizu Masataka Kubota Tokyo Ghoul

Film Review: Tokyo Ghoul (2017) - Japan

Tokyo Ghoul (2017) - Japan Reviewed by Andrew ChanThis is the gore and violence genre that Japanese have been famous for over the past few decades. Countless of films about human fleshing eating and cruel machine gunning of body parts are the central core of these films. Tokyo Ghoul definitely does not step down in that department and even manages to excel and at times alluded to some difficult themes about human nature and survival. Still these are all superficially dealt with and the result is the gore, outright bloody violence and disgusting flesh eating factor overtaking these central themes....

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