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Films about the finance industry can be notoriously challenging to convey to a mass audience, requiring at least a basic familiarity with – and interest in – the stock exchange and its many vagaries. Not everyone, after all, finds shares, securities and U.S. Treasury bonds to be glamorous material. This is the challenge faced by “A Gilded Game“, which is only partially successful in meeting it.

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The story is a very familiar one for the genre (think “Wall Street” or “The Wolf of Wall Street”), perhaps too much so: we follow Gao Han (Ou Hao), who has just graduated from university and lands an internship at an investment bank. There, the young, wide-eyed man is soon introduced to the cynicism of high finance, where only money matters – the law and morality be damned. Can Gao preserve his integrity, or will he have to compromise his ethics and...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Yi Huang, Nathan Lee, James Lance, Lydia Leonard, Geng Le, Murray Clive Walker, Viktor Sobtchak, Tom Austen, David Thomas Jenkins, Li Shengye, Yang Caiyu, Paul Philip Clark, Ivan Kotik | Written by Andy Briggs | Directed by Eric Styles

Take one 80s action star and one current kick-ass action movie icon and throw in a strange, mythical creature and you get Legendary (aka Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon, aka Legendary 3D). A family-friendly, Indiana Jones-style monster movie that follows cryptozoologist Travis (Adkins) who, after the death of one of his team whilst chasing down an undiscovered prehistoric bear, travels to China in search of what isn’t supposed to exist: a mythical creature, a Cryptid, which is wreaking havoc in a remote village where a new pipeline is being laid. However standing in their way is bounty-hunter Harker (Lundgren) whose plan – as it was when he teamed...

Yuen Biao is one of the greatest screen performers of all time. He exploded onto our screens when Sammo Hung cast him in the amazing movie Knockabout and he has never looked back since.

This list will be familiar with most fans around the world, but this list is also for people who are new to this genre and want to check out some great flicks. I have added a few movies, which are a bit low budget but does contain some nice action.

I know there are still many Yuen Biao movies i could have named in this list, some i shall give a mention to at the bottom of the feature. So i hope you like the movies i have listed, if your new to Yuen Biao please check out some of these great flicks.

1.Dreadnaught (1981)

Directed By: Yuen Woo Ping

Cast: Kwan Tak Hing, Leung Kar Yan,...

Don’t Say No: To Revitalizes Cops & Robbers Genre

There’s a strong possibility that Drug War may stand as (or at least be vying for) the best film of Johnnie To’s beloved filmography, and is evidence that he’s a master at the top of his game (even if he directly follows it with the schlocky Blind Detective). Shockingly simple, To gets down to the nitty-gritty in the film’s opening moments, and then jets off into a slickly paced ride of good guys vs. bad guys, culminating in a deliciously staged, delightfully prolonged show-stopping shoot out. Certainly, the film succinctly delivers on what its title implies, and is arguably neither more nor less. A high octane, yet overly familiar plot relies on charming performances and engagingly sketched characters, expertly using choreographed action sequences for perfect punctuations.

A young drug lord, Tommy Choi (Louis Khoo) speeds down a...

Drug War

Written by Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nau-hoi, Ryker Chan and Yu Xi

Directed by Johnnie To

2012, Hong Kong/China

The name of Hong Kong director Johnnie To resonates strongly with fans of hard edged gangster films and cop stories. For years already he has delivered time and time again with some of the most vivid, gritty and viscerally charged films which populate the genre. His more recent output has occasionally diverged from the action dramas he built his name on, mainly with 2008′s cape flick Sparrow and 2011′s Don’t Go Breaking my Heart with which he branched out into romantic comedy.

Admirers clamoring for a return to the bolder crime films have their prayers answered with To’s latest, Drug War, starring Louis Koo as Timmy Choi, a mid level drug smuggler, and Sun Honglei as police captain Zhang Lei, the man trying to use Timmy’s intel...

Title: Drug War Well Go USA/Variance Films Director: Johnnie To Screenwriter: Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To Cast: Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Crystal Huang, Wallace Chung, Gao Yunxiang, Li Guangjie, Guo Tao, Li Jing, Lo Hoi-pang, Eddie Cheung, Gordon Lam, Michelle Ye, Lam Suet Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 7/2/13 Opens: July 26, 2013 In China the penalty for selling more than 50 mg of methamphetamine is death, which may not be the best idea. If you’re about to be caught, what would stop you from trying to kill the cops? You can’t be executed twice! That idea fuels the “Drug War,” Johnnie To’s movie said to be the first actioner to [ Read More ]

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Drug War Trailer, Du Zhan Trailer. Johnny To‘s Drug War / Du zhan (2012) movie trailer stars Sun Honglei, Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Michelle Ye, and Yi Huang. Drug War‘s plot synopsis: “Captain Zhang (Sun Honglei) and his team will stop at nothing to track down drug criminals. When drug lord Timmy Choi (Louis [...]

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Although best known internationally for his action films and triad thrillers, legendary Hong Kong director Johnnie To has enjoyed huge popularity domestically with romantic comedies and dramas, having collaborated with screenwriter Wai Ka Fai on numerous occasions to great success. Following on from their 2011 outing “Don’t go Breaking my Heart”, the duo team up again for “Romancing in Thin Air”, which also sees the return to the genre of actress Sammi Cheng, who memorably starred for To and Wai in their classic “Needing You” back in 2000. The film also features a fine leading man in Louis Koo, and a top drawer supporting cast of familiar faces that includes Gao Yuanyuan (“Don’t go Breaking my Heart”), Wang Baoqiang (“Love for Life”), Crystal Huang (“East Meets West”), Wilfred Lau (“Overheard 2”), Tanny Tien (“The Jade and the Pearl”), and Li Guangjie. The film starts with Koo as megastar actor Michael, who...

Director: Herman Yau. Review: Adam Wing. Underrated Hong Kong director Herman Yau (The Legend is Born: Ip Man) takes to period kung fu for his biopic about late-Qing revolutionary Qiu Jin, who in case you didn’t know, was pivotal in bringing about the downfall of the imperial regime in China. Crystal Huang brings The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake to life, supported on her journey by a star-studded cast including Anthony Wong, Kevin Cheng and Lam Suet. The truth is in there somewhere, that goes without saying, but a sweeping action epic wouldn’t be much fun without spectacular battle sequences orchestrated by veteran action director Leung Siu Hung (Ip Man). Two timelines run side by side in Herman Yau’s inspired (and inspiring) offering, with the first one depicting Qui Jin’s arrest, trial and eventual demise. The other timeline - which is afforded most of the running...

“The Road Less Travelled” sees top Hong Kong director Derek Yee taking the producer’s chair for a follow up of sorts to his much lauded 2003 romantic drama “Lost in Time”. This time, he hands over the directorial reigns to co-scripter Derek Chiu (“Brothers”), for a tale of cross border love and tragedy focusing on a truck driver played by popular actor Louis Koo (“All’s Well End’s Well 2011”), who ends up in a triangle with a young Mainland woman played by Crystal Huang (“Just Another Pandora’s Box”) and his Hong Kong girlfriend Karen Mok (“Go Lala Go!”). Backing them is an impressive supporting cast including Tvb star Wayne Lai (“I Love Hong Kong”), Mainland actors Yin Xiaotian (“My Belle Boss”), Liang Dawei, and Baty Chen. The drama is set in motion when Hong Kong cross border truck driver Hui Shing Leung (Louis Koo) accidently hits and kills...