I’m not going to see Superman Returns, or Pirates of the Caribbean 2, or even teen action flick “Stormbreaker”; rather I’m more interested in the upcoming action movies that seemed to have gotten their kick-start, courtesy of Ong Bak; the Tony Jaa action movie. Although I probably will go see Casino Royale (this is the […]

Although most Western movie watchers will instantly recognise the above picture as being “Pai Mei” from the movie “Kill Bill”; the whitehaired Mei was actually a good guy in this movie and is a throwback to a character seen littered throughout kung fu movies, but always as the villain. But the question is — why? […]

Here’s what I consider to be the best Hong Kong style fights of all time (with thanks to youtube.com); Jackie vs Benny ‘the Jet’ (Wheels on Meals) Considered to be one of the best on-screen fights of all-time. Jackie vs Benny ‘the Jet’ 2 (Dragons Forever) (note: does not play all the way through, unfortunately) […]

Editor Note: This is not a review of SPL (2005), but rather an article about where Hong Kong Cinema is, and where it’s going. For a review of SPL, please visit kungfucinema.com An argument made by many Hong Kong action cinema aficionados is that the past 10 years of Hong Kong cinema (including those of […]

Samuel L. Jackson will be in the movie Snakes on a Plane, yes it sounds cheesy – but from following the IMDB boards and watching the trailer I think this will be a hilarious cheese-fest. Apparantly Jackson himself demanded the movie title to be reverted to it’s original title after it was changed by a […]

According to Hollywood, the Americans practically won World War II on their own (which is probably true), they retrieved and decoded the German Engima encryption machine before the British, and now it seems that Tom Cruise will be making “The Few”, a film which will, according to the IMDB, be about “…the true-life story of […]

According to themovieblog.com, Chris Tucker is getting “$20 million for the movie PLUS 20% of the box office gross”. The thing is, I don’t think he’s worth it. He’ll be paid more than Chan and will probably have his name above Chan’s on all the posters. Is Tucker’s ego really THAT big, or is it […]

I was watching 80s nostalgia trip Mannequin the other day (dont ask!) and Im convinced after seeing the cheese-fest that when I look at the CGI filled action adventures movies of today, I somehow get the feeling that action movies of my generation were just better. Whether it was the stunts, the danger or just […]

The latest James Bond movie, Casino Royale has now got a small teaser trailer, which looks very interesting. It would appear that Bond is taking a leaf out of The Bourne Identity, and is downsizing on the CGI, and increasing visual stunts such as the “free-running”. It looks like it will be very interesting. But […]