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REVIEW: Double World (2020)

January 9, 2021 Grant Watson

Last year the Chinese videogame Zhengtu (aka Double World) received a film adaptation courtesy of Hong Kong-based director Teddy Chen – his first feature since 2014’s Kung Fu Jungle. Due to the closures of cinemas last year it was released online … Continue reading REVIEW: Double World (2020)

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REVIEW: Downtown Torpedoes (1997)

July 20, 2020 Grant Watson

A team of operatives skilled in industrial espionage are apprehended by Hong Kong’s secret service and blackmailed into undertaking a raid of MI:5. Their target is a set of British sterling printing plates that could, if released to the black … Continue reading REVIEW: Downtown Torpedoes (1997)

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REVIEW: Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

February 9, 2020 Grant Watson

In 1906 Hong Kong a team of pro-democracy revolutionaries secretly prepare for the arrival of their leader, Dr Sun Yat-sen. At the same time, a representative of the empire makes preparations of his own – not to greet or defend … Continue reading REVIEW: Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

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