Tag: Hong Kong Cinema

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  Drunken Master (1978)

  April 20, 2020

  1970s, Action, Comedy, Hong Kong Cinema, Martial Arts

  I’d long heard about the legend of Drunken Master (1978) so it was good escapism to finally catch up with this iconic Jackie Chan film, a box office hit in Hong Kong early in his career, Wikipedia tells me. As the character of Wong Fei-Hung, Chan is a cheeky, cocky troublemaker whose mischief catches up… Read.

• Hard Boiled (1992)

  September 27, 2019

  1990s, Action, Crime, Hong Kong Cinema

  Considering how much I loved The Killer as a teenager, I can’t believe it took me this long to see Hard Boiled (1992), which was the action classic every one said it was, maybe the height of director John Woo’s craft. Well, I still can’t get over Woo thinking “How can I raise the stakes… Read.