Director – John Woo – 1990 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 126m ***** Three teenage friends forced to leave Hong Kong by a gang war find themselves in the middle of the horrors of war-torn Vietnam – plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films of John Woo at BFI Southbank from Friday, 3rd July to […]
Director – Bart Layton – 2025 – US, UK – Cert. 15 – 140m ***** A high class lone operator thief and the rigorously analytical cop on his trail cross paths with a disillusioned insurance saleswoman to the wealthy – out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 13th As coloured dots come into focus, they are revealed […]
Director – Adilkhan Yerzhanov – 2024 – Kazakhstan, France – 83m *** A mercenary known by the codename ‘Moor’ returns from the war to the big city to rescue his younger brother’s wife and son from her husband’s debts – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Found […]
Director – Corey Yuen – 1985 – Hong Kong – Cert. 18 – 93m ***1/2 Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock’s star debut, in which they play two plain-clothes, kickboxing Hong Kong cops – on Blu-ray from Monday, December 12th 2002 and now part of Art of Action, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of […]