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Despite having a fairly solid cast that includes Alex Fong, Lam Suet, and Eddy Ko Hung, director Wai Tat's one and only feature, 2004's Cop Unbowed, fails to impress by not offering a glimpse of originality or sliver of passion during its' thankfully brief eighty-five minute running time.
If you're a fan of trashy Hong Kong cinema, you're probably already familiar with the work of Billy Tang, who's responsible for Category III classics like Red to Kill. While Street Angels is "only" rated IIB, there's more than enough sex and violence presented here to keep devotees of the seedier side happy.
Chu Yen-Ping has long been known as one of the lower-tier directors working in Asia. Even when he's gotten to work with big stars such as Jackie Chan, the results have been duds like Island of Fire. Chu's latest effort, The Treasure Hunter, isn't going to rocket him to the top echelon of Asian directors, but it's an entertaining enough picture if you just want to check out a brainless action/adventure.
The sequel to one of the biggest Hong Kong box-office hits of all time, The Storm Warriors is one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the past few years. Sadly, it falls into the same trap of many sequels, and the end product is simply something that isn't anywhere near as good as the original.
Starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro, The Warlords is a solid historical epic that is now available in the US via video on demand services such as Playstation Network, Xbox Live, and Amazon, with a theatrical release coming on April 2nd.
Option Zero tries to bring viewers into the private lives of some of Hong Kong's most elite law enforcement officers. Though it's overall a decent effort that supplies some solid action, the wooden acting and overemphasis on melodrama makes this one for die-hard fans of the genre only.
As March rolls around, Hong Kong Film Net celebrates yet another year of giving bored office monkeys and angry nerds yet another place to waste too much time on the internet. We're fully in the "tween" period now, as HK Film Net is twelve years old. Don't worry -- there will be absolutely no coverage of Hannah Montana or the Jonas Brothers coming any time soon. Thanks go out to our long-time sponsors Sensasian and HK Flix, and of course, the regular visitors to the site, who have provided the webmaster hours of entertainment via angry e-mails that try to defend the career of Edison Chen.
In upcoming home video news, John Woo's Red Cliff will be coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on March 23rd. The movie will be available in the original version that contains both installments released in Asia, as well as the new US cut that runs about 148 minutes. All the various editions of the movie are available for pre-order at Amazon.
Also, don't forget that Dragon Dynasty's DVD of Return To The 36th Chamber is available today, along with their new Blu-Ray of The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Their long-awaited version of the heroic bloodshed classic The Killer will be coming out on Blu-Ray and a 2-disc DVD set on March 30.
