Hong Kong superstars Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, and Andy Lau play lost and disaffected young adults in the first woozy masterpiece from director Wong Kar-Wai
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Donny Yen and Andy Lau are ‘Chasing the Dragon’ on Netflix
Directed by the insanely prolific Hong Kong action veteran Wong Jing, Chasing the Dragon (China, 2017) is the filmmaker’s crime epic, a historical drama that charts the rise and fall of two notorious gangsters who thrived in the rampant corruption enabled by Britain’s colonial rule of Hong Kong in the 1960s. The title is slang […]
‘The Bodyguard’ – Hong Kong legend Sammo Hung returns on Netflix
The Bodyguard (2016), originally titled My Beloved Bodyguard, is directed by Hong Kong martial arts legend Sammo Hung, who also stars as a retired special agent in a small town who is roused back into action when mobsters threaten the life of a young girl (Jacqueline Chan). He’s become a kind of adopted grandad; her […]