Offering almost nothing in terms of plot and characterisation, Lau’s film is an often hilarious if skilful showcase of a series of dynamic action ‘spectacles’ one after another.
A terrifically entertaining movie that sees Tsui Hark utilising all manner of dizzying cinematography, creative editing and special effects to deliver a manic piece of action-fantasy cinema about two seductive snake demons who transform into humans.
Ann Hui’s horror-comedy is at best an odd curiosity, a way too convoluted genre exercise that still manages to flaunt its film language, as Shu Qi plays a woman who can see ghosts.
Works somewhat like a Sergio Leone spaghetti western, this satisfying martial arts action drama set in centuries-old Shanghai sets a poor ‘newbie’, a boxer with ‘fists of fury’, against a world of rampant corruption and injustice.
This ‘exploitative’ curious oddity in the Shaw Brothers canon blends bloody vengeance wuxia action with taboo-breaking erotica as a powerful Madam operating a brothel lusts over a rebellious sex worker.
A comforting if bittersweet retelling of Sammo Hung’s formative years at the Peking Opera School where he plays a master mentoring his younger self, as it explores tradition and passion at the crossroads of societal and cultural change.
Even the thinnest possible execution of a revenge plot cannot undo one of Shaw’s greatest martial arts movies, one that sees Lau creating new stratospheric heights for action filmmaking.
One of Lau’s most beloved works—a showcase of stupendous kung-fu slapstick comedy laced with riotous one-liners, as a royal prince goes undercover with a con artist to unravel a conspiracy related to the throne.
A wuxia classic that pushed the genre to more brutal and grittier ends, as a martial artist must master a new fighting style after inexplicably losing an arm.
A young man is forced to escape from the oppressive Tartars and into the doors of a Shaolin temple in this exceptional high point of ‘70s HK kung-fu cinema that is as entertaining and cathartic as they come.
Eternality Tan 