How two of Benny Chan’s 2000s films bridged old-school stunts and modern Hong Kong action

Heroic Duo and 2007’s Invisible Target were full of the director’s flair for action, reckless stunts and literal explosive ...
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Bullet-Fu Lovers Unite: What Are The Best Hong Kong Action Movies?

This past month, on the Criterion Channel, they had this excellent retrospective of Hong Kong action movies, which sent me down a rabbit hole of trying to find the best ones. I have to say, as an ...

The Furious First Trailer: Hong Kong Action Film Stars Joe Taslim

Kenji Tanigaki's film, which premiered to great acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival, hits theaters on May 29.
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual styles of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, as ...
Los Angeles Times

John Woo on the classic era of Hong Kong action, plus the week’s best movies

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As awards season begins to take shape, this week the New York Film Festival announced its ...

Terrance Lau on Action Stardom and Hong Kong's Shrinking Market

Off his star turn in the 2024 Hong Kong box office and critical hit “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In,” Terrance Lau ...
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...