Having worked as a writer on Alan Yuen’s 2019 film “The Rookies”, Xu Lei strikes out on his own with his directorial debut film “Summer Detective”. An off-kilter comedy that offers up a unique perspective on life in rural China, the movie marks a solid first entry in the director’s career.
Chaoying Xu is a farmer who has made a pretty penny selling off livestock in the lead up to his retirement. He’s in the midst of rebuilding his home from the ground up when a close friend, Shuhe Su, is hospitalised after being knocked off his scooter by a hit and run driver. Deciding to go for justice rather than let insurance cover the medical bills, Chaoying, along with another workmate Zhanyi Zhang, take on the near-impossible task of tracking down the perpetrator.
“Summer Detective” is about as deadpan as you can get in terms of comedy,...
Chaoying Xu is a farmer who has made a pretty penny selling off livestock in the lead up to his retirement. He’s in the midst of rebuilding his home from the ground up when a close friend, Shuhe Su, is hospitalised after being knocked off his scooter by a hit and run driver. Deciding to go for justice rather than let insurance cover the medical bills, Chaoying, along with another workmate Zhanyi Zhang, take on the near-impossible task of tracking down the perpetrator.
“Summer Detective” is about as deadpan as you can get in terms of comedy,...
- 6/19/2021
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
“Truth in advertising” awards are few and far between. Assuming someone somewhere is still giving out “truth in advertising” awards, The Rookies (Su ren te gong), an international co-production co-written and directed by Alan Yuen, certainly wouldn’t get one. For its Western release, the advertising for The Rookies, including the trailer and poster, place longtime Resident Evil action-star Milla Jovovich front-and-center, towering over lesser, less significant mortals. In a film pushing the two-hour mark, Jovovich receives roughly 10-15-minutes total screen time. Disappointment will surely follow and not just for Jovovich’s hardcore fans. Anyone expecting even a modest respect for the rules of storytelling, character, or physics will find themselves on the wrong side of the disappointment divide. Not that...
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- 4/16/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Lame humor and incoherent plotting are among the shortcomings of “The Rookies,” an initially engaging but increasingly tedious Chinese action-comedy-thriller that not even kick-ass movie queen Milla Jovovich can breathe much life into. Undemanding genre fans might go for this Budapest-set hodge-podge about rookie secret agents tackling a deranged billionaire, but there’s not much here for anyone else. After flopping in Chinese cinemas way back in July 2019 it seems very strange for “The Rookies” to be receiving limited U.S. theatrical release on April 16, 2021.
Working six years after his impressive action spectacular “Firestorm,” writer-director Alan Yuen hasn’t lost his knack for well-staged mayhem and destruction. But along with co-writers Lei Xu and Kong Yun-cheung, Yuen falls short of the mark when injecting comedy into the mix. that extinguishes suspense and makes it hard for audiences to care about such silly, one-dimensional characters.
Things at least kick off on an exciting note,...
Working six years after his impressive action spectacular “Firestorm,” writer-director Alan Yuen hasn’t lost his knack for well-staged mayhem and destruction. But along with co-writers Lei Xu and Kong Yun-cheung, Yuen falls short of the mark when injecting comedy into the mix. that extinguishes suspense and makes it hard for audiences to care about such silly, one-dimensional characters.
Things at least kick off on an exciting note,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
I should have known better considering I’ve seen two Alan Yuen films before: a directorial effort in Firestorm that forgets its unwavering severity in the third act to deliver farcical chaos and a screenwriting effort in Monster Hunt wherein the lead is a pregnant man with the salvation of monster-kind cooking in his belly. I should have known the American trailer for his latest work The Rookies was manipulated beyond its desire to pretend Milla Jovovich was its star. While that was obviously not the case (a common ruse studios use to shield audiences from realizing they are walking into a foreign language film—although this one being fully dubbed was a surprise), the Chinese James Bond aesthetic did at least seem real.
If I had gone back to remember those previous films, however, I would have at least been prepared for how wrong that assumption proves. Because while...
If I had gone back to remember those previous films, however, I would have at least been prepared for how wrong that assumption proves. Because while...
- 4/13/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
More Hollywood actors are expected to appear in starring roles in Chinese films as China’s film industry continue to expand, with bigger productions looking to meet international standards and feed the growing appetite for domestic blockbusters.
So far, however, the top Hollywood stars joining the ensemble casts of these blockbusters have almost all been men. Opportunities for Hollywood actresses in China still remain largely unavailable because of the lack of suitable roles and limited genres. Agencies have been pushing for female starring roles, however, and Milla Jovovich has a role in upcoming action-thriller “The Rookies.”
According to Jonah Greenberg, who left his role as head of CAA China in February to launch a Beijing-based development and production company called Salty Pictures, the agency helped Jovovich get the role, originally written as a male. Such a successful gender-switch of a role in a Chinese film to accommodate a Western actress is a first.
So far, however, the top Hollywood stars joining the ensemble casts of these blockbusters have almost all been men. Opportunities for Hollywood actresses in China still remain largely unavailable because of the lack of suitable roles and limited genres. Agencies have been pushing for female starring roles, however, and Milla Jovovich has a role in upcoming action-thriller “The Rookies.”
According to Jonah Greenberg, who left his role as head of CAA China in February to launch a Beijing-based development and production company called Salty Pictures, the agency helped Jovovich get the role, originally written as a male. Such a successful gender-switch of a role in a Chinese film to accommodate a Western actress is a first.
- 9/25/2018
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Andy Lau, Nicolas Tse, Jackie Chan, Wu Jing, Fan Bingbing, Yu Hai, Xiong Xinxin | Written by Alan Yuen | Action Director Corey Yuen | Directed by Benny Chan
Review by Baron Fortnightly
China’s last imperial Dynasty has fallen and a ruthless warlord (Andy Lau) amasses a vast fortune through the violent subjugation of his people. Faced with a brutal betrayal, he runs for his life, seeking redemption in the fabled Shaolin Temple. When his enemies discover his location, he must stand with his new brothers and fight his lifes greatest battle…
Shaolin, also known as The New Shaolin Temple, is a 2011 film directed by Benny Chan (New Police Story, Gen X Cops) and an updated version of the 1982 classic and Jet Li’s film debut, The Shaolin Temple. I’ve seen a lot of films recently that whilst watchable have been lacking that certain something that makes them really enjoyable...
Review by Baron Fortnightly
China’s last imperial Dynasty has fallen and a ruthless warlord (Andy Lau) amasses a vast fortune through the violent subjugation of his people. Faced with a brutal betrayal, he runs for his life, seeking redemption in the fabled Shaolin Temple. When his enemies discover his location, he must stand with his new brothers and fight his lifes greatest battle…
Shaolin, also known as The New Shaolin Temple, is a 2011 film directed by Benny Chan (New Police Story, Gen X Cops) and an updated version of the 1982 classic and Jet Li’s film debut, The Shaolin Temple. I’ve seen a lot of films recently that whilst watchable have been lacking that certain something that makes them really enjoyable...
- 3/12/2017
- by Guest
- Nerdly
On its face, Raman Hui's 18th century short story adaptation, Monster Hunt, may seem like a kids' movie not worth all the hype. That said, if that's the basis for your abstinence from seeing it either this year or last year, you couldn't be more wrong and its status as China's highest grossing film of all time notwithstanding, the film tells one of the most heartfelt, exciting and compelling stories you'll ever see on screen and with fun action sequences to boot as well from a script by Hui and co-scribe Alan Yuen. This, plus the CG fare and adorable creature lore, should bode well for anyone simply looking for something fun to watch be it a family affair or not, and it's definitely worth...
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- 10/21/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Even if Monster Hunt were billed in America with “from Raman Hui, the supervising animator of everyone’s favorite DreamWorks player, the Gingerbread Man, and co-director of Shrek the Third, comes a magical adventure of man and beast” on the posters, it wouldn’t be enough. But that’s okay, because Hui didn’t make it for American audiences. Instead, it stemmed from a desire back in 2005 to make an animated film in China after spending so much time with Steven Spielberg‘s company learning the ropes. A decade later and the finished live-action-animated hybrid became the nation’s highest-grossing film ever (since beaten by Stephen Chow‘s The Mermaid). Not even the boast of this acclaim could make it a winner stateside, though. It’s simply too weird for western audiences.
That doesn’t mean it’s bad or indecipherable. Hui utilizes many of the same themes from the...
That doesn’t mean it’s bad or indecipherable. Hui utilizes many of the same themes from the...
- 3/10/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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Police Story might just be the greatest action franchise of all time. But which movies are the best in the series?
After his disappointing experience in America filming The Protector, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong determined to make his own cop film his own way. The result - Police Story - kickstarted perhaps the greatest action franchise of all time; a series of films that still deliver thrills of a near-religious magnitude for genre fans.
Aside from the two reboots, the Police Stories revolve around Jackie's maverick Hong Kong cop Ka-Kui Chan (or Kevin Chan, in the English dubs) with frequent appearances from his lovably inept superior 'Uncle Bill' (Bill Tung) and his long-suffering girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung). The story continuity is a little ropey but instead each instalment offers a new, and usually more improbable, case for Ka-Kui to crack.
There's a blend of comedy,...
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Police Story might just be the greatest action franchise of all time. But which movies are the best in the series?
After his disappointing experience in America filming The Protector, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong determined to make his own cop film his own way. The result - Police Story - kickstarted perhaps the greatest action franchise of all time; a series of films that still deliver thrills of a near-religious magnitude for genre fans.
Aside from the two reboots, the Police Stories revolve around Jackie's maverick Hong Kong cop Ka-Kui Chan (or Kevin Chan, in the English dubs) with frequent appearances from his lovably inept superior 'Uncle Bill' (Bill Tung) and his long-suffering girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung). The story continuity is a little ropey but instead each instalment offers a new, and usually more improbable, case for Ka-Kui to crack.
There's a blend of comedy,...
- 1/5/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Firestorm A.K.A Fung Bou (2013) Review Script60% Directing82% Acting77% Photography82% Score70% Action75%PositivesUnrelentingImaginativeNegativesToo much post-proA little overwrought74%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (2 Votes)61%
‘Firestorm‘ is a story about law and justice. Or, maybe, about justice or law. While justice is almost nothing more than a moral sense, law must be somehow “material”, predictable, replicable… so it need rules. Whatever has rules is a game, and there isn’t any more efficient way to win a game than to break the rules, if you can get away with it. If the game is “cops and robbers”, the latter have an obvious advantage, because they aren’t even supposed to follow any rules. That’s until, maybe, some fed up cop decides to play the law game no more and finally get some justice. No, ‘Firestorm’ isn’t a Bronson’s movie remake (though it’s high time for some to come, don’t you think?...
‘Firestorm‘ is a story about law and justice. Or, maybe, about justice or law. While justice is almost nothing more than a moral sense, law must be somehow “material”, predictable, replicable… so it need rules. Whatever has rules is a game, and there isn’t any more efficient way to win a game than to break the rules, if you can get away with it. If the game is “cops and robbers”, the latter have an obvious advantage, because they aren’t even supposed to follow any rules. That’s until, maybe, some fed up cop decides to play the law game no more and finally get some justice. No, ‘Firestorm’ isn’t a Bronson’s movie remake (though it’s high time for some to come, don’t you think?...
- 9/14/2014
- by Miguel Angel Aijon
- AsianMoviePulse
Robin-b-Hood (also known as Rob B Hood)
Written by Jackie Chand, Alan Yuen, and Benny Chan
Directed by Benny Chan
Hong Kong, 2006
Thongs (Jackie Chan) and Octopus (Louis Koo) are thieves working under the auspices of their long standing mentor Landlord (Michael Hui), who also happens to be the actual landlord of the apartment complex they dwell in. Their most recent assignment takes them to a hospital to snatch a bounty of costly drugs to be sold on the black market, but they aren’t the only souls trying to steal something: a crazed man nearly gets away with a newborn baby. Shunned for his former lover, the unstable fellow perishes in a dramatic fall from a high floor with the baby coming an inch from losing its life as well were it not for Thongs’ heroics. Shortly thereafter Thongs, Octopus and Landlord find themselves dragged into another heist operation,...
Written by Jackie Chand, Alan Yuen, and Benny Chan
Directed by Benny Chan
Hong Kong, 2006
Thongs (Jackie Chan) and Octopus (Louis Koo) are thieves working under the auspices of their long standing mentor Landlord (Michael Hui), who also happens to be the actual landlord of the apartment complex they dwell in. Their most recent assignment takes them to a hospital to snatch a bounty of costly drugs to be sold on the black market, but they aren’t the only souls trying to steal something: a crazed man nearly gets away with a newborn baby. Shunned for his former lover, the unstable fellow perishes in a dramatic fall from a high floor with the baby coming an inch from losing its life as well were it not for Thongs’ heroics. Shortly thereafter Thongs, Octopus and Landlord find themselves dragged into another heist operation,...
- 9/14/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Hong Kong action icon Andy Lau stars in Director Alan Yuen’s (Princess D) action-packed crime thriller Firestorm, and it lands on U.S Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Sept. 23. Rounding out the cast are Michael Wong (Triple Tap), Ray Lui (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Ka Tung Lam (Drug War, IP Man), Jun Hu (Bodyguards & Assassins), Chen Yao (Caught in the Web), Vincent Sze (Vengeance), Chi-yin Wong (Life Without Principle) and Shing-Ban Lam (Young and Dangerous: Reloaded). Cop dramas are bread ‘n’ butter to the Hk film industry, and something they always do well. Add to that Mr Lau presence, and we reckon you’ve got a sure “fire” (ahem) on your hands here! Synopsis: A storm is heading toward the city of Hong Kong, threatening the lives of everyone in its path. As citizens scramble for cover, a crew of seasoned criminals stage a series of armoured car heists in broad daylight,...
- 7/29/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
For fifty minutes—minus one crazy hand-to-hand combat fight on top of a fallen metal gate suspended over two adjacent buildings’ fire escapes in midair—writer/director Alan Yuen‘s Firestorm is a fast-paced actioner that fearlessly goes to the darkest corners Hollywood never would. After it crosses that threshold of time, however, the film goes off the rails like […]...
- 7/9/2014
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The North American premiere of Umin Boya’s Kano has been selected as the Centerpiece selection for this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), set to run from June 27–July 14.
Returning for its 13th edition, the festival will include its Korean Actor In Focus programme, when Lee Jung-jae will present some of his most notable films as well The Face Reader and New World.
The programme will include Takashi Miike’s gangster story The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji, Philip Yung’s juvenile delinquent drama May We Chat, Benny Chan’s genre film The White Storm, Lee Kung-lok’s porn industry comedy 3D Naked Ambition and Andy Lau in Allen Yuen’s police thriller Firestorm.
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema made the announcement (8) in association with the Japan Society.
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Returning for its 13th edition, the festival will include its Korean Actor In Focus programme, when Lee Jung-jae will present some of his most notable films as well The Face Reader and New World.
The programme will include Takashi Miike’s gangster story The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji, Philip Yung’s juvenile delinquent drama May We Chat, Benny Chan’s genre film The White Storm, Lee Kung-lok’s porn industry comedy 3D Naked Ambition and Andy Lau in Allen Yuen’s police thriller Firestorm.
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema made the announcement (8) in association with the Japan Society.
For further details click here.
- 5/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
London-based Asian film festival to open with the UK premiere of Erik Matti’s On the Job and features a focus on the Philippines.
The sixth Terracotta Far East Film Festival (Tfeff), one of the UK’s biggest showcases for contemporary Asian cinema, is to open with the UK premiere of Erik Matti’s On the Job, which debuted at Directors Fortnight during the Cannes Film Festival 2013.
The festival, which will be held in two central London venues from May 23 to June 1, will comprise 24 films. It will close with the international premiere of Judge!, attended by director Akira Nagai.
Tfeff’s Spotlight On section will focus on the Philippines and director Matti will attend the opening ceremony of the strand with his film, On the Job.
The spotlight strand will be hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Arts (Ica) from May 23-27, which will also feature a double bill dedicated to award-winning Filipino actor Felix Roco. He will...
The sixth Terracotta Far East Film Festival (Tfeff), one of the UK’s biggest showcases for contemporary Asian cinema, is to open with the UK premiere of Erik Matti’s On the Job, which debuted at Directors Fortnight during the Cannes Film Festival 2013.
The festival, which will be held in two central London venues from May 23 to June 1, will comprise 24 films. It will close with the international premiere of Judge!, attended by director Akira Nagai.
Tfeff’s Spotlight On section will focus on the Philippines and director Matti will attend the opening ceremony of the strand with his film, On the Job.
The spotlight strand will be hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Arts (Ica) from May 23-27, which will also feature a double bill dedicated to award-winning Filipino actor Felix Roco. He will...
- 4/24/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Edko Films will be launching sales on Cheuk Wan Chi’s Temporary Family, a romantic comedy starring Nick Cheung, Sammi Cheng and Angelababy, at the upcoming Filmart content market in Hong Kong.
Produced by Hong Kong’s Irresistible Films, the film takes a sly dig at Hong Kong’s over-heated property market, through the story of a real estate agent and three investors in a luxury penthouse apartment who end up living together in the property when their plans to make a fast profit go awry.
Cheung plays the agent while Cheng plays a recent divorcee in need of a new place to live and Angelababy plays the agent’s stepdaughter. The cast also includes Oho Ou as a mainland rich kid. The young singer became an idol in China after appearing on a Hunan satellite TV talent show.
The film will also feature cameos from actors and directors such as Jacky Cheung, Ivana Wong and [link...
Produced by Hong Kong’s Irresistible Films, the film takes a sly dig at Hong Kong’s over-heated property market, through the story of a real estate agent and three investors in a luxury penthouse apartment who end up living together in the property when their plans to make a fast profit go awry.
Cheung plays the agent while Cheng plays a recent divorcee in need of a new place to live and Angelababy plays the agent’s stepdaughter. The cast also includes Oho Ou as a mainland rich kid. The young singer became an idol in China after appearing on a Hunan satellite TV talent show.
The film will also feature cameos from actors and directors such as Jacky Cheung, Ivana Wong and [link...
- 3/12/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards is expected to be a hell of a show with some great films going head to head. Leading the way with nominations is The Grand Master with 14, followed by Unbeatable (Dante Lam).
There were complaints last year, that the show didn’t live up to expectations, mainly due to the fact the movie Cold Wars, won nearly every award. Best actor award see the likes of these guys going head to head, Tony Leung (The Grandmaster), Louis Koo (The White Storm) and also Anthony Wong (Ip Man: The Final Fight).
Take a look at the list and comment who you think will win. The winners will be announced on April 13.
Best Film:
- The Grandmaster
- Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
- The Way We Dance
- The White Storm
- Unbeatable
Best Director:
- Wong Kar Wai (The Grandmaster)
- Johnnie To...
There were complaints last year, that the show didn’t live up to expectations, mainly due to the fact the movie Cold Wars, won nearly every award. Best actor award see the likes of these guys going head to head, Tony Leung (The Grandmaster), Louis Koo (The White Storm) and also Anthony Wong (Ip Man: The Final Fight).
Take a look at the list and comment who you think will win. The winners will be announced on April 13.
Best Film:
- The Grandmaster
- Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
- The Way We Dance
- The White Storm
- Unbeatable
Best Director:
- Wong Kar Wai (The Grandmaster)
- Johnnie To...
- 2/7/2014
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Andy Lau proves his cinematic clout yet again, with his latest action drama, Firestorm, recording a huge opening in China, while local product continues to dominate the chart. Rank Title Origin 9-15/12/2013 (Us$M) Total (Us$M) Screening days 1 Firestorm Hk/China $27.02 $27.05 4 2 No Man's Land China $13.63 $35.92 13 3 The Four 2 China $10.70 $25.22 10 4 The White Storm Hk/China $7.30 $35.45 17 5 Gravity USA $2.96 $70.12 27 6 Epic USA $1.26 $7.36 17 7 The Hunger Game: Catching Fire USA $0.77 $27.75 25 8 Welcome to the Punch UK $0.31 $1.16 10 9 Rhythm of the Rain Taiwan/China $0.16 $0.16 3 10 Return The Money China $0.12 $0.12 3 Firestorm, directed by Alan Yuen, and starring Andy Lau, Gordon...
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- 12/17/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Firestorm, a Hong Kong police action film starring Andy Lau and Gordon Lam Ka-Tung, had a tempestuous opening in China, taking $27 million in its first four days of release. According to box office data from Entgroup, the movie is showing on 126,787 screens and has racked up 4.327 million admissions. The $20-million project, produced by Bill Kong and Lau, is the directorial debut of Alan Yuen, previously known for penning several of Hong Kong director Benny Chan’s action blockbusters, including New Police Story and Shaolin. Photos: Inside Hollywood's Surprise Trip to China's Huading Awards The movie focuses
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- 12/17/2013
- by Clifford Coonan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s been a while since I’ve watched a really good Hong Kong movie. Let me clarify that statement — it’s been a while since I’ve watched a Hong Kong movie, period. As I slowly but surely slip into old movie habits, I find myself gravitating towards director Alan Yuen’s “Firestorm.” Since I love Chinese movies, particularly those that feature criminals with high-tech weaponry, this one should fit the cinematic bill. I hope so, anyway. Here’s the icing on the cake: Andy Lau. I’ve consumed a ton of the guy’s work over the years, most recently “Blind Detective.” I know a lot of people didn’t care for that particular outing, but I thought it was a solid thriller. I’m always curious to see what the guy does next, so I’ll definitely pencil “Firestorm” onto my mental calendar. Here’s hoping we...
- 12/11/2013
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Plot takes a backseat to pyrotechnics and spectacle as Andy Lau squares off against a gang of ultra-violent thieves in Alan Yuen's absurdly over-the-top crime thriller.Following a string of domestic hits with homegrown thrillers like Nightfall and Cold War, Edko Films' latest offering is an outlandishly bombastic action flick that eschews almost everything in favour of staging never-before-scenes of carnage on the streets of Hong Kong. However, the over-reliance on computer-generated effects and the almost total absence of plot or characterisation, make Firestorm an incredibly loud, yet hollow experience.Andy Lau plays by-the-book Senior Police Inspector Lui, who becomes increasingly obsessed with taking down Cao (Hu Jun) and his gang of thieves after yet another audacious and bloody armoured car heist. When Lui's efforts to place...
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- 12/7/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster has scored the highest number of nominations for the upcoming Asia Pacific Film Festival (Apff) awards, which are being held in Macau for the second consecutive year (Dec 13-15).
The Grandmaster scooped nine nods, including best film, best director, best actor (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and best actress (Zhang Ziyi). It was followed by Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer with seven nominations, including best director, best supporting actor (Song Kang-ho) and best supporting actress (Tilda Swinton).
Also scoring multiple nominations are Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox with six nods, Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son with five apiece, and Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo with four.
Best Short Film and Outstanding Achievement awards will also be announced at the ceremony to be held at the Venetian Macau.
Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, who was recently awarded France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, will head this...
The Grandmaster scooped nine nods, including best film, best director, best actor (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and best actress (Zhang Ziyi). It was followed by Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer with seven nominations, including best director, best supporting actor (Song Kang-ho) and best supporting actress (Tilda Swinton).
Also scoring multiple nominations are Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox with six nods, Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son with five apiece, and Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo with four.
Best Short Film and Outstanding Achievement awards will also be announced at the ceremony to be held at the Venetian Macau.
Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, who was recently awarded France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, will head this...
- 11/29/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Andy Lau to attend world premiere.
Police action title Firestorm will have its world premiere as the opening film for ScreenSingapore.
Alan Yuen directs and co-producers are Bill Kong of Edko Films and Andy Lau.
Lau stars in the $20m story of a policeman who crosses moral lines ot catch a gang of crooks.
Lau will attend ScreenSingapore on Dec 4 along with Gordon Lam Ka Tung.
The film will launch across Asia on Dec 12.
Lim Teck, Managing Director of Clover Films, one of the co-distributors of the movie in Singapore, said:
”Firestorm is one of the most anticipated Asian movie in recent years and we are very happy that the
producers & superstar Andy Lau have chosen Singapore to be the venue for the world premiere of this
spectacular movie. We believe that the premiere at ScreenSingapore will bring great excitement to the fans
in Singapore!”...
Police action title Firestorm will have its world premiere as the opening film for ScreenSingapore.
Alan Yuen directs and co-producers are Bill Kong of Edko Films and Andy Lau.
Lau stars in the $20m story of a policeman who crosses moral lines ot catch a gang of crooks.
Lau will attend ScreenSingapore on Dec 4 along with Gordon Lam Ka Tung.
The film will launch across Asia on Dec 12.
Lim Teck, Managing Director of Clover Films, one of the co-distributors of the movie in Singapore, said:
”Firestorm is one of the most anticipated Asian movie in recent years and we are very happy that the
producers & superstar Andy Lau have chosen Singapore to be the venue for the world premiere of this
spectacular movie. We believe that the premiere at ScreenSingapore will bring great excitement to the fans
in Singapore!”...
- 11/18/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
A third trailer has been released for the new Hong Kong-based action thriller Firestorm
Firestorm will be the latest film written and directed by Alan Yuen and stars Andy Lau, Hu Jun, Yao Chen, Ray Lui, and Gordon Lam.
Andy Lau stars as tough police inspector Lui Ming Chit, who is hot on the heels of a group of notorious criminals lead by Cho Nam (Hu Jun) after they pull of a violent heist in daylight on a crowded street.
Inspector Chit soon discovers that normal police tactics aren’t going to work to stop this particular gang of criminals, and so takes a risk and crosses his own moral line in order to catch Cho Nam and his crew. However he soon discovers that his decision comes at a price.
Firestorm will be released in Hong Kong in December, and the trailer can be viewed here:
Source : fareastfilms.
Firestorm will be the latest film written and directed by Alan Yuen and stars Andy Lau, Hu Jun, Yao Chen, Ray Lui, and Gordon Lam.
Andy Lau stars as tough police inspector Lui Ming Chit, who is hot on the heels of a group of notorious criminals lead by Cho Nam (Hu Jun) after they pull of a violent heist in daylight on a crowded street.
Inspector Chit soon discovers that normal police tactics aren’t going to work to stop this particular gang of criminals, and so takes a risk and crosses his own moral line in order to catch Cho Nam and his crew. However he soon discovers that his decision comes at a price.
Firestorm will be released in Hong Kong in December, and the trailer can be viewed here:
Source : fareastfilms.
- 11/13/2013
- by Eric Wood
- AsianMoviePulse
Edko films has had a successful run of homegrown thrillers in the last couple of years, with Murderer, Nightfall and Cold War all employing big name stars in high stakes, high concept action dramas to increasingly lucrative effect at the Hong Kong box office.Firestorm, written and directed by Alan Yuen, sees Andy Lau in hardnosed cop mode, on the trail of a paticularly violent gang of robbers. Gordon Lam is the ex-con who agrees to go undercover for the cops, only to stoke the fires of those time old themes of good vs evil, right vs wrong as he finds himself increasingly at odds with Lau's cop as he is pulled deeper and deeper into a life of crime.With the release of the film only...
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- 11/7/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The latest in a string of big budget all-star thrillers from Hong Kong's Edko Pictures, Firestorm stars Andy Lau as a senior police inspector determined to bring down a violent gang of robbers responsible for a string of violent heists across the city. Hu Jun plays the leader of the gang, and Gordon Lam and Cheung Siu Fai also star.Written and directed by Alan Yuen, best known for his script work in Benny Chan's New Police Story, Connected and Shaolin, Firestorm looks pretty spectacular from this first action-packed trailer, that promises "all-out war" on the streets of Hong Kong when it hits cinemas this December. Check it out, together with a couple of new posters below! ...
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- 9/25/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Shaolin
Stars: Andy Lau, Nicolas Tse, Jackie Chan, Wu Jing, Fan Bingbing, Yu Hai, Xiong Xinxin | Written by Alan Yuen | Action Director Corey Yuen | Directed by Benny Chan
“China’s last imperial Dynasty has fallen and a ruthless warlord (Andy Lau, House of the Flying Daggers, Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame) amasses a vast fortune through the violent subjugation of his people. Faced with a brutal betrayal, he runs for his life, seeking redemption in the fabled Shaolin Temple. When his enemies discover his location, he must stand with his new brothers and fight his life’s greatest battle…”
Shaolin, also known as The New Shaolin Temple, is a 2011 film directed by Benny Chan (New Police Story, Gen X Cops) and an updated version of the 1982 classic and Jet Li’s film debut, The Shaolin Temple. I’ve seen a lot of films recently that whilst watchable have...
Stars: Andy Lau, Nicolas Tse, Jackie Chan, Wu Jing, Fan Bingbing, Yu Hai, Xiong Xinxin | Written by Alan Yuen | Action Director Corey Yuen | Directed by Benny Chan
“China’s last imperial Dynasty has fallen and a ruthless warlord (Andy Lau, House of the Flying Daggers, Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame) amasses a vast fortune through the violent subjugation of his people. Faced with a brutal betrayal, he runs for his life, seeking redemption in the fabled Shaolin Temple. When his enemies discover his location, he must stand with his new brothers and fight his life’s greatest battle…”
Shaolin, also known as The New Shaolin Temple, is a 2011 film directed by Benny Chan (New Police Story, Gen X Cops) and an updated version of the 1982 classic and Jet Li’s film debut, The Shaolin Temple. I’ve seen a lot of films recently that whilst watchable have...
- 9/1/2011
- by Baron Fornightly
- Nerdly
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