The Legend of Speed (1999)
Plot: Sky (Ekin Cheng) is a millionaire street racer, his two loves are his cars and his longtime girlfriend Kelly (Kelly Lam). Although Sky comes against a older racer, Tang Fung (Simon Yam) who is...
View ArticleLegend of Zu (2001)
A big budget Fantasy Martial Arts flick with a reasonable younger cast compared to 1983′s Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain. Dawn (Cecilia Cheung), the head of the Kun Lun Sect. Although she has been...
View ArticleFuture Cops (1993)
Chan Tai-Hung (Dicky Cheung) is a lonely school student who is down on his luck at the moment. His sister Chun May (Chingmy Yau) is admired by most guys, whilst his mother is canoodling with her love...
View ArticleYoung and Dangerous (1996)
Personal Thought: Spawned from the ever so popular manga comic’s is the story of a group of rebellious teenagers who decide to choose the bad way to life. The consists of; Chan Ho-Nam (Ekin Cheng),...
View ArticleYoung and Dangerous 2 (1996)
Young and dangerous 2 is picking up right were it left off with the last film. This time the film mainly revolves around Chan Ho-Nam (Ekin Cheng) and Chicken (Jordan Chan). The Hung Hing society have...
View ArticleYoung and Dangerous 3 (1996)
Oh Yes, a film the Y&D fans have been waiting for. In the first installment of the series we seen Chan Ho-Nam (Ekin Cheng) and his gang of merry men out smart the evil Kwan. In the sequel we see...
View ArticleYoung and Dangerous 4 (1997)
This Review will contain spoilers from Past films in the series as well as this film. With the death of Mr. Chiang (Simon Yam) in the 3rd movie. The branch leaders of Hung Hing attend the Wedding of...
View ArticleYoung and Dangerous 5 (1998)
As usual expect spoilers… The Last installment of the series turns out quite well, even though it misses one of its leading characters, Chicken, played by Jordan Chan. Chan Ho-Nam (Ekin Cheng) has met...
View ArticleFeel 100% (1996)
Jerry (Ekin Cheng), Cherrie (Sammi Cheng) and Hui-Lok (Eric Kot) are three high school buddys. After high school people go their own ways, yet a couple years later Cherrie is reunited with her buddies....
View ArticleBorn to be King (2000)
The last in the Young & Dangerous series and boy is it a treat! Chicken (Jordan Chan) has chosen from the San Luen Gang to marry the daughter of the head Japanese Yamada Gang. The gang is lead by...
View ArticleBoys are Easy (1993)
Plot: Boys Are Easy is a wacky romantic comedy about a father (Richard Ng) encouraging his three daughters to get married before he dies of testicular cancer. First of all, he is really lying, this...
View ArticleHeavenly Mission (2006)
Plot: Infamous triad Autumn Yip (Ekin Cheng) has just been released from an 8 year sentence in a Thai prison. He returns back to Hong Kong as a changed man, rather killing his rivals with machetes,...
View ArticleHelp!!! (2000)
Plot: Yan (Cecilia Chung) is a young doctor at Kau Kei-Ho Charity Hospital. The Kau Kei-Ho hospital is in a terrible state, the doctors don’t do their job, they choose to help the hardly injured...
View ArticleReturn to a Better Tomorrow (1994)
Return To A Better Tomorrow? Another Wong Jing Movie? Really Bad? No! Yes Many people hate Wong Jings movies and this title taken from the popular A Better Tomorrow series by John Woo. But this movie...
View ArticleRunning Out of Time 2 (2001)
Inspector Ho (Lau Ching-Wan) has led the normal cops life after the events from the first movie. One day he is called to a building roof top when there warning that a man is about to jump. When Ho...
View ArticleFor Bad Boys Only (2000)
Plot: King Chan (Ekin Cheng), Queen Chan (Kirsty Yang) and Jack (Louis Koo) are experts in reuniting People with their first loves. They have even turned this skill in a Organisation, ran by the three...
View ArticleMy Dream Girl (2003)
Ning (Vicki Zhao) is a village girl from one of the poorest areas in Shanghai, yet one day her multi-millionaire car Tycoon Father, Cheung (Richard Ng) finds her for the first time. The only way Ning...
View ArticleMy Name is Fame (2006)
Plot: Dried up actor Poon Kar-Fai (Lau Ching-Wan) once relished his time in the lime light and ended up throwing it all away through arrogance. Working in amateurish productions, Poon decides to change...
View ArticleDivergence (2005)
Plot: Divergence is the Mr. Suen (Aaron Kwok) a troubled cop whose job seems to getting worse and worse as the witness he’s protecting is sniped by the deadly – Coke (Daniel Wu). Suen’s boss isn’t...
View ArticleSee “Rule #1″ @ EIFF
The yearly Edinburgh International Film Festival is due next month. They do usually show the occasion arty Mainland land flick or some obscure Korean movie. They’ve done the same this year again, but...
View ArticleThe Storm Warriors full trailer online!
Possibly the most anticpated Hong Kong movie for me this year has to be “The Storm Warriors”, the Pang brothers directing the sequel to the hit “Stormriders”. From the looks of the trailer, Christmas...
View ArticleVS: Claustrophobia (2008)
Claustrophobia is not like the overwhelming majority of Hong Kong movies that I have seen. Where in your typical Hong Kong flick characters state implicitly and clearly what they are feeling so that...
View ArticleIvy Ho’s Directorial Debut Launches Film Season UK Autumn Tour
Cornerhouse have sent out a Press Release about Visible Secrets going on tour; A new Cornerhouse touring film season Visible Secrets, is set to celebrate and highlight Hong Kong’s female film directors...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 75: Terracotta Recap
Stoo returns with a bag of goodies in the form of his account of 4 days of watching films, reviewing, networking etc at the 2010 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. Also included are various audio...
View ArticleKamui: The Lone Ninja set for an August release
Manga Entertainment have wrangled the rights and now releasing “Kamui: The Lone Ninja” on DVD and Blu-Ray this August. Based on the famous Manga series written by Sanpei Shirato, “All Under the Moon”...
View ArticleThe Storm Warriors (2009)
Lord Godless (Simon Yam), an evil Japanese Warlord who is close to conquering China, but the only thing stopping him is the reunion of Wind (Ekin Cheng) and Cloud (Aaron Kwok). With their powers...
View ArticleYoung and Dangerous: Hung Hing in depth…
This is hopefully the first Young & Dangerous article to those who haven’t the slightest clue about this amazing series of table tossing triads and reoccurring nemeses. Yes everything from triad...
View ArticleKamui: The Lone Ninja (2009)
Kamui: The Lone Ninja tells the story of a young breakaway ninja portrayed by Death Note star Ken’ichi Matsuyama. Constantly under the threat of assassination, Kamui flees from his clan in search of...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 144: The Walking Dead, End Of Watch, Stormriders
Stoo and Andy return to provide you with your dose of Caucasian and Asian in a podcast! Touching upon The Walking Dead (after the credits there’s discussion of the mid-season finale), End Of Watch and...
View ArticleCast From The Past: Podcast On Fire 20: Old School ‘Yo!
The next Cast From The Past (a series of shows lost from our iTunes feed and website) from 2008 features Stoo, Kenny B, Mike Banner and James Aylmore. Talking last movies watched (including an Ekin...
View ArticleCast From The Past: Podcast On Fire 30 – Style over substance and Asian hair…
The next Cast From The Past (a series of shows lost from our iTunes feed and website) from 2008 features Stoo, Kenny B, Mike Banner and James Aylmore. Talking last movies watched (including ninja...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 228: The Dynasty Report – From Vegas To Macau III & Full Strike
The first one ka-ching but awful, the second one ka-ching but awful, the third haaaalf-ching but awful. Three strikes for Wong Jing and his From Vegas To Macau-franchise so is this it then? Who knows...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 31: Members Only Archive Dusted #10
Consisting of outtakes and deleted material (previously only available to forum members) out of Podcast On Fire 32, 35 (available in the Cast From The Past archive) and 36 (available here) from 2008...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 238: I Love Maria & Future Cops
We love Tsui Hark in loony bit parts. What about a feature then? We’ll discuss and review his role, the pairing with John Shum and a robotic Sally Yeh in I Love Maria from 1988. Also, somewhere along...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 265: Young And Dangerous & Fong Sai Yuk II
It’s the start of the adventures of the young, mostly impossibly handsome triad punks and their journey towards rising in the ranks of the Hung Hing triad society and that comes in the form of Young...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 277: Young And Dangerous 2 & The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires
The Hung Hing Boys make a quick return to Hong Kong screens but one of them is stuck in Taiwan. This means we’ll take a look at Andrew Lau’s Young And Dangerous 2. Also Hammer Films and Shaw Brothers...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 279: Return To A Better Tomorrow & Feel 100%
First we went after Alan Tam, then we set our sights on defaming George Lam and now we tackle another uneven actor that we’ve perceived as being harmful to the movie viewing experience. The face of...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 45: Members Only Archive Dusted #19
Consisting of outtakes and deleted material (previously only available to forum members) out of Podcast On Fire 67, 68 and 72 with Kenny B, Stewart Sutherland and Mike Leeder from 2010, this collection...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 283: The Storm Riders & Goodbye Mr. Cool
After chopping away on the mean streets of Hong Kong for director Andrew Lau, Ekin took the leap onto the big green screen for the director in the 1998 Wuxia film The Storm Riders. Also, an adult triad...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 285: My Wife Is 18 & The Twins Effect
From husband and wife to brother and sister and vampire hunters, the next part of The Ekin Hour is a double bill of Ekin Cheng and Charlene Choi pair ups. First in My Wife Is 18 a 30 year old Ekin...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 286: Young And Dangerous 3 & The Miracle Fighters
For the third time in 1996, the Hung Hing boys have themselves another triad adventure and quest for box office. We review and discuss Andrew Lau’s Young And Dangerous 3 in the first half of the show....
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 288: Divergence, Rule #1 & Full Strike
The final verdict, final judgement is being handed in in this the finale to our Ekin Cheng movie review series, dubbed The Ekin Hour. Will he be Ekin or Achin? First up is Benny Chan’s action thriller...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 50: Claustrophobia & Break Up 100
An unofficial episode of The Ekin Hour, Kenny B and Phil G talk the reverse/flashback drama Claustrophobia from 2008 and Ekin opens a café and breaks up with his girlfriend a lot in Break Up 100 from...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 291: Young And Dangerous 4 & Portland Street Blues
The Hung Hing boys are back in Young And Dangerous 4 and also satires and spin-off movies were trickling into the market place by this point. Including the 1998 award winner Portland Street Blues where...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 297: Young And Dangerous 5 & The Legendary “Tai Fei”
The 5th entry in the Young And Dangerous triad saga appeared in 1998. So as the series and the Hung Hing boys grow older, how’s the quality at this point? Find out as we discuss Young And Dangerous 5....
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 305: Born To Be King & Those Were The Days
It’s the last adventure of the Hung Hing boys, in Born To Be King from 2000. Also that same year, perhaps as a way of making up for his absence in part 5, Chicken’s backstory gets revealed by the...
View ArticlePodcast On Fire 308: Young And Dangerous: The Prequel & Golden Job
Sandwiched in between Young And Dangerous 5 and its concluding part Born To Be King, Andrew Lau and Manfred Wong take us back to the past Hung Hing boys. Played by other boys. It’s Young And Dangerous:...
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