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Jackie Chan has made a name for himself as a global superstar who can seamlessly blend action and comedy and whose films have left viewers clamoring for more as hes starred in many sequels. With a unique style combining intense stuntwork with slapstick humor, Chan is one of the few performers equally recognizable in the East as in the West. A true cinematic icon, many of his sequels stand up against Chans very best work and include some of his finest performances.

Through a tireless career that has included nearly 150 films, Chan has earned his spot among the best martial stars of all time. As perhaps the greatest Kung Fu performer theres ever been, Chan has followed up hit movies like Drunken Master and Police Story with equally impressive sequels. While not all of Chans movie sequels were created equally, his very best follow-up films stand as essential releases in...

Warning: Spoilers for The Killer (2024) below!

I wasn't expecting John Woo's long-delayed remake of The Killer to match the original, but I'm so glad it's still an action delight. I saw the original film late at night on the UK's Channel 4 back before I had any awareness of John Woo movies or Hong Kong cinema. The movie's immense style, the exhilarating action and the incredible turn by leading man Chow Yun-fat combine to make The Killer Woo's best movie, period. I soon sought out the rest of his work, including Hard Boiled and the first two Better Tomorrow movies.

I'll admit that John Woo's American movie output was a mixed bag. There were the highs of Face/Off and Hard Target, but Paycheck felt like the title summed up the cast and crew's participation in it. Woo is one of my all-time top directors, and while his work can be overly melodramatic,...

If you were waiting for John Woo‘s latest action thriller film The Killer, featuring his signature action style and a thrilling story. Then the wait is finally over as the Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy-led film is finally available to stream on Peacock. Based on Woo’s 1989 film of the same name, the Peacock film is co-written by Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell, and Matt Stuecken and it follows the story of a deadly assassin as she refuses to kill a young blind woman and in turn her employer puts out a hit on her, forcing her to kill the people coming after her while being hunted by a relentless cop. So, if you loved the high-octane action, thrilling story, and interesting characters in The Killer here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The trailer for the upcoming Peacock film The Killer has been released. The Killer is originally a 1989 action film by director John Woo. It features a leading cast including Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing, and Wing-Cho Yip. Woo also directs the upcoming Peacock adaptation.

Now, Peacock has released the trailer for The Killer. Check it out below:

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Stars: Jet Li, Michelle Reis, Jospehine Siao, Chan Chun Yung, Sibelle Hu, Paul Chu, Peter Chan, Vincent Zhaob | Written by Jeff Lau | Directed by Corey Yuen

Review by Baron Fortnightly

As a long time Jet Li fan, and a huge fan of his Fong Sai-yuk series of films, I jumped at the chance to review this release from Cine Asia. First, let’s get the specs out of the way. The 126 minute, 1993 film is presented in 16:9 widescreen, with both a 2.0 Cantonese and 5.1 English soundtrack, and optional English subtitles. Special features consist of an audio commentary from Hong Kong cinema expert Bay Logan, and interviews with director and fight choreographer Corey Yuen, and writer Jeff Lau.

The video quality is not brilliant, but about what you’d expect due to the nature of the movie, its age and original country of origin. The version presented is the Dimension re-scored and re-edited version,...

The Legend Of Fong Sai-yuk

Guest Review by Baron Fortnightly

Stars: Jet Li, Michelle Reis, Jospehine Siao, Chan Chun Yung, Sibelle Hu, Paul Chu, Peter Chan, Vincent Zhaob | Written by Jeff Lau | Directed by Corey Yuen

As a long time Jet Li fan, and a huge fan of his Fong Sai-yuk series of films, I jumped at the chance to review this latest release from Cine Asia. First, let’s get the specs out of the way. The 126 minute, 1993 film is presented in 16:9 widescreen, with both a 2.0 Cantonese and 5.1 English soundtrack, and optional English subtitles. Special features consist of an audio commentary from Hong Kong cinema expert Bay Logan, and interviews with director and fight choreographer Corey Yuen, and writer Jeff Lau.

The video quality is not brilliant, but about what you’d expect due to the nature of the movie, its age and original country of origin. The...

A UK trailer has been released for martial arts epic The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk, released on DVD by Cine Asia next Monday, September 6. You can watch the trailer below.

It stars Jet Li, currently on the big screen in Sylvester Stallone's action-hero ensemble The Expendables.

The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk won Best Action Choreography Award at the 1994 Hong Kong Film Awards and the awards for Best Martial Arts Direction and Best Editing at Taiwan's prestigious Golden Horse Film Festival.

It is considered one of the most breathtaking and spectacular martial arts action movies of the 1990s.

Directed by Corey Yuen, the director of The Transporter and Doa: Dead Or Alive and action director of X-Men and Lethal Weapon 4, it also stars Michelle Reis (Bodyguards And Assassins), Chu Kong (Once A Thief) and veteran Chinese actress Josephine Siao (Hu Du Men).

The film is said to boast "some...