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Martial arts star Tony Jaa joins the zany police franchise as our heroes head to Tokyo for more no-holds-barred slapstick action

Asian cinema’s wackiest buddy-comedy action franchise is now at the threequel stage and after a period of bewilderment I’ve begun to enjoy its eccentric hyperactivity. The two zany Chinese cops, Qin Feng (Haoran Liu) and Tang Ren (Baoqiang Wang), have already clocked up some misadventures in Bangkok for the first film and New York for the second (which featured a peculiar cameo from Michael Pitt); now the daffy duo rock up in Tokyo, where they have been summoned to tackle a bizarre crime.

A local gang boss has been murdered, apparently by a turf rival called Watanabe (Miura Tomokazu) over dinner, but this man insists he’s innocent and demands our heroes find the evidence that will acquit him. The rest of the film is one bonkers digression after another,...

Iconic action star Donnie Yen gets defrosted for the sequel to the fantasy-adventure Iceman when Iceman: The Time Traveler debuts on digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD February 19 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Iceman: The Time Traveler tells the story of warriors from imperial China who, after being buried alive and kept frozen in time for 400 years, are defrosted and must continue the battle they left behind. Directed by Raymond Yip (Bruce Lee My Brother) Iceman: The Time Traveler features a returning cast including Baoqiang Wang (Kung Fu Jungle), Shengyi Huang (Kung Fu Hustle), Kang Yu (Ip Man 3) and Simon Yam (Operation Red Sea) with the legendary Yasuaki Kurata (God of War) joining the sequel.

Synopsis:

During the Ming Dynasty, a palace guard, Ying (Donnie Yen), is buried and frozen in time by an avalanche during a fierce battle. Brought back to life in the present day,...

Stars: Donnie Yen, Baoqiang Wang, Shengyi Huang, Yu Kang, Simon Yam, Suet Lam, Singh Hartihan Bitto, Mark Wu, Hoi-Pang Lo | Written by Fung Lam, Mark Wu | Directed by Wing-Cheung Law

Any film that opens with a massive car crash and thens sees Donnie Yen, now defrosted following the accident, take a massive piss (not the Only one in the movie either may I add) right out in the open, is guaranteed to be an attention grabber! If that’s not enough, Iceman is filled from the get-go with amazing wire-fu stunts mixed with some eye-popping CGI.

A reimagining of the 1989 kung-fu movie The Iceman Cometh, which starred Yuen Biao and Maggie Cheung – originally shot in 3D but only released on DVD and Blu-ray here in the UK in a 2D version – Iceman tells the story of a Ming Dynasty warrior transported to modern-day Hong Kong…

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Aamir Khan's last release Pk became a record breaking success in India and now the film is all set to release in China. Interestingly, the last collaboration of Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani, 3 Idiots, was a huge success in the country and since then, the director-actor duo has an ardent fan following there. Earlier we had reported how Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan decided to be a part of the cultural event in China and now we hear that the film is all set to have a grand premiere today in China in the iconic location Shanghai Art Center, which is a 1200 seater theatre, the biggest in the city. Amrita Pandey of Utv mentioned that they had decided to push the film there even before it released in India in December 2014. In fact, they were in the process of finalizing the deal with the China Film Group then and the...

Let’s be honest – when it comes to martial arts movies, the action is always front and center. If you’re a director, you better be loading your film with graceful choreography, a fury of thrown fists, and plenty of flying mid-air kicks that defy the laws of gravity. We love to watch master craftsmen kicking the absolute tar out of each other. And that’s fine, because unlike gratuitously savage action flicks with bullet-ridden corpses, martial arts is all about technique, beauty, and presentation – but even with that said, some resemblance of a rich story is necessary. It can’t be all sizzle and no steak, but that’s unfortunately what happens to Teddy Chan’s latest genre attempt. Kung Fu Killer is a movie that has plenty of the aforementioned kung fu killing, as advertised, but there’s a serious lack of plotting that makes for a very one-sided experience.

Five grandmasters hunted by a serial killer. This actually looks way better than it sounds, so give it a look. Well Go USA has released a trailer for Kung Fu Killer, a new film starring martial arts master Donnie Yen killer and a kung fu expert, who convinces the police to recruit him to track down a serial killer in return for his freedom. Sounds like the perfect kind of plot for a cheesy martial arts movie, but it seems to be a few notches above that. Charlie Yeung, Baoqiang Wang, Bing Bai, Deep Ng and Alex Fong also star in this martial arts thriller from Hong Kong. The big skeleton set piece looks cool, and all the action gets awesome in the second half of this trailer, so don't stop watching too early. I really want to see this! Enjoy. Here's the official Us release trailer for Teddy Chen's Kung Fu Killer,...

Ip Man star Yen plays Mo, an imprisoned martial-arts master who is released from jail to help the cops catch a serial killer, writes Leslie Felperin

Something of a swan song for its 51-year-old star Donnie Yen, best known for the Ip Man franchise, this cops-and-martial-arts movie also pays affectionate tribute with its end-credits montage to the huge roster of talents in the Hong Kong industry, many of whom have walk-on cameos here. But while aficionados of the genre will get a kick out these Easter eggs, less informed viewers might feel a little baffled by these standard-issue kung-fu film tropes and wonder why this, of all films from the region, is getting a theatrical release in the UK. Yen plays Mo, an imprisoned martial-arts master who is temporarily released from jail to help the cops catch a serial killer (a scenery-chewing Baoqiang Wang) who’s been picking off former champions Mo fought before.

It’s been banned in China for its savage criticism of that nation’s economic and social policies. But its horrors look awfully familiar to us in the West, too. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

It’s been banned in China, and no wonder. Writer-director Zhangke Jia’s quartet of based-on-fact tales of economic and social inequality driving ordinary people to violence is savagely critical of how that nation is racing to catch up with the rest of the industrialized and postindustrialized world. But what we see here looks very familiar indeed: Corruption and injustice creating a circle of disorder and death and protecting those who profit from it? Frustrated citizens made powerless by a vast economic machine that is actively hostile to their needs? No, A Touch of Sin depicts a vast cultural...

Donnie Yen is back in action this April, starring alongside Simon Yam and Baoqiang Wang in Wing-cheong Law's Iceman update. Formerly known as The Iceman Cometh, Yen's latest assault on the senses goes by the name of Iceman 3D now. The new film is a remake of the 1989 movie directed by Clarence Fok, which starred action legend Yuen Biao. The film is slated for release in Hong Kong on April 17, 2014 and China on April 25, 2014, and you can check out an extended trailer at the link below. Any Donnie Yen news is good news so sit back and enjoy. Synopsis: A Ming Dynasty palace guard - wrongly accused of murder - is being hunted by his three sworn brothers and all four get accidentally buried and frozen in time during a battle. 400 years later, they are defrosted and continue the battle while adjusting to modern day life. Iceman 3D Trailer...

Danny Pan, one half of directing duo The Pang Brothers ('The Eye', 'Bangkok Dangerous'), will hopefully return to horror form with his new thriller 'Fairy Tale Killer'. Currently in post-production the Hong Kong helmer's new story, penned by Kam-Yuen Szeto, is based around a serial murderer who appears to using a collection of old fairy tale books as his influence. Ching Wan Lau, Ken Lo, Elanne Kwong, Baoqiang Wang, Yee-Man Man and Kelly Fu all star and you can check out a new poster and trailer from the production below!...

The role of Chinese filmmaking giant Jia Zhang-ke as producer of first-time writer-director Han Jie's "Hello! Shu Xian Sheng (Mr. Tree)" doesn't properly convey its offbeat vibe. While loaded with considerably interesting ideas, it lacks the requisite energy to link them together. The story follows troubled young slacker Shu (Baoqiang Wang), the resident of a small village who loses his job and can't figure out where he belongs in life. ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Bangkok International Film Festival was won over by the French-Canadian film The Barbarian Invasions, which walked away with the Golden Kinnaree for best film. Director Denys Arcand's Barbarian was one of 13 films in competition. One of the entries -- Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation -- got lost in transportation, never making it to the screen at the festival. The festival came to a close Sunday evening with the world premiere screening of David Mamet's Spartan. Other winners included three Chinese actors in Blind Shaft sharing the best actor Golden Kinnaree. Yi Xiang Li, Shuangbao Wang and Baoqiang Wang won in the Chinese movie directed by Yang Li. Giovanna Mezzogiorno walked away with the Golden Kinnaree for best actress for her role in Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Window, made in Italy, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Portugal.