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Twin has landed Japan distribution rights to Stuntman and is set to release in July, riding on the recent surge of interest in Hong Kong films led by the commercial success of Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In.

Hong Kong sales agent Entertaining Power has revealed the deal at Filmart. In their directorial feature debut, twin brothers Albert and Herbert Leung pay homage to stuntmen from the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema. It stars Tung Wai, a seven-time Hong Kong Film Awards and two-time Golden Horse Awards winner for action choreography, as a once-famous stunt director making a comeback.

Anselm Chan’s The Last Dance leads the pack going into the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards (Hkfa) with 18 nominations.

It is followed by Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In with 14 nods and Philip Yung’s Papa with 11 nominations. All three films will face off alongside Adam Wong’s The Way We Talk and Ray Yeung’s All Shall Be Well, in both the best film and best director categories.

The 18 nominations secured by The Last Dance is the highest in Hkfa’s history since Teddy Chen’s Assassins And Bodyguards received the same number in 2010. Chan...

The Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation is organised by the Asian Film Awards Academy (Afaa), in collaboration with the Singapore Film Society (Sfs), with financial support from the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (Ccidahk), Film Development Fund (Fdf) and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Hketo) in Singapore.This programme showcases Hong Kong films across various regions in Asia, allowing audiences to explore the new generation of Hong Kong cinema and emerging talents. It also builds strong connections between Hong Kong filmmakers and the Asian film industry, promoting ongoing growth in the sector.

After successful screenings in Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Dubai, the Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation will hold its grand finale in Singapore from November 20 to 24 at Gv Suntec City. The programme will showcase eight Hong Kong films, kicking off the Singapore premiere of The Last Dance, starring comedy legends Michael Hui and Dayo Wong. Anselm Chan,...

Although one of the oldest film festivals with significant focus on Asian cinema, here in Asian Movie Pulse, we had not exactly followed Hiff so intently. It was a rather pleasant occasion thus, that this year we started a rather closer collaboration, that was definitely fruitful, since the Asian selection was quite significant, including a number of world premieres. The Japanese and Taiwanese presence was the most significant, including Neo Sora‘s “HappyEnd“, one of the best films of the year, but the Filipinos were also here, headlined by Mikhail Red‘s newest work, “Friendly Fire“. Without further ado, here is the sum of our coverage, which is bound to become more significant next year.

1. Film Analysis: HappyEnd (2024) by Neo Sora

Neo Sora has shot a film that is rather multi-leveled, to the point that frequently it functions as parable/metaphor/allegory, with essentially all characters and events hiding some sort of symbolism.

It is no secret that Hong Kong cinema is a lot different today than what it was in the 80s or 90s and it has been for a while. The one thing it was known best for, its action, is today but a mere shadow of the past and the incredible stunt work that came with it now largely missing. Gone are the days of risky, often illegal ways of filming that ended up giving classics, making way for more controlled, regulated and risk-free filmmaking, which is sometimes credited to have taken away the soul of what made Hong Kong action cinema click. Hoping to relive those days are Albert Leung and Herbert Leung with their debut feature “Stuntman”.

Stuntman is screening at Hawai’i International Film Festival

An on-set accident many years ago in his youth has kept action director Sam Lee away from the set, who now works...

A stunt choreographer tries to recapture his 80s and 90s youth in a movie that pays tribute to Hong Kong action cinema. Our Stuntman review:

Exploring similar territory to this summer’s The Fall Guy, but made with less noisy bombast, Stuntman is a heartfelt ode to the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema. It opens with what looks strikingly like the climactic set-piece in Jackie Chan’s 1985 masterpiece, Police Story – a bruising fight in a shopping mall, with hoodlums being side-kicked down escalators and sent crashing into glass display cases. This, we later learn, is the set of mid-90s martial arts crime movie Operation Vulture, on which Sam (Stephen Tung) was at the height of his powers as a stunt choreographer.

During the making of that film, however, a high-wire stunt involving a leap from a bridge and a moving truck went catastrophically wrong, almost fatally injuring...

Hong Kong action film Stuntman will be released in the UK by Cineasia, and the first trailer has landed too.

Much like recent action comedy The Fall Guy, Stuntman is a Hong Kong movie set in its own film industry. Starring Stephen Tung Wai, it’s about a respected stuntman who’s forced to step away from the spotlight following an accident – something that also happened to Ryan Gosling’s lead in The Fall Guy, thinking about it.

At any rate, Stuntman is getting a UK release courtesy of Trinity Cineasia, and the distributor has handily put out an official synopsis, which goes like this:

Lee Sam (Stephen Tung Wai) was the undisputed king of stunt choreography during the golden era of Hong Kong action cinema in the 80s. After a devastating accident, Sam has stepped away from the industry for 30 years. His old friend, a veteran director, persuaded Sam...

Exclusive: UK-based distributor Trinity CineAsia has acquired Hong Kong action film Stuntman for UK and Irish distribution.

Stuntman releases on September 26 in Hong Kong and opens in UK and Irish cinemas from October 11.

The film follows a washed-up action choreographer who is struggling to find his way in a changing industry. He risks everything to stage a comeback, while also attempting to repair the relationship with his estranged daughter.

The film stars Terrance Lau and Philip Ng, who both featured in recent box office hit Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.

Stuntman also stars stunt veteran Stephen Tung Wai (The Battle at Lake Changjin), a seven-time winner of Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards. The action flick marks Tung’s on-camera return after seven years.

Cecilia Choi (A Light Never Goes Out) and Rachel Leung (The Sparring Partner) also feature in the film.

Stuntman is co-directed by Albert and Herbert Leung,...