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Before becoming a director, China-born Qin Pengfei was a Wushu athlete, stuntman, and action choreographer. All of his works—whether wuxia or crime thrillers—are made for local streaming platforms like iQIYI. Released in 2024, “Black Storm” is a modern-day police crime drama and marks Qin’s fourth directorial effort.

Set in Binjiang, a small town in regional China, the story begins with Gu Dahe, a villager who runs a junkyard and loses his land rights to a gang of thugs. After posting his ordeal online, he mysteriously disappears the next day. When his younger sister sets out to uncover the truth, her body is later found floating in the river, showing signs of torture and strangulation. Since Gu was a native of Binjiang, the case soon catches the attention of Captain Lei Yang (Ashton Chen), a decorated officer from the Criminal Investigation Department in the city.

As Lei delves deeper,...

The prolific mainland Chinese filmmaker Qin Peng Fei has made a name for himself directing action titles for the local streaming platform iQIYI. A former stuntman and action choreographer, he also served as the action director for “Eye for an Eye” (2022). Since the success of the “Fight Against Evil” series, Qin has been generating considerable buzz, directing an impressive five features for iQIYI in 2024 alone, spanning from wuxia to contemporary crime thrillers.

His latest effort, “Curbing Violence”, is a police drama starring Jiang Lu Xia as a young officer determined to bring down Chang Jie, the CEO of the Medder Group, whom she suspects of raping Han Mei. Chang is an extremely superstitious man who follows the guidance of his spiritual advisor, referred to as the “Master.” During a temple visit, the Master warns him of impending doom. However, if he becomes intimate with a specific woman other than his pregnant wife,...

A brutal and bloody action outing from this year is now available to stream for free, and its well worth the time of any action movie fan. Featuring the kind of captivating, ferocious fight choreography that most Hollywood action movies can only dream of, the movie, which is titled Black Storm (Da Hei), follows a cop who finds himself alone and investigating a major criminal conspiracy.

You can check out the official synopsis for Black Storm below.

After villager Gu Dahe reports criminal leader Wei Tianlang, he mysteriously disappears, and his sister dies under suspicious circumstances. Amid a nationwide anti-crime campaign, Lei Yang, captain of the criminal investigation unit, steps in to uncover the truth and bring justice.

The Chinese action movie is directed by Qin Pengfei, and stars Ashton Chen, Bao Bei Er, Qu Shanshan, Li Daqiang, Liu Fengchao, Wang Zhengquan, and Zhao Runnan. The movie boasts all the bloody violence,...

“The Last Frenzy,” a comedy film about a dying man’s last hurrah, retained the top spot in mainland Chinese cinemas for the third weekend of its four weeks on release. Other signs of theatrical malaise were plentiful.

“The Last Frenzy” earned $5.8 million (RMB41.5 million) between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. That lifted its total to within a whisker of the $100 million landmark, at $98 million (RMB696 million) since releasing on May 1.

“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In,” the Soi Cheang-directed crime action film set in Hong Kong’s now demolished Kowloon Walled City, held on to second place. It earned $4.9 million and has a cumulative of $86.2 million.

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” which two weeks earlier had been the biggest title before slipping to fourth, regained a position. In third, it earned $2.8 million for a cumulative of $25.6 million, since debuting in...

When a university professor Xia Wei (Wang Likun) is suspected of intentional homicide, public opinion spirals out of control and there is mounting pressure from all sides. As public procurator Li Rui (Huang Jingyu) and his colleague Zhang Youcheng (played by Wang Qianyuan) proceed to investigate the case, they discover the involvement of a wealthy but unscrupulous entrepreneur Chen Xin (Bao Beier) and an old case that has been buried for many years is revealed … intentional homicide, sexual assault and business-government collusion are all interrelated. Everyone is forcefully swept up in this whirlwind of fate. In court, Li Rui and Xia Wei’s defense lawyer Tong Yuchen (Bai Baihe) are locked in an intense confrontation. Why does Xia Wei choose to remain silent? What secret is her husband Hong Junshan (Feng Shaofeng) hiding? Just as it becomes difficult to distinguish between good and evil, an unpredictable crisis awaits everyone… (Source:...

It's way too easy to offend almost everyone nowadays. But apparently China isn't worried about rankling social media mavericks. They're keeping offensive, raunchy comedy alive and well this weekend with the import Fat Buddies. And any outrage that ignites on Twitter will only help fuel the desire to see these two beefy dudes taking on a drug cartel.

The trailers and posters for Fat Buddies aren't provided in the English language. But the humor translates well enough. Let's face facts. Farts are hilarious in any language, as the teaser footage proves. We're sure that, as more people 'catch wind' of this action comedy, there will be complains of fat shaming and skinny-washing, since the leads are obviously two fit dudes in fat suits.

Bei-Er Bao is an audacious filmmaker who dares subvert the social media norms of what's executable and what's not. He's trying to remember an antiquated time when...