Aaron Kwok
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The third instalment in Longman Leung’s sprawling Hong Kong police saga is also the best, delivering an action-packed nostalgia-fuelled thriller that unspools during the city’s giddy pre-handover heyday. Returning stars… Read More
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Aaron Kwok again transforms into the mischievous Sun Wukong for the third instalment of Soi Cheang’s blockbuster holiday franchise. This time, however, the focus is not on Wukong himself, but… Read More
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Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is having a very bad day in Peace Breaker, a remake of the 2014 Korean thriller A Hard Day. As a crooked Chinese cop on the streets… Read More
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Four years after their debut feature Cold War became the most successful local release of 2012, writer-directors Longman Leung and Sunny Luk deliver a second round of tense confrontations and… Read More
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Cheang Pou-soi’s sequel to his own 2014 monster hit ($168m in China alone) is a considerably more coherent and assured production, boasting slick visuals and spirited central performances from Aaron… Read More
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Packed with action and steeped in tradition, Chen Kaige’s return to the wuxia genre is an exhilarating drama, as concerned with the philosophy behind martial arts as with their lethal… Read More
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Based on real events, Philip Yung’s latest exploration into Hong Kong’s disaffected youth details the grisly murder of a teenage prostitute and the efforts of an eccentric police detective (played… Read More
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After its world premiere in Korea at last month’s Busan International Film Festival, Longman Leung and Sunny Luk’s much-touted directorial debut Cold War finally opens on home turf. Originally slated… Read More
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