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Category: China

Monkey King: Hero is Back

Monkey King: Hero is Back

Monkey King: Hero is Back delivers solid action and has fun and with its Journey to the West premise.

Posted on 6 Jul 2017 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Adventure, Animated, China, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Historical, WuxiaTagged 2015, Bao Bao, Jiurong Liu, Lei Zhang, Liu Beizhen, Review, Tian Xiaopeng, Wenlun Wu, Wu Di, Yuan Lu, Zhao Qianjing, Zhou Shuai, Zijie Lin, Zirong Tong. Leave a comment

The Great Wall

The Great Wall

Hardly Zhang Yimou’s best film, The Great Wall features some good ideas but is mostly boring

Posted on 23 Feb 201723 Feb 2017 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Adventure, China, Family, Fantasy, PeriodTagged 2016, 2017, Andy Lau, Chen Xuedong, Eddie Peng, Huang Xuan, Jing Tian, Lin Gengxin, Lu Han, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Review, Ryan Zheng, Wang Jungkai, Willem Dafoe, Zhang Hanyu, Zhang Yimou. Leave a comment

Skiptrace

Skiptrace

Lacking in originality and jokes, the charisma of its stars can only carry this movie so far

Posted on 8 Dec 201625 Sep 2017 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, China, Comedy, Hong KongTagged Charles Rawes, Dylan Kuo, Eric Tsang, Eve Torres, Fan Bingbing, Jackie Chan, Jai Day, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Wong, Mikhail Gorevoy, Renny Harlin, Richard Ng, Sara Forsberg, Shi Shi, Winston Chao, Yeon Jung-hoon, Zhang Lanxin. 1 Comment

Goodbye Mr. Loser

Goodbye Mr. Loser

It's a body-switch comedy. You know what you're getting into

Posted on 15 Jun 201615 Jun 2016 by siibillamlawPosted in China, ComedyTagged 2015, Ai Lun, Chang Yuan, Lee Li-Chun, Ma Li, Peng Damo, Ping Li, Review, Shen Teng, Yan Fei, Yang Song, Yin Zheng, Zhi Wang. Leave a comment

The Taking of Tiger Mountain

The Taking of Tiger Mountain

An historical epic about war, adventure, spies, snowy landscapes... and tigers. What else can you ask for?

Posted on 5 May 2016 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Adventure, China, Historical, WarTagged 2014, Geng Han, Kenny Lin, Liya Tong, Mo Tse, Nan Yu, Review, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Tsui Hark, Xiao Chen. Leave a comment

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Sword of Destiny is not a terrible film, but it’s hard to find who exactly this was made for.

Posted on 7 Mar 20168 Mar 2016 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Adventure, China, Martial Arts, WuxiaTagged 2016, Chris Pang, Darryl Quon, Donnie Yen, Eugenia Yuan, Harry Shum jr, Jason Scott Lee, JuJu Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Review, Roger yuan, Veronica Ngo, Woon Young Park, Yuen Woo-ping. Leave a comment

Dragon Blade

Dragon Blade

Dragon Blade never reaches the heights it should, but is worth watching once, especially on a big screen

Posted on 26 Jan 201618 Mar 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, China, Historical, Hong KongTagged 2015, Adrien Brody, Choi Siwon, Daniel Lee, Feng Shaofeng, Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Jozef Waite, Karena Lam, Lin Peng, Lorie Pester, Mika Wang, Sammy Hung, Sharni Vinson, Vanness Wu, Wang Taili, Xiao Yang, Yoo Seung-jun. Leave a comment

Spring in a Small Town

Spring in a Small Town

Sadness envelopes this post-war drama in this piece of Chinese cinema history

Posted on 31 Dec 201531 Dec 2015 by siibillamlawPosted in China, DramaTagged 1948, Cui Chaoming, Fei Mu, Li Wei, Review, Shi Yu, Wei Wei, Zhang Hongmei. Leave a comment

SPL II: A Time for Consequences

SPL II: A Time for Consequences

Tony Jaa gets a chance to show off his softer side, in a film where he also kicks people through walls

Posted on 5 Nov 201528 Jan 2020 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, China, Crime, Hong Kong, Martial Arts, ThailandTagged 2015, Babyjohn Choi, Cheang Pou-soi, Dominic Lam, Huang Ying, Jill Leung, Jun Kung, Ken Lo, LEAFF, Louis Koo, Review, Simon Yam, Tony Jaa, Unda Kunteera Yhordchanng, Wu Jing, Zhang Jin. 2 Comments

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Veteran actor Ken Takamura dwells on past mistakes in this drama from The director of House of Flying Daggers

Posted on 22 Apr 20154 Apr 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in China, Drama, JapanTagged 2005, Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Shinobu Terajima, Zhang Yimou. Leave a comment

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