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Category: Superhero

A Choo

A Choo

Nothing really gels together in Kevin Ko and Peter Tsi’s massively overstuffed genre clusterfuck.

Posted on 24 Oct 202027 Dec 2020 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, China, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romantic, Sci Fi, SuperheroTagged 2020, Ariel Lin, Kai Ko, Kate Tsui, Kevin Ko, Liu Kuan-ting, Louis Koo, Peter Tsi, Review, Talu Wang, Vanness Wu, Zhang Xiaolong. 1 Comment

The Witch

The Witch

Director Park Hoon-jung gives us Korea’s answer to the Weapon X program in this supernatural action sci-fi.

Posted on 4 Nov 201818 Nov 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Horror, Korea, Sci Fi, SuperheroTagged 2018, Choi Jung-woo, Choi Woo-shik, Daeun, Go Min-si, Jo Min-su, Kim Byeong-ok, Kim Da-mi, LEAFF, Oh Mi-hee, Park Hee-soon, Park Hoon-jung, Review. Leave a comment

Psychokinesis

Psychokinesis

The director of Train to Busan tackles another big blockbuster genre in his take on superhero films.

Posted on 19 Jun 201813 Nov 2019 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Fantasy, Korea, Sci Fi, SuperheroTagged 2018, Go Na-hee, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Min-jae, Kim Yeong-seon, Lee Jeong-eun, Park Jung-Min, Review, Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Tae Hang-ho, Ye Soo-jung, Yeon Sang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok. Leave a comment

Yatterman

Yatterman

Yatta! Yatta! Yatterman doesn't compromise in its quest to be as accurate an adaptation as possible, to both its benefit and its detriment.

Posted on 17 Apr 201517 Jul 2015 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Anime, Comedy, Japan, SuperheroTagged 2009, Junpei Takiguchi, Katsuhisa Namase, Kendo Kobayashi, Kyoko Fukada, Saki Fukuda, Sho Sakurai, Takashi Miike. 1 Comment

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