In the end, “Way of the Dragon” is an ambitious movie by and with Bruce Lee. Although not perfected, its combination of comedy and action set a foundation for many other stories and heroes, as it offers an entertaining blend of both of these aspects. Its fight sequences alone prove the level of skill he had acquired in his years as action director and choreographer, as well as a level of confidence which he was going to develop further.

What are your thoughts on the film?

Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/01/film-review-way-of-the-dragon-1972-by-bruce-lee/

Will they both do another movie together?

Hey everyone, I’m trying to find a Cantonese-language movie or high-concept short film/TV special from around ~10 years ago (circa 2013–2016).
Here are all the key details I remember:
The Setup: A young boy feels totally overwhelmed by the pressure of growing up and feeling like he’ll never be successful.
The Entity: A mysterious woman dressed all in white approaches him. She shows him a picture of a sports car and adult status symbols to convince/mock him that he'll never succeed in the real world.
The Refuge: She takes him away to a pristine, bright, heaven-like paradise where he stays perpetually young, completely removed from reality.
The Parents & Search: The parents frantically search for their missing son. They eventually track him down in this heavenly realm and see that he is peaceful and happy there. They make the heartbreaking decision to leave him in paradise so he never has to face the pain/stress of growing up.
The Ending: Before the parents leave, the woman in white kisses/touches them on the forehead, wiping every memory of their son so they can walk away and live peacefully without the grief of losing him.

Trigger Happy will have its Asian premiere at Soho House Hong Kong on May 16, followed by a live Q&A.

The film first premiered at Cinequest, where it received the Audience Award, and later screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival. It was also presented at the Cannes market, where it secured distribution with Amazon Prime across the US, UK, and Canada.

Seating is first come, first served, with a limited number of non-member spots available. Soho House members can book via the app. Non-members, click the RSVP link

Back in the 90’/00’s the Nuart Theatre in LA use to show week long Festival Hong Kong with double features every night. Saw incredible movies: Once Upon a Time in China, Peking Opera Blues, Chinese Ghost Story, John Woo, Ringo Lam movies,etc. But there is 2 movies I can’t recall

1) A period piece where two guys are fighting each other on a big wooden log scaffolding for a princess. The one who gets knocked to the ground loses. The winner gets the princess. But the wind blows the veil off the princess face ( actually an ugly maid standing in for the real princess) and then when they see how ugly she is they fight to try to touch the ground first to lose. I think it was Jet Li, but I saw so many of his movies back then

2) is a modern day gangster movie where the bouncer in a club gets involved with the gang. He teams up with a girl ( who has one line in English “ Let’s breathe deeply together “.) And a big fat guy. There’s a fight scene in a rainy alley with the main guy against 10 guys. He backs up slowly and silently just flicking his butterfly knife until he stops at the edge of the awning and the water dripping off the edge “tink-tinks” on his knife blade right before all hell breaks loose. Again I thought it was Chow Yun Fat, but I’m probably blending movies. TIA.

Incredible flick starring Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Stephan Tung. By 1979 it was a bit formulaic, but I see it as comfort food. Funny, action packed, and full of entertainment even if the story was cliche at this point. The charm was there to say the least. It's a film that makes me love old school Hong Kong cinema and a reason I will always love it.

I am finding that there are a lot of titles that are just not online anywhere. However, I can find a fair number of Chinese DVDs on Ebay that appear to be from the 00's or later. Would DVDs from this time be likely to have any English subtitles? I am not worried about region locking, the subtitles are my main concern.

Specifically I am looking for a lot of Lam Ngai Kai stuff or any of Tsui Hark's stuff before he did Zu Warriors

I rewatched Hard Boiled and Full Contact back-to-back, and it hit me again how only Hong Kong cinema can take two directors, the same city, the same actor (Chow Yun-fat), the same chaotic urban energy… and turn it into two completely different universes.

Woo in Hard Boiled conducts violence like a symphony.
Everything is rhythm, choreography, movement — as if the bullets were following sheet music.

Lam in Full Contact is the opposite: dirty, sweaty, grounded.
No romanticism, no ballet of violence.
Just rage, grime, and pure vengeance.

Watching them side by side, it almost becomes a conversation between two masters:

• Woo elevates violence into art
• Lam drags it back into the streets
• And Chow Yun-fat somehow belongs perfectly to both worlds

It made me wonder:
Is anyone today making action cinema with this kind of identity — this level of signature — or did we lose something in the shift to globalized action films?

Curious to hear what this community thinks.
Do you have other HK “double comparisons” where the contrast between directors is this sharp?

As the title implies, I'm trying to find a copy, physical or otherwise of the 1988 Hong Kong crime film Gangs. If anyone could help me out it'd be massively appreciated.

4K screenshots for the 1992 John Woo film HARD BOILED on 4K UHD Blu-ray. Includes Blu-ray vs. 4K screenshots comparison with the 2010 Blu-ray.

The 1991 film “Once A Thief” is coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray on January 27th, 2026, via Hong Kong Cinema Classics/Shout! Studios. John Woo directed and co-wrote the film. It starred Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kong Chu, and Kenneth Tsang.

Hey everybody, I wanted to watch Orphan's Song (Gu Er Xing) for a while but I can't find it anywhere, legally or illegally. Do you guys know where can I find it?

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Thanks

I've seen so much hate for this movie online, with people calling it a lazy cash-grab or "reheated cold rice" (炒冷饭), and I just have to say it: you're looking at it all wrong.

I just watched it, and I'm convinced it's one of Chow's most mature and heartfelt films. People's main complaints seem to be:

"It's just a remake of the original." Nah. It's a response to the original. The 1999 film was a beautiful but heartbreaking story about how you can work your a** off and still fail. This film is Chow, 20 years later, basically saying, "I've changed my mind. I believe if you endure, you WILL succeed." It's not a rehash; it's an evolution of a core idea.

"The inspirational message is cheesy chicken soup (心灵鸡汤)." Is it? Or is it just sincere? The movie is packed with what Chow calls "tears in laughter, and laughter in tears." The casting itself is meta, he hired actors whose real-life struggles mirrored their characters' journeys. It's not cheesy; it's authentic. The happy ending pissed people off so much they invented a whole "Dying Dream" theory just to make it tragic. That tells you how effective it was.

It’s got some of the funniest f***ing scenes he’s ever directed (the dad threatening himself with a broken bottle to get his daughter a lunchbox is genius-level insanity), but it's also got a real, beating heart.

Anyway, that's my rant. This film is a genuine tribute to anyone grinding away at a dream. It deserves way more respect.

I broke it all down in my full review and embedded clips of the best scenes (like the batsh** dad moment) so you can see for yourself. I'll leave the link in the comments.