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Bullet-Fu Lovers Unite: What Are The Best Hong Kong Action Movies?

This past month, on the Criterion Channel, they had this excellent retrospective of Hong Kong action movies, which sent me ...

'Masterpiece' action movie with 92% on Rotten Tomatoes - ‘way better than Die Hard’

This action thriller holds an impressive 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and some even say it's "the best action movie ever." ...
Los Angeles Times

John Woo on the classic era of Hong Kong action, plus the week’s best movies

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As awards season begins to take shape, this week the New York Film Festival announced its ...

Lionsgate Acquires Hong Kong Actioner ‘The Furious’ Following TIFF Debut

Lionsgate has acquired The Furious, a feature in the style of Hong Kong action filmmaking’s golden age, which premiered to ...
Polygon

Watch the all-time action classics that inspired Netflix’s Havoc

The day action fans have been waiting over four years for has finally arrived: The Raid franchise mastermind Gareth Evans’ new action movie, Havoc, has finally dropped. The Netflix original — made ...

Peter Chan Recalls UFO Era, Industry Transformation at Tokyo: ‘I Make Movies That the Market Needs’

Filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun returned to the Tokyo International Film Festival nearly three decades after his UFO (United ...