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Please stay calm: Carina Lau shared a new picture of Tony Leung and Faye Wong.
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(In Brian Blessed’s voice): “SUNCOAST IS ALIVE?!”
(Those of you have been following me already know about my occasional trips out to Beaumont Texas and there’s an FYE store that still retains the Suncoast name. And it’s still fun to pretend you’ve entered a time warp to the 90s)
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Yes, the trailer for John Woo's SILENT NIGHT is finally officially out!
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As I drift off to sleep, I leave you with one last piece of John Woo greatness: the 135-minute cut of his 1990 magnum opus BULLET IN THE HEAD starring Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, and Simon Yam.
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The HK Film Archive released a 93-minute oral history of D&B Films compiled from their interview archives. In this excerpt, Sammo Hung, John Sham, Chin Kar-Lok, and Mang Hoi talk about the development of Michelle Yeoh as an action star.
The full video:
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Tony Leung, Carina Lau, Johnnie To, Joyce Godenzi, and Sammo Hung at this year’s Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Awards, where Leung picked up Best Actor for THE GOLDFINGER.
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Damn, RIP Yoko Shimada. I should certainly bring up her work in her native Japan like Castle of Sand and The Inugami Family but my gateway was the miniseries Shogun (of course) followed by the one-two punch of The Hunted and Crying Freeman to cement my crush on her.
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Happy holidays to my followers old and new.
Here’s a Christmas classic: CITY ON FIRE (1987, Cantonese mono w/Chinese & English subs), director Ringo Lam’s iconic crime drama starring Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee.
(sourced from the original HK laserdisc)
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Ever wonder why so many Hong Kong action movies end with a big finale in some kind of warehouse? The answer is obvious but it's nice to hear it straight from D&B Films staffers Shu Kei, Tsang Kan-Cheong, and Chan Kiu-Ying (and illustrated by Sammo Hung in THE OWL VS. BOMBO).
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Craig Baxley on John McTiernan’s reaction to his second unit work on PREDATOR, in case anyone is still up.
(From Baxley’s self-published memoir, DRIVEN)
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Lau Kar-Leung’s TIGER ON BEAT (1988) starring Chow Yun-Fat, Conan Lee, Nina Li, Norman Tsui, and Gordon Liu.
Kind of a basic offering, I know, but I can’t offer you the sequel until you see the first movie (even if they’re unrelated).
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Anthony Wong shared this photo on his FB and silver fox Chow Yun-Fat is the “Hannibal” Smith I never knew I wanted.
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I’ve read that this is the first Hong Kong film selected for the Cannes Midnight Screening section since Johnnie To’s BLIND DETECTIVE in 2013. So, pretty cool!
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RIP Joseph Koo (顧嘉煇), the celebrated composer of Cantopop and film scores including FIST OF FURY (and the remake FIST OF LEGEND), WAY OF THE DRAGON, and A BETTER TOMORROW.
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How about some John Woo movies to get primed for the opening of SILENT NIGHT this week?
We’ll begin with the obvious, A BETTER TOMORROW (1986), in glorious Cantonese mono sound with English subtitles (ripped from the Anchor Bay DVD):
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"He was so mad, he was yelling and screaming to everybody. He said: this is a John Woo movie! We should let Mr. John Woo to do his own work, with Bob Murawski, and no else can touch the film!"
John Woo on how Sam Raimi laid down the law to studio meddling on HARD TARGET.
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Don Lee (Ma Dong-seok) demonstrates his power on an arcade punching game.
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The people have spoken so here for download is POLICE STORY 4: FIRST STRIKE.
(Ripped from the Hong Kong laserdisc. 107 minutes, 4:3 letterboxed, original stereo in a mix of Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Russian with Chinese and English subtitles)
Oh Uncle Bill, what crazy adventures are you getting Jackie into now?
Now ripping: Police Story 4: First Strike.
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Is it cold where you are? Some Waise Lee will warm you up!
THE BIG HEAT (1988, Cantonese w/English subs), a nice, gritty shoot-em-up from producer Tsui Hark and co-directors Andrew Kam and Johnnie To.
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John Woo’s THE KILLER was released in Hong Kong on this day in 1989.
From my collection comes the Criterion CAV laserdisc set, the Winstar/Fox Lorber DVD, the Long Shong DVD with the longer Taiwanese cut, and an original 20x30 movie poster.
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A behind-the-scenes photo from the 1982 John Frankenheimer film THE CHALLENGE shows actors Scott Glenn and Toshiro Mifune crossing swords while martial arts coordinator “Steve” Seagal looks on.
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And of course, the HARD BOILED Japanese laserdisc.
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It’s been a while since I uploaded a movie, so here’s Donnie Yen in and as ASIAN COP - HIGH VOLTAGE (1995, Cantonese w/Eng subs).
Directed by Andrew Kam (THE BIG HEAT, FATAL TERMINATION) with fight choreography by Yen and co-starring Roy Cheung.
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A very important holiday weekend is upon us.
How will you and your loved ones celebrate the 30th anniversary of HARD BOILED?
I don’t want to put any undue pressure but it’s already April 16 in Hong Kong so just think about it as you’re leaving work.
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Nicholas Tse wielding a minigun on the streets of Central Hong Kong. So THE UNLEASHED BLAZE won’t be a quiet, contemplative movie?
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Revisiting a bit of LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE, because we all need some Taiwanese wuxia puppet madness from time to time.
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Happy anniversary to John Woo’s THE KILLER, released in Hong Kong on this day in 1989!
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Happy birthday to three very important people in my life: Dolph Lundgren, Tom Savini, and Godzilla.
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Sadly, there are reports coming out now that veteran Hong Kong actor Richard Ng (吳耀漢) has died at the age of 83.
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Hey, I’ve got one just like that!
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It’s already January 1 in Hong Kong so let’s celebrate Yuen Woo-Ping’s birthday with a triple feature! Follow along now, these download links won’t be around forever: (1/4)
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Head & Shoulders has Iko Uwais and Andy Lau as pitchmen in their respective countries, so which action star will the rep the US?
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Happy birthday to Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To with his directorial debut, the 1980 wuxia mystery THE ENIGMATIC CASE starring Damian Lau and Cherie Chung (in her debut).
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Frankie Chan’s THE WRATH OF SILENCE (1994, Cantonese w/English subs): Introverted mortuary cosmetologist Anita Yuen suspects her disabled sister was murdered by her doctor (Takeshi Kaneshiro), while the real killer gets closer to her.
(Up until 03/19/24)
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RIVERBEND starring the late Steve James and directed by Sam Firstenberg will be screened next Saturday January 27th at the Denton Black Film Festival in north Texas. It’s sourced from a digital restoration of the only known film print and Firstenberg is scheduled to attend.
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2022 is going to be a banner year for action sequences involving people sitting on the shoulders of other people.
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Think anyone would be interested in the 212-minute expanded cut of WYATT EARP? At four discs and eight sides it would be my most ambitious rip yet.
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Holy shit, a promotional alarm clock for Carrot Top’s CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The second hand is detached but I think it still work, which is an awful lot of effort for a movie that OPENED at a dollar cinema when I lived in Austin.
(attn
@NightPromoting
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Hot damn, Mingpao shared a first look at TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN and it’s got me hyped up!
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Sammi Cheng posted this photo from Johnnie To’s birthday yesterday. Along with them are Mrs. To, (I believe) editor/production designer William Chang, Cherie Chung, Louis Koo, and Elaine Chu.
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Took a drive out to Beaumont this afternoon and yep, the Suncoast is still there.
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Depending on where you look, today or yesterday was retired actress Joey Wong’s birthday. Most of her best known films are still available somewhere so here’s WALKING BESIDE ME, a 1986 romantic drama written and directed by a woman (Chan Fong).
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WYATT EARP (Expanded Edition), Lawrence Kasdan’s epic 1994 biopic starring Kevin Costner and a tremendous ensemble cast, now with ~20+ minutes of additional footage. Available for download until 3/23/24 in two parts:
Part 1:
Part 2:
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I ripped the laserdisc for MIRAGE (1987, dir. Tsui Siu-Ming) to my computer. I might upload the entire movie to a file sharing site, but in the meantime enjoy this furious swordfight between Yu Rong Guang and Pasha Romani.
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🧵 HK action star Jade Leung’s birthday is 11/23 so each day I’ll be dropping one of her movies.
1. BLACK CAT II: Our titular government-trained assassin returns, now with MORTAL KOMBAT’s Robin Shou to stop the killing of Russian president Yeltsin.
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Very jealous of the Hong Kongers who will get to see these four films with producer Terence Chang in attendance, including a 4K restoration of ONCE A THIEF.
But let’s not bury the lede: THE BIG HIT on the big screen. Break out your Trace Buster (Buster)!
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Finding this today was almost as good as winning the kumite, except it’s real.
The complete BLOODSPORT score CD(including two versions of “Steal the Night”, with and without Michael Bishop’s vocals).
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Just when I started to think it was time to wind down my laserdisc archiving project, I get mail.
This is about half of my order from Indonesia that I’ve been able to spot-check so far. Some interesting times ahead.
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Happy birthday to Chow Yun-Fat! Today I celebrate with my annual spinning of the greatest 12-inch single ever released: Chow’s Cantopop melody “12 Minutes 10 inches” and “Diary of a Big Man”.
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Update: of course I bought the laserdisc player. It’s going to need some more work but basically it works!
Leave me alone, I’m a family man!
Don’t want another laserdisc player, don’t need another laserdisc player. But…it powers up and the tray works so I can’t dismiss it completely.
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From THE ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN to WU XIA, thanks for the memories Jimmy Wang Yu. RIP.
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So it would’ve been 30 years ago this month that I convinced my dad to drive me and my friends across the city to see DRUNKEN MASTER II in a Chinatown movie theater. Those were the days!
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The newest trailer for THE GOLDFINGER starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Andy Lau (plus Charlene Choi, Simon Yam, and Alex Fong).
Three Tony Leung movies in one year, we haven’t had it this good in a long time.
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I finally get to see GODZILLA MINUS ONE this week. To piggyback on that here’s GODZILLA 1985 in all it’s dubbed, edited, and Dr. Pepper-filled glory (straight from my laserdisc)!
Download link:
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Looking through my laserdisc collection for other titles that might be worth ripping and sharing online:
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The HK Film Archive shared this 20-minute oral history of D&B Films, the company behind action films like the IN THE LINE OF DUTY and TIGER CAGE series and dramas like LOVE UNTO WASTE and AN AUTUMN’S TALE.
Interviews with Sammo Hung, John Sham, etc.
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If busting doesn't make you feel good, then how about Tony Leung and Kent Cheng helping the ghost of a boy bring his killer (Anthony Wong) to justice?
LUCKY ENCOUNTER (1992), directed by Johnnie To!
Really, it's a comedy! (Link expires midnight CST 03/23)
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After all these years, poor Officer Tuba is still haunted by the ghost of Sergeant Rambo Chow.
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(A recent photo of Sammo Hung with David (John) Chiang, shared on Chiang’s IG account)
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Bringing that Albert Pyun love to Comicpalooza with Robert Patrick and my signed HONG KONG ‘97 laserdisc!
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It’s Moon Lee versus the world in KICKBOXER’S TEARS (1992, Cantonese w/English subtitles) as she takes on Billy Chow, Yukari Oshima, and an entire criminal outfit behind her brother’s death in the ring.
(Link good until midnight CST 03/30/24) Also ->
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51 Guyver kicks to celebrate the birthday of fight choreographer and director Koichi Sakamoto!
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TIGER ON (THE) BEAT 2: the 1990 sequel in-name-only with Conan Lee, Gordon Liu, and Norman Tsui back in different roles and adds Danny Lee, Ellen Chan, and Roy Cheung. The story beats may be familiar but Lau Kar-Leung and co. don’t sleepwalk on the action.
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TODAY’S HERO (1991), a Hong Kong comedy from Thomas Yip (AN ETERNAL COMBAT, CHEETAH ON FIRE) starring Kenny Bee and Maggie Cheung, available for download now (until 03/17/24). Enjoy!
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FORBIDDEN ARSENAL wins! Enjoy the download while it lasts.
(And the runner-ups will also be available in the near future, released according to their ranking in the poll)
Vote for the next Hong Kong laserdisc rip that I’ll make available for download.
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I guess one good Woo deserves another, so here for your downloading pleasure is A BETTER TOMORROW II (Cantonese mono w/English subtitles, sourced from the Anchor Bay DVD):
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I finally tracked down a reasonably priced copy of this great photo book documenting the infamous Kowloon Walled City, though I wish I bought it years ago when I first laid eyes on it and it was a lot more affordable.
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While it’s still January 7th locally, I want to get in on the Sammo Hung birthday celebration with an upload of THE OWL VS BOMBO (1984) DVD rip, produced, directed, and starring Hung with George Lam, Deanie Ip, and introducing Michelle Yeoh.
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Now available for a limited time: THE UNDERGROUND BANKER (1994, dir. Bosco Lam).
It’s a Category III film, so proceed accordingly!
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🧵 The Law and Simon Yam: it’s already March 19 in Hong Kong so I’m starting this Simon Yam birthday tribute now with four films that highlight his roles on both sides of the law. Follow along below:
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Happy Year of the Tiger (On Beat), Chow Yun-Fat brought his own fireworks.
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“Heroic bloodshed” is at the heart of SILENT NIGHT, it’s just stripped away from the usual expressions of upholding honor or justice. Godlock commits his life to exactly one thing because when it comes to avenging a crime so egregious, nothing else matters. Welcome home, Mr. Woo.
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Happy Lunar New Year from the stars of D&B Films!
(Suki Kwan, David Wu, Michael Wong, Donnie Yen, and Cynthia Khan)
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I’ve been a fan of Albert Pyun’s THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER since forever but it’s funny how this collection snowballed over the years, with the novelization, the soundtrack on two formats, and the movie on three culminating with the gorgeous 4K release by
@ShoutFactory
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Tony Leung and Andy Lau are back together again in the new subtitled trailer for THE GOLDFINGER.
Niu Vision Media announced they'll be releasing it in North America on December 30.
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RIP Treat Williams.
I wouldn’t go so far as declare FLASHPOINT (1984) a lost classic but it’s a decent thriller boosted by a great cast led by Kristofferson and Williams (plus Rip Torn, Jean Smart, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer) and a Tangerine Dream score.
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