Films in the Cantonese language
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No Image for JACKIE CHAN'S FIRST STRIKE
Certification15 Our Rating
Big-budget action from the martial arts master, Jackie Chan, with an international backdrop taking in find out more...
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JU DOU (1990)
Certification15 Our Rating
From the acclaimed director of 'Raise the Red Lantern' comes this moving story of love between a young girl, beaten by her cruel husband as punishment for his own impotence, and her love for his nephew, the only person who shows her kindness. Poignant and moving, it won a string of awards in 1990. find out more...
No Image for KING OF BEGGARS
Certification12 Our Rating
‘Dog Beating Stick Kung Fu'?! An early outing from Stephen Chow, the man responsible for ‘Shaolin Soccer' and ‘Kung Fu Hustle', this is a suitably quirky example of what was to come. Story?...err..lazy son of a General proposes to a beautiful prostitute and has to enter a Kung-Fu tournament to prove his worth. Gloriously mad. find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
Sing and his dim witted friend never fail to miss an opportunity, small time con men doomed to failure they trawl the streets hoping one day to be allowed into the infamous Axe Gang and when the Pig Sty Alley slum and its eccentric residence get involved it would seem their prayers have finally been answered. Styled like a bizarre re-imagining of Bugsy Malone, directed by and starring the same man responsible for Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle is a mesmerising mixture of comedy, fly by wire chor find out more...
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Certification18 Our Rating

 

When Shanghai was invaded by the Japanese in the 1930’s, martial arts master Chen Zhen set out to fight back against the oppressors. Chen is finally cornered and believed killed but when a mysterious stranger appears years later it would seem the hero of the people has been re-born a legend. Donnie Yen takes up the mantle made famous by Bruce Le find out more...

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Certification15 Our Rating
Detective Bun was recognised as a talented criminal profiler until he sliced off his right ear to offer it as a gift at his chief's farewell party. Branded as mad and discharged from the force, he has lived in seclusion with an imaginary wife ever since. Bun has the ability to 'see' a person's inner personalities, subconscious desires, emotions and mental state and, when the police gun of a missing policeman is linked to several heists and murders, he is recalled to duty by former protégé Inspec find out more...
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Certification18 Our Rating
Fei is a peasant fisherman who finds himself the protector of a beautiful princess and her king in waiting hubby to be. Forced into hiding by the evil usurper of the throne, the motley band soon discover one amongst them has a dark secret. Moon Warriors is a Samo Hung movie and has all the trade marks you would expect from his work, in particular the incredibly acrobatic fight choreography. find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
The film concerns a Daoist priest fighting supernatural forces with the aid of his two assistants, one of whom is soon infected by a vampire and the other in the grip of a life-eating she-ghost. find out more...
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Certification18 Our Rating
Bursting with energy, hyperkinetic fight action and stunning imagery, New Dragon Gate Inn tells the story of fabled resistance fighter, Zhou Huaian, and his heroic struggle against despotic eunuch and master swordsman Cao Shao-qin, played with considerable menace by martial arts supremo Donnie Yen. The final fight sequence shot in the Gobi desert is an adrenaline-pumping masterpiece, one of the most memorable scenes in any Hong Kong action flick. find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
This stylish caper thriller starts with three master thieves planning to steal a Modigliani masterpiece near Paris. Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Cheri Chung are the trio of international art thieves who come up against an army of Triad gunmen and each other, and all for the love of A1 babe, Chung! Lots of great choreography and no-holds-barred action. find out more...
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Certification12 Our Rating
New and improved version of an early Jet Lee classic, with 10 minutes of previously unseen footage. The martial arts superstar plays one of South China's most legendary men of honour, Wong Fei Hung, battling treacherous fellow countrymen and the unscrupulous English in 1875. Awesome action choreography in a classic tale of honour and vengeance. find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
Tsui Hark's third installment in the life of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung is every bit as stunning as its predecessors. Choreographed by action master Yuen Biao, the world's number one action star Jet Lee is reunited with Oriental totty Rosamund Kwan in a tale of love, murder and deadly combat on the ancient streets of Beijing's Forbidden City. Truly spectacular. find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
Superlative martial artist Wong Fei Hung has arrived in America with his fianc‚ to seek a new life, but an early confrontation leaves him unconscious and unable to remember who he is. Having become separated from his original party, Wong sets out on a series of adventures with his new found Native American friends in search of his identity. Another epic martial arts feast, fronted by the capable fists of Jet Li. find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
A street quarrel leads to the death of a gang leader's son and, seeking revenge on a rival boss, he calls on Liu, a fixer, to import a hit man from the mainland. Lai Fu, a tough and youthful hick assassin, arrives with a day pass. The cops, led by the morose Milo, hear about the killer and start a full-scale Christmas Eve operation to find both warring brothers and the assassin. Lai Fu rescues a hooker, Dan Dan, from a sadist and asks her to help him find his way around Mongkok. By nightfall, Li find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
One of the great masters of martial arts directs, sings and performs jaw-dropping stunts. Brilliant fight scenes and stunts performed by the star himself, and a lot of humour as well! If you like this sort of film you won't be disappointed with the man they call "Hong Kong Hills Cop". find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
Police Story 2 is one of those rare sequels that's more fun than its predecessor. Jackie Chan plays his usual rule-breaking cop, loyal to superiors that carp at the destruction he leaves in his wake but are prepared to take credit for every success he has. Here he finds himself up against vengeful gangsters whose plans he frustrated in the first of the series; but he also has to combat a ruthless team of extortionists with a taste for explosions both large and small, blowing up large buildings, find out more...
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Certification18 Our Rating
A cocky young lad thinks he's the dog's bollocks at Wing Chun Kung Fu, but then finds to his horror that his wealthy father has been paying all his combatants to lose to him. Suitably humbled our hero decides to force himself on a true master of the art and so begins his education. The Prodigal Son is a positive feast of martial arts fight choreography....nuff said. find out more...
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Certification15 Our Rating
A terrorist, Todd, suffers a serious injury while trying to nick a biological super weapon. Finding himself in the care of an anti-terrorist unit with no memory of his past, Todd is returned to his old gang believing himself to be an undercover cop. Purple Storm is a cracking action drama, crammed with fights, pyrotechnics and CGI effects, from the Hong Kong film factory and a winner of ten awards. find out more...
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Certification12 Our Rating

A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family are trapped inside by criminals. 

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Certification18 Our Rating
An early Jackie Chan masterpiece with brilliantly choreographied fighting scenes exhibiting the Snake Fist, Cat's Paw and Eagle Claw styles of Kung Fu. Set in rural China, Chan plays the put upon wimp metamorphising into action man in order to overcome his evil opponent. find out more...