The Deadly Camp
In producer Wong Jing’s The Deadly Camp (1999) two groups of vacationing friends are terrorized by a family of psychotic lepers on a remote island. The film is a hodgepodge… Read more »
In producer Wong Jing’s The Deadly Camp (1999) two groups of vacationing friends are terrorized by a family of psychotic lepers on a remote island. The film is a hodgepodge… Read more »
The Medallion (2003) was director Gordon Chan’s first english language picture and his second film with star Jackie Chan. Gordon Chan established himself with the Fight Back To School films… Read more »
Before they shocked audiences with Ebola Syndrome (1996), director Herman Yau Lai-To and actor Anthony Wong made Cop Image (1994). Cop Image, unlike the pair’s previous outing Taxi Hunter (1993),… Read more »
Viva Erotica (1996) is one of a relative few Category III films to have garnered the type of serious reputation usually reserved for international art films. The film is a… Read more »
The Demon’s Baby (1998) opens with General Hsu (Elvis Tsui) pillaging and ancient temple of its treasures. Among the many jewels and golden icons are five vessels, each containing an… Read more »
Cheap, sleazy, and totally unhinged, Erotic Nightmare (1999) could only have come from producer Wong Jing. This erotic black magic thriller is one of three films in Vinegar Syndrome’s gorgeous… Read more »
To commemorate a year passing since Viva Video! closed its doors forever the Bryn Mawr Film Institute hosted a 35mm screening of John Woo’s Hard Boiled (1992). The event is… Read more »
Kai-Ming Lai’s Daughter Of Darkness (1993) is one of the best known entries in Hong Kong cinema’s Category III pseudo sub-genre. Category III films encompass a wide variety of genres… Read more »
Johnnie To’s The Heroic Trio (1993) is an aesthetic fusion of the contemporary Hong Kong action film and the American superhero films of the late eighties and early nineties. The… Read more »