Vampire Hunters (2002)
Oct 18, 2004Hong Kong Fantasy/Monks vs Undead
Tsui Hark scripted/produced Wu Xia effort that shuffles the familiar tropes about without seeming too enervated
Lam Suet
Mad Detective (2007)
May 29, 2010Detective That Can See People's Inner Personalities
Quite the maddest Hong Kong film once has ever seen featuring a detective who can see people's inner personalities. No film in recent memory has led such a delirious dance with an audience
Storm Warriors (2009)
Nov 18, 2014Flying Swordsmen Fantasy
The Pang Brothers are some of the most exciting genre directors in the world. Here they take on the Wu Xia film and make a sequel to The Storm Riders that feels fuelled by too many viewings of 300
Croczilla (2012)
Jul 31, 2025Giant Crocodile
The late 2000s brought a spate of giant crocodile amok films that included some really good efforts like Rogue and Black Water. This is a belated entry from China, featuring some surprisingly good CGI effects
The Midnight After (2014)
Oct 8, 2014Last People on Earth
Reminiscent of The Quiet Earth, this concerns a bus of people who end up in a deserted Hong Kong, The film seems unsure whether it is comedy or drama, while it creates an intriguing mystery about what is happening only to leave it unanswered in a frustratingly abrupt ending