The Duel (2000)
Mar 15, 2023Wu Xia Film
A Wu Xia film from Andrew Lau, the director of the Infernal Affairs films, in which the two top martial artists in the world issue a challenge to a duel on the roof of the imperial palace
Patrick Tam
Zu Warriors (2001)
Jan 24, 2013Wu Xia Film
Tsui Hark's follow-up to Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain the film that popularised Wu Xia cinema. The point where Tsui discovered CGI and latches onto it to do more than just show flying swordsmen but create an exquisitely dreamy world of pure fantastique imagination
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
Just Another Pandora’s Box (2010)
Feb 1, 2024Gonzo Comedy/Film Parody
A demented Jeffrey Lau comedy that seems to have no limits on how silly it is willing to be, while parodying just about every other film made around the same time