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2 months ago | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Produced by Light Chaser Animation Studios who brought us the fantasy, mythology films, “White Snake”, “Green Snake”, “New Gods: Nezha Reborn” and “New Gods: Yang Jian” previously. “Chang’an”, or “30,000 Miles from Chang’an” in Chinese, is their latest epic historical drama, about the lives of two famous Tang Dynasty poets Gao Shi and Li Bai.
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2 months ago | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Mainland filmmaker Cheng Si Yu is a regular when it comes to action movies showing on the local video streaming platforms. Starting with “The Grandmaster of Kung Fu” (2019), “Tai Chi Master” (2022) and “Desperado” (2024) starring Danny Chan. His latest online project, “Striking Rescue”, streaming on Youku, even comes with a bigger drawcard, featuring the Muay Thai warrior himself, Tony Jaa in the lead. Interestingly, this movie managed to get a cinema release in the US and Thailand.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Shanghai born Hua Shan, a graduate of the Shanghai Film Institute, joined Shaw Brothers Studio back in 1963 as an assistant cinematographer. After promoted, he worked on films like “Winged Tiger”, “The Wandering Swordsman”, “The Chinese Boxer” and “The 14 Amazons” as their cinematographer. However, his directorial debut for Shaw was “The Super Inframan” (1975) starring Danny Lee.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
South Korean action comedy “Veteran”, written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, came out in 2015. It was a huge success which grossed over US$92M and became the all-time 5th highest-grossing film in the local cinema history. A sequel with Ryoo directing, Hwang Jung-min and Oh Dal-su reprising their roles was soon in the works, but it only hit the screens titled “I, The Executioner” nine years later.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
In 1986, a virtually unknown film with a tight budget became a blockbuster and broke box office records in Hong Kong and Asia. The film, “A Better Tomorrow” also made its star Chow Yun Fat an overnight success and launched him into the big league of the Asian film industry. Furthermore it also gave co-star, a Shaw Brothers veteran, Ti Lung‘s career a much welcoming boost. After the huge success of its predecessor, a sequel with the same cast returning soon hit the big screens.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Malaysian filmmaker Sam Quah‘s directorial debut “A Sheep Without a Shepherd” , an official remake of the Indian film “Drishyam” by Jeethu Joseph, was a huge success both in China and Southeast Asia. Interestingly, his follow up, “A Place Called Silence” which centers on bullying, is actually a remake of his own film from 2022. But due to the lead actor Jag Huang’s MeToo sexual assault controversy, the film never got a release in China.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Mainland born Lo Wei was an actor whose film career flourished after migrating to Hong Kong. After directing “The Black Butterfly” for Shaw Brothers, he followed it up with “Death Valley” starring the same pair of male leads. He is best known as the director who launched the kung fu film careers of Bruce Lee in “The Big Boss” and “Fist of Fury” and also Jackie Chan in “New Fist of Fury”. Master Chao Yun Yang (Lo Wei) of the Chao Manor in Death Valley is getting old and thinking of retiring.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Mainland Chinese actor Max Zhang Jin is no stranger to martial arts movies. He started his film career in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000) as a stunt double. Although Zhang later won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in “The Grandmaster” (2014), he became best known as Zhang Tin Chi in “Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy” (2018), the Ip Man film series spin-off.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Jason Kim worked as an interpreter in the Korean Air Force before joining Korea’s movie distribution company, Showbox. Before that, he studied international politics at Georgetown University in the United States. Making films had always been his passion which resulted in him making “Goodbye My Sunshine” (2010) and “Koala” (2013). However, with the action comedy, “Midnight Runners” (2017) starring Park Seo-joon, he finally scored a huge hit in Korea.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | David Chew
Known for co-directing “The Big Heat” (1988) with Johnnie To, unsung Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Kam Yeung Wa also worked as the 2nd Unit director for “Peking Opera Blues” (1986) and “A Better Tomorrow III” (1989). But with “Fatal Termination”, a simple revenge-driven action thriller, he manages to bring it to an intensely merciless level during the film’s last half hour climax. The simple plot concerns a big batch of weapons flown into Hong Kong.
