Edmund Lee

1 month ago | scmp.com | Edmund Lee

Director Trevor Choi tries to explore Hong Kong’s generational and class divide with a film that sees the poor and young steal from the richPublished: 5:50pm, 17 Apr 20253/5 starsA quartet of rookie robbers take on the elite yet corrupt members of the older generation in Smashing Frank.

1 month ago | scmp.com | Edmund Lee

Irene Wan plays a lovesick divorcee catfishing a much younger man, played by Bruce Hung, in a superficial film that lacks any chemistryPublished: 5:45pm, 16 Apr 20251.5/5 starsIrene Wan Pik-ha may have never come close to making the A-list of Hong Kong cinema, but the veteran actress could certainly never be faulted for not trying hard enough.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Edmund Lee

This article contains spoilers. 4/5 starsThe highest grossing Hong Kong film of all time returns for another crack at the local box office with this extended version, which starts screening on April 4 – just in time for the Ching Ming Festival – with 12 minutes of previously unseen footage.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Edmund Lee

2.5/5 starsNick Cheung Ka-fai is one of the most prominent active Hong Kong actors to have dabbled in directing, and in doing so has proved himself a talented visual stylist and world builder with a penchant for the dark and supernatural. But the main reason Cheung is not known as a visionary filmmaker is that, despite all his stylish visuals, he is a clumsy storyteller who could not fashion a convincing narrative to save his life.

Mar 7, 2025 | scmp.com | Edmund Lee

2/5 starsPicture this: you are a middle-aged Hong Kong woman married to your first love, with whom you share two young-adult children, and you learn that your husband has fallen for another woman during his long business trips in Guangzhou, China. What will you do? For many, the answer might entail a painful break-up followed by a period of letting go. But not Sabrina Tse Shuk-fun, this film’s executive producer, who has instead turned her unfaithful partner into a perpetual reminder in her life.