Hong Kong Gor

Its our last episode of the new year and we didn't do as many as last, so we sincerily hope you will excuse us but with a change of location for one of your podcaster and a change of employment for the other, there was no time to truly do everything we wanted. This also means, as you can expect from the date of publication, the episode we tease herein will have to wait. Fear no more thought, as we have recorded another great one where we discuss the merits of Future cops.

A film long only known to the most hardcore of hong kong cinema purist as one of the worst one ever made has made its way to Blu-ray thanks to Eureka. This, very loose, adaptation of the classic Capcom fighting game that changed everything for gamers worldwide, Street Fighter 2, demonstrates Wong Jing's imagination to surf on every possible trend even if the end results doesn't really do the original material justice.

Unfortunately, this episode was recorded under difficult circumstances so the sound isn't the best we ever had. It does mean a few words were cut off from time to time so, for clarification, the four heavenly kings of canto-pop, as explained by Wing, are Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai and Andy Lau. As for the director of the first two Fight back to School, that's none other than Gordon Chan.

Future cops on Imdb
Future cops at Eureka
Future cops on iTunes
If you want to know more about the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop.

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That's it, its the end! The final showdown between two formers friends! They will be blood, tears and maybe some guts... Or maybe not. For this new episode we have chosen to cover not one, but two fims at the same time... but they aren't part of a series. For Halloween, we thought we'd cover two of our favourite, and two classics, 1980's Encounter of the spooky kind, directed, written and with Sammo Hung, and 1985's Mr Vampire, directed by Ricky Lau and starring Lam Ching-Ying.

However, as an intro, we bring you a conversation around the japanese franchise of teenage action movies, Baby Assassins, starring Akari Takaishi and Saori Izawa, and... Bride of Chucky (?!) directed by none other than Hong Kong's own Ronny Yu.

Encounter of a spooky kind on imdb
Mr Vampire on imdb
Baby Assassins on imdb
Bride of chucky on imdb

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We started this podcast with the In the line of duty movies (Yes, Madam and then Royal warrior) so it only made sense to finally cover the third in the series. This third entry is simply called In the line of duty 3 as the series had been sold to the US market as In the line of duty 1 (Royal Warrior) and Yes, Madam (In the line of duty 2). The numbering would be later changed to fit more with the order in which they were produced and released in Hong Kong, but this one is the third installment and features some returning faces, but a brand new lead, Cynthia Khan, alongside a japanese actor, Hiroshi Fujioka. Together, they will be fighting a couple of thieves motivated by love and communism. This was a brand new start for the series as it was Cynthia Khan's first Hong Kong feature and as you can imagine, we had lots to say about it.

In the line of duty 3 on Imdb
In the line of duty 3 released on Blu-ray by Eureka Entertainment.

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We had decided to cover only Long arm of the Law for this episode last month but unfortunate news caught up with us and forced us to add a longer introduction to this episode.

After a short conversation around AI and its impact on how we watch movies, we then move to talking about Cheng Pei-pei, an incredible actress who gave so much to Hong Kong cinema and sadly passed away on 17th July 2024. We then move to a filmmaker we hold close to our heart as we covered several of his movies in previous episodes (Yes, madam in episode 1 and Righting wrongs in episode 8) and who appeared in several others movies we spoke about (Eastern condors in episode 3, Iceman cometh in episode 14). Corey Yuen. A true legend of Hong Kong cinema whose name should be more well known.

Finally, our movie of choice for this episode is none other than the recently reissued Long Arm of the Law. A 1984 crime movie directed by Johnny Mak, whose career was very limited, and written by the ex cop Philip Chan. Long arm of the law might have ended up being a cult classic for many as its notoriety is limited to fans of Hong Kong cinema but its a noteworthy release for its mix of action and gritty realism around a cast of loveable but flawed misfits desperate to make a life of their own in Hong Kong.

Long Arm of the Law on imdb
Long Arm of the Law 1 and 2 reiussed by 88 films
A brilliant eulogy and summary of Corey Yuen by the youtube channel Invincible Asia
Cheng Pei-pei eulogy on The Guardian

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Its's a new first in the history of this podcast, because this time we are covering a recommendation from one of our listener, so don't hesitate to do the same because, as you can see, we listen! Plus, it just happened that neither of us had seen this movie, so we had the pleasure of discovering another movie featuring Wong-jin's talent as a scriptwriter to adapt two of famous novelist, script writer and talk show host, Ni Kuang's creation, Dr Yuen (played here by Siu Ho-chin from Mr Vampire) and Wisely (played by Chow-yun fat). The two heroes, or mostly Dr Yuen to be honest, embark on an adventure influenced by the same pulp stories that gave birth to Indiana Jones, featuring a few monsters and some gore. A truly exciting movie with subtle nods to various production for an original results fans of adventure stories, pulp and just all out Hong Kong cinema creativity will enjoy.

The Seventh Curse on imdb
The Seventh Curse via 88 films

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