Hong Kong Gor

You can't do a podcast on Hong Kong action cinema and not talk about Jackie Chan. That's impossible. Its forbidden. So, to talk about the great man and his passion for death defying stunts, we choose to talk about not one, not two, but three movies among the ones he did in the great city of Hong Kong, namely the first three Police Story movies. If you've not seen them or only seen the first one (the one with the mall fight scene, you know the one we are talking about), now is your chance to hear how they compare to each other, what are the trademarks of the series and what makes Jackie Chan a great stunt man but a terrible boyfriend.

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Wing on Bluesky

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Episode five is up and today we are talking about THE movie most people think about when they talk about action films in Hong Kong cinema. The Killer is certainly an iconic film of this era and of the Heroic bloodshed genre, but its also a movie often perceived only as an gun feast when it carries so much more. Today we intend to dig into The Killer and why it's still unique and influential to this day.

Additional resources
The Mission on IMDB

Where to find us
https://bronzebothk.wordpress.com/ (in English)
https://delayanddistortion.com/ (in French)

Due to the incoming demise of Twitter we have both stopped using the platform but you can find Hororo on Skyblue and hopefully Wing will also have his space on it soon.

Epside four is up and its turn for us to move out of the 80s and talk about a 90s classic, Johnnie To's The Mission. Although hard to find outside of a very good french DVD edition from 2002 which is probably difficult to find nowadays, The Mission is a classic worthy of spending the time necessary to get a copy any way possible. Hopefully this gem will be reissued at some point.
The movie deals with a group of criminals who are assembled to protect a gang leader targeted for unknown reasons by other hired killers. The team slowly bonds and becomes a unit but obstacles will stand in their way.

Additional resources
The Mission on IMDB

Our contact details
Hong Kong Gor on Twitter

Bronze HK on Twitter (in English)
https://bronzebothk.wordpress.com/ (in English)

@Hororo on Twitter (in French and English)
https://delayanddistortion.com/ (in French)

Episode three! And this time we are switching to another legend of Hong Kong's cinema with Sammo Hung's Eastern Condors, a movie he stared in and directed alongside his future wife Joyce Godenzi. This war movie set in Vietnam tells the story of twelve convicts forced to accomplish a dangerous mission. The movie follows some American tropes and switches between comedy and drama in-between some incredible action scenes.

Additional resources
Eastern Condors on IMDB

Our contact details
@BronzeHk on Twitter (in English)
https://bronzebothk.wordpress.com/ (in English)

@Hororo on Twitter (in French and English)
https://delayanddistortion.com/ (in French)

For this second episode, we are following Michelle Yeoh's career after Yes, Madam and moving to Royal Warriors, alongside Michael Wong (Z Storm, City Hunter) and Hiroyuki Sanada (John Wick 4, Ringu) for an action movie that's full of fridging and memorable action scenes but low on character development and directed by three pair of hands, one official and two "unofficial".

Additional resources
Royal Warriors on IMDB

Our contact details
@BronzeHk on Twitter (in English)
https://bronzebothk.wordpress.com/ (in English)

@Hororo on Twitter (in French and English)
https://delayanddistortion.com/ (in French)