Hong Kong Gor

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.

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The Mission on IMDB

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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

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Hong Kong Gor on Twitter

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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)

This is our first episode and to introduce our podcast, we are talking about Yes, Madam from 1985, Oscar Winner Michelle Yeoh's (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) first action movie in Hong Kong as lead actress and martial artist Cynthia Rothrock (Lady Dragon, Righting Wrongs). Yes, Madam is responsible for starting the trend of Girl with Guns movies where women were the leading stars.

Additional resources
Yes, Madam on IMDB

List of the 5th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards

Q&A with Cynthia Rockrock

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)