Reviews

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  Executioners

  3.0
  Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi  •  Hong Kong

  ‘Executioners’ carries over the comic book vibe of the previous instalment but ladens on the seriousness and melodramatics this time around.

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  Sanshiro Sugata

  4.0
  Action, Adventure, Drama, Martial Arts  •  Japan

  It’s rough around the edges to be sure, but there’s much to be savoured here; Kurosawa gets more out of this condensed 80 minutes than many filmmakers get from three hours or so.

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  The Heroic Trio

  4.0
  Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi  •  Hong Kong

  Don’t think about it too much, just go along for the ride and bask in the beauty and talent of the incredible action scenes and the trio of leading ladies.

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  Two Jolly Cops

  1.5
  Action, Comedy  •  Hong Kong

  ‘Two Jolly Cops’ starts with a modest spark, but pours a bucket of water on this immediately; what follows is ninety minutes of utter boredom.

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  Ode To Gallantry

  3.5
  Action, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts  •  Hong Kong

  Perhaps not what one might be expecting from all those involved but nevertheless ‘Ode to Gallantry’ is another solid Cheh flick buoyed by a fantastic lead performance from Philip Kwok. 

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  In Between Loves

  2.0
  Comedy, Crime, Thriller  •  Hong Kong

  A partial remake of ‘Eyewitness’, the flawed, but diverting 1981 William Hurt/Sigourney Weaver thriller, ‘In Between Loves’ starts with promise only to quickly lose it all.