Fight Back to School (1991)
Stephen Chow stars as an undercover cop whose latest assignment is to pose as a student at a nearby school in order to find out what happened to the missing gun of the captain...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published April 28, 2006 · Last modified July 1, 2019
Stephen Chow stars as an undercover cop whose latest assignment is to pose as a student at a nearby school in order to find out what happened to the missing gun of the captain...
1990s / Action / Drama / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published February 14, 2006 · Last modified May 31, 2019
Fist of Legend is the updated remake of the classic Bruce Lee film, The Chinese Connection, this time starring Hong Kong superstar Jet Li. Lee’s are big shoes to fill for the diminutive Li, but if anyone...
1990s / Action / Drama / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published May 11, 2003 · Last modified April 30, 2019
If you watch Jackie Chan’s films only for the two or three lengthy, well-choreographed fight scenes, and are able to sit patiently through ninety more minutes of bad drama in between, perhaps you will...
HELP!!! is Hong Kong’s answer to ER (in fact the intro spoofs the well-known TV show), only heavier on the comedy, specifically broad satirical humor regarding the way hospitals put financial considerations above the...
With all of the shoot-em-up ballets of bullets that have been so popular in the John Woo era of Hong Kong cinema, director Gordon Chan as been refreshing in that he has taken the opposite...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 24, 2000 · Last modified December 10, 2019
After director Gordon Chan’s last lackadaisically fun flick, Beast Cops, he turns up the heat with an equally exciting and action-packed tale of computer espionage in 2000 A.D. According to the film, those who can control...
Reviews from film writer Vince Leo, covering all eras and genres of films from classics to the latest releases.
Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.