And we’re off to spine numbers 19 to 21 already of Shout’s Hong Kong Cinema Classics series, and, depending on where your tastes lie, this may be the most exciting one to date. Here’s why. John Woo‘s A Better Tomorrow films may not be his best in terms of craftsmanship, but they’re often credited with […] The post Hong Kong Cinema Classics: A Better Tomorrow Trilogy appeared first on FuriousCinema.com.| FuriousCinema.com
We’re continuing our highlighting of Shout Factory’s new Hong Kong Cinema Classics series. Which, by all means, is churning out releases faster than we had imagined. And now we’re on to the real bangers. John Woo‘s Hard Boiled must be one of the most anticipated Hong Kong movies to reach “western” home video shelves in […]| FuriousCinema.com
Let me continue with our highlighting of Shout’s new Hong Kong cinema home video line (for which we receive no benefits, just to make that transparent, this is purely out of interesting and service, we’re so far also not getting review samples or anything). So on September 23, the label follows with the next title […] The post Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Peking Opera Blues appeared first on FuriousCinema.com.| FuriousCinema.com
Earlier this year, with a press release that took the internet by storm, a tedious saga came to an end. The saga went as follows: most of Hong Kong’s 80s/90s action cinema partially went up in flames, and when the industry collapsed, a company focused on real estate and amusement parks bought most of the […]| FuriousCinema.com