The popularity of Hong Kong gangster movies reached fever pitch with Andrew Lau Wai-keung’s flashy Young and Dangerous series (1996-2000) and, with supreme verve, Johnnie To Kei-fung arguably ...

with Ng displaying a deft directing touch 3/5 stars Most people don't watch gangster movies for their ingenuity. Which is why Triad, the 2012 Hong Kong film directed by Daniel Chan Yee-heng ...

John Woo found a star who was hiding in plain sight, resulting in creative collaborations that made massive numbers at the ...

Oxide and Danny Pang’s supernatural thriller The Eye established their reputation as horror directors; two equally good ...

China's top-grossing funnyman Shen Teng completely curtails his comedic instincts to try his damnest to look like a serious ...

Principal photography is underway for new UK gangster flick Geezers, a high octane crime caper starring Shaun Ryder and Bez ...

A few years after unleashing The Killer upon the world, John Woo wrote and directed A Better Tomorrow, a blood-soaked gangster ... the movie contains all the staples of Hong Kong cinema and ...

The Great Mafia War, Speakeasy Blues, or The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire, I am all the way in if a game gives me the chance ...

Connie is also nice to nasty gangster Frankie, who fancies anything that moves, but particularly, Ann and Betty. There's also ex-rascal Tong, trying to keep out of trouble for the sake of his ...

Norman Law directed this Hong Kong gangster film about siblings joined by a common enemy. Tao is a ruthless loan shark, whose brother, Fu Sai Hang, is the captain of the local police. When the mob ...

The Godfather is a masterpiece and, to so many, the greatest movie of all time ... The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong hit thriller Infernal Affairs. Unlike the original, which eventually ...

Hong Kong is also a city synonymous with film, ranging from commercial gangster movies to the art cinema of Wong Kar-wai. This book argues that while the importance of constitutional controversies for ...