At a cabin in the woods, Kang (Gam Woo-sung) is witness to the blood-soaked corpses of two murder victims, one of which is his girlfriend Su-yeong (Kang Gyeong-heon). While chasing the killer Kang is badly injured and nearly killed when he stumbles into the path of a passing car. Waking up in hospital a fortnight later Kang’s first action is … Read the rest
Month: October 2017
The Winter of Three Hairs (Yan Gong and Zhao Ming, China, 1949)
In Shanghai, eight year old orphan Sanmao (Wan Lung-chi) joins a team of beggars, becomes the unwilling recruit of a Fagin-style criminal and is adopted by a wealthy lady who cleans him up, renames him Tom and tries to control him like one of her pets. But at a party in his honour Sanmao can’t stand the sight of his … Read the rest
Killer Calibre 32 (Alfonso Brescia, Italy, 1967)
In the Old West an elegantly attired contract killer known as Mr Silver (Peter Lee Lawrence) is hired by the owners of local banks to find and eliminate the masked outlaws who’ve been robbing stagecoaches and who on their last raid ruthlessly murdered all the passengers.
Well-plotted and pacy Euro-Western featuring some rough and tumble stunt-work in which none of … Read the rest
The Twin Swords (Sui Jang-Hung, Hong Kong, 1965)
In this sequel to Temple of the Red Lotus eloping lovers Kwei Wu (Jimmy Wang Yu) and Lien Chu (Chin Ping) are fooled into attempting the rescue of four ‘maids’ (in reality members of the evil Red Lotus Clan) from a Buddhist temple the Clan have tricked out with all manner of deadly traps. Kwei escapes but Lien is captured. … Read the rest
Temple of the Red Lotus (Sui Jang-Hung, Hong Kong, 1965)
On his way to Jin Castle to meet his fiancee Lianzhu (Chin Ping) and avenge the murder of his family young swordsman Kuei Wu (Jimmy Wang-Yu) is witness to a robbery that implicates the head of his betrothed’s family, Dragon Jin. But on arrival Kuei’s suspicions about his new in-laws prove mutual. The real culprits turn out to be the … Read the rest
Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa, Japan, 2005)
Tony (Issei Ogata) a man comfortable in his own insular nature is shaken by the intrusion into his life of a beautiful young workmate named Eiko (Rie Miyazawa). He woos and marries her but when Tony perceives Eiko’s obsession with buying expensive clothes to be out of control he asks her to stop. Eiko agrees but shortly thereafter she dies … Read the rest
The Heroin Busters (Enzo G. Castelleri, Italy, 1977)
A cop named Mike (David Hemmings) and an undercover agent named Fabio (Fabio Testi) work together to infiltrate a vicious heroin smuggling ring so they can identify and arrest the mastermind behind it. But when Fabio’s attempt to ingratiate himself with the gang’s boss (Joshua Sinclair) – by walking into police headquarters and stealing back some valuable heroin the gang … Read the rest
Sully (Clint Eastwood, US, 2016)
In the immediate aftermath of a miraculous landing by a crippled aircraft in New York’s Hudson river its captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) finds himself acclaimed as a hero for saving the lives of all onboard. But an official investigation questions his decision to make a water landing when all their computer simulations suggest a return to the airport … Read the rest
The Shadow Whip (Wei Lo, Hong Kong, 1971)
When pretty Kaiyun Yang (Cheng Pei-pei) uses a whip to break up a fight in the village guesthouse she works at her exceptional prowess attracts the interest of swordsman Wang Jianxin (Hua Yueh), formidable Kung Fu master Hong Dapeng (Ku Feng), some thugs known as The Serial Trio and a gang called the 16 Bandits of Yanyun. All four come … Read the rest
