Tsui Hark: FAQs about the Hong Kong film… He made stars of Jet Li and Brigitte Lin, helped John Woo’s directing career take off, and directed classic flims…
From Jet Li to Wong Kar-wai, the 1990s: last… The 1990s was the last golden age of Hong Kong cinema, with a slew of groundbreaking films that produced new stars…
King Hu, Chang Cheh, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan: a… From the film that changed everything to fighting with fists instead of swords, girl power and the birth of a…
Why a Chinese villain in a Hollywood film is… China’s Hollywood influence remains firm despite rejected changes in Top Gun: Maverick and Lightyear. Hollywood…
How Jackie Chan’s The Forbidden Kingdom became a… With Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Li Bingbing in the cast, and a crew including legendary fight choreographer Yuen…
How the China-set second sequel to The Mummy… Despite co-starring Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, and having some stunning locations, this US-China film fell totally…
How 2012’s The Expendables 2 short-changed… The Expendables 2 had been planned as a China-US co-production and was meant to star Donnie Yen Ji-dan alongside…
Jet Li’s The One, Jackie Chan’s Police Story:… It’s the second birthday of the Post’s weekly Hong Kong martial arts film feature. To mark the occasion, we look…
Why Hollywood didn’t get the best out of martial… Jet Li Lianjie had high hopes for his Hollywood career in the late 1990s, but his first two films in America met…