#Simon Yam

[roseillith]

NAKED KILLER (1992) dir. CLARENCE YIU-LEUNG FOK

#f #naked killer #clarence yiu-leung fok #chingmy yau #carrie ng #madoka sugawara #simon yam #yiu wai

[scenesandscreens]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003)

"I'm not leaving you because I couldn't kill you. I'm leaving you because I could."

Director - Jan de Bont, Cinematography - David Tattersall

#scenesandscreens #lara croft #tomb raider #cradle of life #jan de bont #David Tattersall #Terence Yin #Tom Wu #graham mctavish #djimon hounsou #til schweiger #simon yam #gerard butler #chris barrie #noah taylor #angelina jolie #ciarán hinds

[theactioneer]

Bullet in the Head Thai poster (John Woo, 1990)

#john woo #hong kong action #tony leung #90s #simon yam #foreign movie posters

[may8chan]

Triad Wars - Dennis Law 2008

#Triad Wars #Fatal Move #Dennis Law #Simon Yam

[movie-titlecards]

S.M.A.R.T. Chase (2017)

My rating: 6/10

Very silly, but reasonably entertaining, with some very pretty people doing Cool Action Shit while some really rather solid tunes are playing - it ain't great, but it's a fun enough way to pass the time.

#Ji zhi zhui ji #Charles Martin #Kevin Bernhardt #Terence M. O'Keefe #Robby Henson #Orlando Bloom #Lei Wu #Simon Yam #Youtube

[chineseredcarpet]

Simon Yam for the cover of VW Magazine - October 2023

#simon yam #fashion #vw magazine

[omercifulheaves]

Killer’s Romance (1990) Hey, did you know that one of the guy’s who starred in The Boxer’s Omen directed a serial numbers filed off adaptation of Crying Freeman w/ Simon Yam? Well now you do!

#movies #posters #killer's romance #phillip ko #simon yam #crying freeman #unofficial adaptations

[r-a-s-v]

Bullet in the Head (1990)

#movies #john woo #bullet to the head #heroic bloodshed #catherine deneuve #simon yam #tony leung #waise lee #jacky cheung

[juniper-girl]

Sparrow 文雀 (Johnnie To, 2008)

#johnnie to #sparrow #simon yam #hk movie #hong kong #hk cinema #hong kong cinema

[movienized-com]

Cim hang

Cim hang (2023) #JasonKwan #AndyLau #KaTungLam #EddiePeng #SimonYam #YaseLiu Mehr auf:

潜行 / I Did It My Way Jahr: 2023 (Dezember) Genre: Action / Krimi / Drama Regie: Jason Kwan Hauptrollen: Andy Lau, Ka-Tung Lam, Eddie Peng, Simon Yam, Yase Liu, Philip Keung, Kent Cheng, Hedwig Tam, Suet Lam, Mike Leeder, Sebastian Mok, Liviu Covalschi, Kevin Kam-Yin Chu … Filmbeschreibung: Ho Sau, ein Undercover-Agent, arbeitet seit Jahren mit dem Drogenboss Yau zusammen, aber sein Job und…

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#Andy Lau #Eddie Peng #Jason Kwan #Ka-Tung Lam #Simon Yam #Yase Liu

[roseillith]

FULL CONTACT (1992) dir. RINGO LAM

#f #full contact #ringo lam #chow yun fat #simon yam

[andy121019]

My @letterboxd review of Wake Of Death (2004).

#film #letterboxd #film review #jean claude van damme #simon yam

[plazamayorcompany]

MAN ON THE EDGE

Bin yun hang ze (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) MAN ON THE EDGE Bin yun hang ze (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Director Ming-Sing Wong Cast Richie Jen, Simon Yam, Alex Fong, Sammo Hung Music by Anthony Chue Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Lok, a Hong Kong undercover policeman, struggles in the conspiracy between gangs and the police in order to investigate the truth of gangs’…

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#Anthony Chue #Bin yun hang ze #Cd Digital #Man On The Edge #Ming-Sing Wong #Plaza Mayor Company ltd #Richie Jen #Sammo Hung #Simon Yam

[adamwatchesmovies]

Ip Man (2008)

Ip Man is a marvel. It tells a great story that allows you to become invested in its characters. It also delivers the kind of fight scenes that will have you on the edge of your seat despite already knowing who will win at the end. If Donnie Yen wasn’t already on your radar, he will be after this.

Based on true events, Wing Chun master Ip Man (Donnie Yen) is the undisputed master of martial arts in Fohsan - a city renowned for its schools of hand-to-hand combat. After the Japanese invade China in 1937, General Miura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) recruits former masters and pits them against his Karate students as part of their training. Though Ip Man has always shunned fighting for its own sake, he is pulled into the conflict.

A quick summary of the film does not do it justice, as the story is essentially split into two parts. The first is dedicated to building up our protagonist. In other martial arts films, this would mean humble beginnings, an early defeat, the meeting of a master, many training montages and then a victorious rematch. Ip Man begins with its titular character already at the top of his game. The fights are partially about showing you how good he is at deflecting blows and retaliating but mostly, they’re used to tell you who Ip Man is. When he engages a fellow teacher in his own home, Ip Man insists on keeping the results of the fight a secret because he knows he’s the best. He chooses to fight behind closed doors because he knows Liu Chiu (Gordon Lam) needs to maintain a certain reputation and pride to make a living. When the formidable Kam Shan-chu (Fan Siu-wong) stomps into town looking for a fight, you’re not watching, wondering Ip Man will lose, you’re looking forward to seeing him in a duel with someone who isn’t his friend. See what director Raymond Wong did there? There’s an escalation between the two battles because of the relationships.

The second part begins when Foshan is utterly devastated by the invading Japanese. The stakes felt high before. Now they are for different reasons. You don’t think Ip Man could lose a fight but wonder what a victory might cost him. General Miura may admire Chinese martial arts… but he’s still at the head of an army that massacred thousands and his second-in-command (Tenma Shibuya) is eager to cut down anyone that would stand up to them. If Ip Man isn’t harmed, his his wife, Cheung Wing-sing (Lynn Hung) or son might be. Using the number of opponents, Ip Man’s mood, his family, his opponents and the setting, director Wilson Yup continuously finds ways to keep you on edge.

The action scenes are masterly choreographed. We see Ip Man fighting all sorts of different opponents and to mix things up, we also get to see other martial artists take on villains using a variety of styles. You feel the impact of every strike but you don't want to miss a single second of the action and prevent yourself from closing your eyes as you wince. For any one of them, Ip Man is worth seeing but this is not the kind of movie that’ll make you want to jump from one fight to the next. The quieter moments are just as important/compelling. They give you a necessary break from the action and allow the actors to show off their dramatic chops. We don’t demand convincing performances from martial arts movies - they already do so much with the stunts - so this picture is going above and beyond.

There are a few blips in the 108-minute running time where Ip Man can feel just the teeniest bit nationalistic - even though I’d say the Japanese invaders are handled remarkably evenhandedly considering everything. Still, there are a couple of shots here and there where non-Chinese audiences will wonder “What are you REALLY trying to say here, movie?” It’s nothing that’ll bother you too much, not when what you came to see is this well done. Thanks to the wartime setting and the main character’s family given much more attention than expected, this is a surprisingly layered film, a great pick if you’re trying to get someone else into martial arts films. They won’t even mind the subtitles because the drama is strong enough on its own. This is just the first part in a long series and I can't wait to see what's next. (Original Cantonese with English subtitles, March 5, 2021)

#Ip Man #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Wilson Yip #Edmong Wong #Chan Tai-lee #Donnie Yen #Simon Yam #Lynn Hung #Gordon Lam #Fan Siu-wong #Xing Yu #Chen Zhihui #Hiroyuki Ikeuchi #Tenma Shibuya #2008 movies #2008 films

[genkinahito]

A Light Never Goes Out 灯火阑珊 (2022) Director: Anastasia Tsang [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

A Light Never Goes Out    灯火阑珊 　 「Deng huo lan shan」 Release Date: March 02nd, 2023 Duration: 103 mins. Director: Anastasia Tsang Writer: Anastasia Tsang, Tsoi So-Man (Screenplay), Starring: Sylvia Chang, Simon Yam, Cecilia Choi, Henick Chou, Alma Kwok, Jacky Hoo-Yin Tong, Website IMDB One of the dominant images of Hong Kong films of the 80s and 90s is of the neon signs that sparkled brightly as…

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#A Light Never Goes Out #Anastasia Tsang #Cecilia Choi #灯火阑珊 #Henick Chou #Hong Kong Film #New York Asian Film Festival 2023 #Simon Yam #Sylvia Chang

[watchingalotofmovies]

Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky    [trailer]

A new recruit is mentored by Dog-Head, while undergoing on-job training while tracking down a gang of well organized armed heist robbers.

I enjoyed this approach on portraying observation. It felt real and professional. Even more so in the bustling streets of Hong Kong.

The good impression was temporarily ruined by the highly emotional turn in the last third of the film. It felt like an out of place attempt to somehow try to broaden the appeal of the movie. But I think it was ill-advised.

#Eye in the Sky #Gun chung #Nai Hoi Yau #Simon Yam #Tony Ka Fai Leung #Kate Tsui #Suet Lam #Maggie Siu #foreign #Hong Kong #like #recommended