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1 day ago6 min read
Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
Spoiler free summary: The story of a literally cold female assassin who falls in love with a noodle vendor as her professional life...


2 days ago3 min read
Bullets of Love (2001)
Bullets of Love is a 2001 film from director Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs, which I probably should have watched instead). This movie has...

7 days ago4 min read
Martial Angels (2001)
Years after the heyday of Hong Kong's Girls with Guns movies had ended, there was a mini-revival in 2001-02. They seemed like a response...

Feb 255 min read
Dreaming the Reality (1991)
Dreaming the Reality is an awkward 1991 Girls with Guns/Chicks with Kicks movie made up of pieces of varying quality that don’t quite fit...

Feb 204 min read
In the Line of Duty VII: Sea Wolves (1991)
In the Line of Duty VII follows adorable ass-kicker Inspector Yeung (Cynthia Khan) as she fights drug smuggling operations in Hong Kong....

Feb 183 min read
Naked Killer (1992)
Naked Killer is an infamous Category III (a 18+ only Hong Kong rating usually resulting from sex and extreme violence) exploitation movie...


Feb 124 min read
Angel Force (1991)
Welcome to the jungle baby, you're gonna suck! I have always been bummed out that I missed the 90s video boom of Hong Kong action movie...


Feb 76 min read
Killer Angels (1989) and Iron Angels (1987)
I am journeying deeper into the realm of Girls with Guns movies, beyond the most named and acclaimed. No Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock,...


Nov 8, 20245 min read
Breaking News (2004)
*Disc borrowed from Naro Video Collection, not currently streaming in North America Breaking News is a 2004 Hong Kong film from director...


Oct 30, 20245 min read
Bio Zombie (1998) and Yummy (2019): International Zombie Double Feature
Bio Zombie Wilson Yip directed some of the most acclaimed martial arts films of the 21st century (SPL/Killzone, Ip Man 1-4). Before that,...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
The Heroic Trio (1993)
the following is a repost of my first review on Letterboxd nearly ten years ago: This movie used to play all the time on cable in the...
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