Category: Action Genre
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Special Identity – Update on Donnie/Vincent feud & Collin Chou joins the cast
Collin Chou joins the cast of Special Identity What seemed to be a major anticipation for MA action film fans – when it was announced that Donnie would collaborate with fellow MA action star Vincent Zhao on the film – turned into a big mess as rumors were circulating that both were being difficult towards…
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Iceman Cometh 3D – New Meets Original
Teaser poster The project – which will be starring, action choreographed and directed by Donnie Yen himself and is a 3D remake of Clarence Fok’s 1989 classic sci-fi/fantasy action film The Iceman Cometh – was announced a few months ago and has since kicked off quite a huge interest within MA fan communities. Shooting of the…
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The Bullet Vanishes – Upcoming Asian new-gen gun actioner
When you think of guns and explosions, you think of one man: John Woo. When he first came out both locally and internationally with films such as the classics The Killer and Hard Boiled as well as Hard Target, Face Off and Mission: Impossible II, people have always looked up to him and dubbed him…
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Vincent Zhao breaks his silence – Reveals what went down while shooting Special Identity
Vincent Zhao criticizing Donnie Yen’s work attitude and ethics in a recent interview A while back, Vincent Zhao held a press conference giving out a statement of his reason for leaving the production of Special Identity – produced, action directed, and starring Donnie Yen – claiming that the production crew was responsible for the script…
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The Raid – Review
US poster In the midst of current MA action films – dominated by Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa, and Scott Adkins – a new action film industry and action star are rising from the ranks: Indonesia and its’ local representer Iwo Uwais. Uwais debuted in Merantau which came out in 2009 and has since met with…
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Chinese Zodiac – Jackie Chan preps a 4 min stunt scene
Jackie Chan on location in Paris, France Jackie Chan was recently featured in an interview while launching his Maotai Wine, and revealed that shooting of Chinese Zodiac – described as his last action-packed film – is about to wrap while a scene involving lots of stunts is to be initiated which will take an amount of…
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Special Identity – Donnie prepping the fight choreography
Donnie and his stunt team preparing fight choreography Donnie Yen and his stunt team are currently prepping the fight choreography for the upcoming action thriller Special Identity seen on the image. The best thing about it is that Donnie’s good old friend and once on-screen rival John Salvitti – who you might remember from In…
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Special Identity – Vincent Zhao out, Andy On in
Vincent Zhao at a press conference stating his version of the incident On February 27 it was reported that Vincent Zhao who was playing the main villain opposite Donnie Yen in the latter’s new action film Special Identity left the set due to dissatisfaction with the script and the production team involved. Since then rumors…
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Chow Yun Fat & Sammo Hung team up for Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
Chow Yun Fat and Sammo Hung are teaming up for the new film Once Upon a Time in Shanghai. From Twitch: Wong Jing will direct with Andrew Lau producing the film, the story based on the true life crime boss Du Yuesheng who built his crime empire through the 1920s and 30s in Shanghai and…
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R.I.P. Bai Jing, Star of Kung Fu Wing Chun
Kung Fu Wing Chun star Bai Jing has been killed by her husband in Beijing. This comes especially as a shock to anyone who was eagerly awaiting this woman’s rise to fame as the next female kung fu star and bore the closest resemblance to Moon Lee we had ever seen. Not just some pop-singer-turned-kung-fu-star…