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‘Robin-B-Hood’ is serviceable when it comes to its action, lacklustre when in comes to its comedy

Robin-B-Hood (also known as Rob B Hood) Written by Jackie Chand, Alan Yuen, and Benny Chan Directed by Benny Chan Hong Kong, 2006 Thongs (Jackie Chan) and Octopus (Louis Koo) are thieves working under the auspices of their long standing mentor Landlord (Michael Hui), who also happens to be the actual landlord of the apartment …

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‘Drug War’ Movie Review – has Johnnie To flexing some muscles in a genre he excels at

The name of Hong Kong director Johnnie To resonates strongly with fans of hard edged gangster films and cop stories. For years already he has delivered time and time again with some of the most vivid, gritty and viscerally charged films which populate the genre. His more recent output has occasionally diverged from the action dramas he built his name on, mainly with 2008’s cape flick Sparrow and 2011’s Don’t Go Breaking my Heart with which he branched out into romantic comedy.

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