This time we review one of the most beloved three brothers movies. I.e. the team between Peking Opera school brothers Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao in their 1988 action-comedy Dragons Forever. And also from the same year, director Alex Law takes you inside the doors of the Peking Opera school the trio trained at in their youth and cast Sammo as his own teacher and Master in Painted Faces. Click link or image below to access the show.
Podcast On Fire 197: Dragons Forever & Painted Faces
Welcome back to our continued look at Japanese filmmaker Sabu. It’s been a wild, quirky, runny, drivy journey so far but things take a dark turn in Dead Run from 2005. Click image or link below to access the show!
Japan On Fire 21: Sabu – Dead Run
The wildman and acclaimed maker of chase movies with some very surreal and absurd humour continues his more thoughtful and humanistic streak as firmly explored in the dark Dead Run covered last episode and for this one, Kenny B and VCinema’s Coffin Jon will review Kanikosen. Featuring Sabu depicting a mutiny aboard a crab fishing ship, it’s a story that goes back decades and has a streak of real life darkness attached to it as well. Click image or link below to access the show!
Japan On Fire 22: Sabu – Kanikosen
Lack of dark energy and push in this piece of Taiwanese rape-revenge drama.
Full, written review available at sogoodreviews.com.
A Jackie Chan review double bill focusing on the continually evolving nature to his action films where Indiana Jones style adventure to a degree take center stage in the two Armour of God films. The first almost cost Jackie Chan’s life. Click image or link below to access the show!
Podcast On Fire 196: Armour of God & Armour Of God II – Operation Condor
A decidedly un-Category III film despite starring two of the genre’s cocksmen.
Full, written review available at sogoodreviews.com.
Taiwanese heroic gore-shed time and welcome gain to the wonderful world of Taiwan movie buff and expert at putting entire scenes or entire movies in his movies: Chu Yen-ping. This episode, we talk of him dipping his toe into State Of Grace while also remaking it nearly fully and that work comes in the form of 1992’s Requital and 1994’s Hunting List. Click image or link below to access the show!
Taiwan Noir 17: Requital & Hunting List
Now that the 6 movie retrospective on the God of Gamblers series, sequels and spin off’s is done, all are conveniently located (including the werbsite exclusive bonus epoisode) via this link http://podcastonfire.com/category/podcast-on-fire/gambling-season/. You can also click either image below to access all shows on one page.
Treasure hunt, burn victims, kung-fu, Mad Max, farts. All in a day’s work for Taiwan’s Chu Yen-ping.
Full, written review available at sogoodreviews.com.
For this episode, we give Korea’s seemingly rare venture into fairy tale horror and fantasy in the form of Yim Pil-sung’s Hansel And Gretel from 2007 a look. A title brought to the UK through Terracotta Distribution so with Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid is also Joey Leung of Terracotta. Click image or link below to access the show.
What’s Korean Cinema? 16 – Hansel And Gretel
