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Actor, martial artist, teacher and fitness instructor Don Niam sits down with Kenny B to talk of his background, the opportunities during his journey, working on Godfrey Ho’s Undefeatable, its lasting cult appeal, how to craft different skills as you go through your life as a professional business owner and gives us the lowdown on […]

Jimmy Wang Yu dones the One Armed Boxer persona again and takes on the blind master of the flying guillotine IN… Master Of The Flying Guillotine. We’ll also be talking about The Shaolin Invincibles, widely known as “the one with the gorillas.” Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSC...

The Inspector Wears Skirts-formula returns in Special Female Force and Renny Harlin attempts to craft buddy cop action comedy-gold in Skiptrace, starring Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville. The latest Dynasty Report to be filed comes courtesy of Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or T...

We jump ahead to the 80s resurgence of Hideo Gosha! Different style of filmmaking to a degree, different topics and characters to craft character-based cinema out of, in Onimasa we will talk of perhaps, the most gentle Hideo Gosha movie to date. With Kenny B and VCinema’s Coffin Jon. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, […]

20 years ago, the best American produced Hong Kong action film was released. That movie is Steve Wang’s Drive from 1997 and as fans of Hong Kong cinema, it’s a delight to be talking of when other filmmakers, craftsmen and actors do the Hong Kong style well. With Kenny B and the creator of Podcast […]

We love Tsui Hark in loony bit parts. What about a feature then? We’ll discuss and review his role, the pairing with John Shum and a robotic Sally Yeh in I Love Maria from 1988. Also, somewhere along the way Wong Jing wanted to a Street Fighter movie. Only he couldn’t. So he still did […]

For the 30th episode of What’s Korean Cinema, we return to reviewing something from the cannon of one of the key figures out of the early millenium new wave Korean cinema: Park Chan-wook. But he has proven to be of value to the scene even today and we’ll be looking at is his 2016 erotic […]

From Shin Sang-ok, our legendary man that would end up in North Korea making movies has made low budget crime films, enticing horror and now from 1961, we get a black and white romance called Mother And A Guest. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Shin Sang-ok biography & discussion 27m 14s – Mother And A Guest […]

Jet Li plays yet another Chinese folk hero during the busy wire-fu 90s and Cinema City takes the Aces Go Places-series to more firm James Bond-places. This episode therefore we review Corey Yuen’s martial arts comedy Fong Sai Yuk from 1993 and Aces Go Places III, this time directed by Tsui Hark, from 1984. With […]

A dynamic, action packed thriller pitting an innocent man against a blood sucking witch. A gang of wizard warriors fight their way out of the witch’s desperate plan. A gripping story of international co-operation. See the American Interpol make a deal with the ancient Japanese samurai sect. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, […]

Let’s talk some fucking partying! With Herman Yau. Partying from 2007 like it’s 1993 as he returned with a Cat III black magic movie at that time starring Mark Cheng and called Gong Tau: An Oriental Black Magic and we watch Loletta Lee go from cute girl in a variety of 80s movies to nude […]

After a successful outing with Winners And Sinners, the comedic (and somewhat lecherous) gang dubbed the Lucky Stars return in My Lucky Stars. With Sammo at the helm, the formula generated another box office hit. We’ll find out how this action-comedy fares and in fact we got a Sammo directing double bill brewin’ here. Featuring […]

The Alan Tam Crapping Hour concludes. First up, the sequel to Once Upon A Time A Hero In China called Master Wong Vs Master Wong. Featuring Alan Tam as a rather useless Wong Fei Hung and really the Wong Fei Hung no one asked for but we got anyway. To cap it all off, we […]

Want to be kicked in the balls, experience complex psychology and be filled with positivity? Korea made one such movie for ya and it’s 2008’s A Man Who Was Superman. Starring the sassy girl, we’ll tell you all about it. With Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid‘s Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Jeong Yoon-cheol biography […]

On this episode, we go back to 1983’s Declaration Of Idiot, directed by Lee Jang-ho. A silly, little art film from a director who didn’t want anyone to like it. It’s now considered a classic. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Production-background 28m 32s – Lee Jang-ho biography & discussion 41m 40s – Declaration Of Idiot review Contact […]

A director with a classic touch and classics under his belt (except New Police Story according to Ken), we’re here this episode to review Benny Chan’s latest action epic Call Of Heroes from 2016. A discussion that also serves as a welcome back party for UK’s Cine Asia. With Kenny B and Phil G. A […]

After being in the zone as kung fu comedy filmmakers and action-performers, the Yuen Clan or family turned to a real legend and more of an attempt at serious filmmaking. Therefore we talk and review Yuen Woo-Ping’s Legend Of A Fighter in the first half. In the second, we turn to the follow up the […]

The Asian film industry of the mid 70s was infused with the spirit of sharing–or, at least, borrowing. And often without permission. One of the results of this was a series of incredibly strange hybrid superhero films that were just as likely to include figures from Thai folklore as they were mad scientists and damsels […]

This episode we’re looking at recent/somewhat recent efforts from giant innovators of Hong Kong action cinema… now in their elder years. Sammo Hung returns to the directing chair for the first time in nearly 20 years to divide his time between drama and action in The Bodyguard and Jackie Chan extends the Police Story film series […]

Let’s talk some fucking stampeding, birthday party-rape and shameless exploitation filmmaking! Yes, proving that making a skin flick is not low enough, one time director Cheung Chung-chi decided to frame a Charlie Cho bonk-a-thon around a real life New Years Eve tragedy. That became Lan Kwai Fong Swingers from 1993. But in the first half […]

Kenny B gathers Stewart Sutherland, Todd Stadtman, Paul Quinn and Paul Fox for the end of year chat covering a variety of topics including charity, Christmas creature features, Korea’s big year in cinema, lackluster remakes OF Korean movies and when there’s no more Hong Kong Christmas movies, let’s talk Lunar New Year ones instead! Thank […]

Stepping it up cinematically and making his Wuxia pian debut, Ronny Yu emerged as a voice as one to be reckoned with. Therefore we’ll be reviewing his 1993 movie The Bride With White Hair, starring Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin. Fast forward to a director who was setting the action cinema on fire (and some of […]

In this episode I give you one from the archives but not OUR archives. In 2013 I had the honor of guesting on Podcast Without Honor And Humanity episode 100 and its host Jacob and I talked Tsui Hark’s The Blade. Contact the show via eail at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to […]

Life is cheap, living currency for information wanted. A tale of greed and rivalry, ancient and modern. Betrayal and violence with moments of passion and love. Ninja fights ninja in a powerstruggle for supremacy. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed . Intro...

The first one ka-ching but awful, the second one ka-ching but awful, the third haaaalf-ching but awful. Three strikes for Wong Jing and his From Vegas To Macau-franchise so is this it then? Who knows but maybe it’s the last time Paul Fox and Dr. David Lam will review one of these movies before moving […]