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It’s The Thomas Crown Affair Hong Kong style in the form of 1987’s Easy Money. With Michelle Yeoh as the thief and George Lam as the sexy insurance investigator with a killer laserdisc and vhs collection. Also, that magnificent George Lam in his flying machine. Which has a place within the body of an actioner set […]

Stephen Chow returns, reprises, puts forth a variation of his secret agent character and is Agent 00 Q Division essentially in the smash hit Forbidden City Cop. Also, Chow Yun-fat continues his Hollywood adventure and this time gets a meaty role vs Jodie Foster in Anna And The King. No singing. No Yul Brunner.  With Kenny […]

Mainland filmmaker Feng Xiao Gang does a 2 hour epic covering the Cultural Revolution and the Sino Vietnamese War… mostly from the perspective of a performance arts troupe. A small story set amidst big, changing times, Kenny B speaks of the film and also about that time he threw out almost all his dvd… covers. […]

It’s the start of the adventures of the young, mostly impossibly handsome triad punks and their journey towards rising in the ranks of the Hung Hing triad society and that comes in the form of Young And Dangerous from 1996. We also take a look at the follow up to the Jet Li vehicle Fong […]

BMW Films followed up their popular series of short films a year later, with an additional three and repping Asia and specifically Hong Kong this time was John Woo. And in 2016, BMW Films acknowledged the 15th anniversary of the project by debuting a brand new short called The Escape. With Kenny B and Paul […]

In 2001, BMW released a series of short films for the internet starring Clive Owen. Showcasing their chosen models of cars but also giving said directors the freedom to inject their style and voices, across 3 seasons, this included Asian talent such as John Woo, Ang Lee and Wong Kar-Wai and over the next two […]

The chat with Sophia Crawford continues and in this concluding part, the journey sees her leaving Asia for America and finding Power Rangers and Buffy The Vampire Slayer along the way. 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. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby (bri...

In the first of two parts, actress, martial artist and stuntwoman Sophia Crawford chats with Kenny B about her upbringing in England and what key events led her to a career in Hong Kong action movies. 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. Music courtesy [&#...

Tyler Miller and Kenny B conclude their chat. In this part we talk Shaw Brothers directors such as Lau Kar-Leung and Chang Cheh, there’s further origin stories for network shows such as What’s Korean Cinema? and This Week In Sleaze, Korean and sleazy recommendations and Tyler schools Ken on Japanese cinema. Contact the show via email […]

This time we bring you something from the archives. Initially done for the Tyler Miller-hosted show Apologize To The Podcast, this was never published but Tyler was kind enough to let us re-use it. Mainly it’s here because it’s good conversation but also anchored by Tyler’s excellent preparation makes it deserving of airing. In this […]

Welcome back to the George Lam Defaming Sessions! It’s here we determine whether George Lam is Lam… or Lame. Movies chosen for judgment: Banana Cop which sees George play a British Born Chinese and has adventures with a criminal in London played by Teddy Robin Kwan while searching for another. Also, he’s a stupid vampire having […]

Director Lau Kar-leung takes us and the Master Killer Gordon Liu back to Shaolin temple and the 36 Chambers in Return To The 36th Chamber. This time it’s funny. Also, Wong Jing makes fun of Jackie Chan and then his action team makes a ‘Die Hard’ movie starring Jet Li. With Kenny B and Mike […]

It’s the end of the ‘Aces Go Places’-series and with young faces accompanying the veteran cast that’s aided by a veteran kung fu filmmaker, how does the 5th entry The Terracotta Hit fare? Also, with a little help from Columbia Tri Star, Corey Yuen does impeccable looking girls with guns in So Close from 2002. With […]

It’s the biggest movie out of China of all time and yet it’s so familiar to anyone who watched a big, bombastic action movie from the 80s or 90s out of Hollywood. But who says you can’t adhere to that formula, in 2017? Kenny B chats solo about Wu Jing’s Wolf Warrior II and also flashes […]

Sammo Hung is haunted by alpha male superstar cop David Chiang, tries to romance Joey Wong and gets the crap beaten out of him by Hwang Jang-Lee in Where’s Officer Tuba from 1986 and Yuen Biao plays soccer with the Yuen Clan in The Champions. With Kenny B and the official travelling man of the […]

We close out 2017 with the return of the Podcast On Fire Network Virtual Pub Quiz! Reigning champion Kenny B is your Lord Quizmaster and the contestants are Tom K-W, Paul Fox (East Screen West Screen) and Todd Stadtman (author of Please Don’t Be Waiting For Me). The show is definitely not sponsored by Hallmark.

In this concluding part of the interview, Bruce talks us through the journey of going back to Vancouver and eventually setting in motion production on his feature debut as director: Beyond Redemption. 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. Music courtesy of...

In this first out of two part-interview with Canadian stuntman, actor and now filmmaker Bruce Fontaine, we cover his Vancouver beginnings, the transition to Hong Kong, favourite movie experiences as a Western action performer and the chance to lead at IFD Films And Arts in the likes of Kickboxer King. Contact the show via email […]

The versatile, productive and often always interesting Herman Yau can work any genre and for 2017’s Shock Wave, he gives us Andy Lau’s bomb disposal officer vs Mainland terrorists out for revenge. Kenny B goes solo and also shares some recent viewing- and gaming experiences. Including thoughts on the conclusion of a long anime TV-series. […]

For Chow Yun-fat’s second American movie The Corruptor, he talks and talks and teams up with Marky Mark. And Yuen Woo-ping continues his run of martial arts comedies (after firmly setting the standard earlier), this time giving his brother Yuen Shun-yi the lead in 1980’s The Buddhist Fist. With Kenny B and special co-host Dr. […]

So here we are… ready to rip apart another actor akin to what we did with Alan Tam. But we judged his filmography fairly ultimately and that’s what we’re going to do across a number of episodes for George Lam as well. Dubbed The George Lam Defaming Sessions where we determine if he’s Lam Or […]

Vincent Zhao and Sammo Hung take on Japanese pirates led by Yasuaki Kurata in Gordon Chan’s Mainland epic God Of War. With Kenny B who also speaks about Police Story on VHS, romantic anime and Donnie Yen’s Kung Fu Jungle. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to ou...

We go back and examine Tsui Hark’s groundbreaking special effects extravaganza Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain to see whether its Chinese roots mixed with Western special effects knowhow still has a place in Hong Kong cinema history and Sammo Hung reverses kung fu comedy tropes while also making his characters rage and beat the […]

Director Ding Sheng goes for a third collaboration with star Jackie Chan after a period effort/buddy comedy/road movie with a heart in the form of Little Big Soldier and the hostage drama Police Story 2013. So for heist shenanigans in war times in the form of Railroad Tigers, is the duo going to be 3 […]

Welcome to the conclusion of Melodrama Season and while there’s still terminal disease in the air, one director tries to nurse his character back to life again in a different way and proves that even though he’s dead, Louis Koo will get third billing. That and more in our review and discussion of Derek Yee’s […]