It seems on track to justifying that claim. More details at twitchfilm.com/2015/05/udine-2015-review-political-thriller-helios-aims-high-but-misfires.html, Hong Kong action movies (end of the 70's, 80's, 90's and beyond), Asian Movie Enthusiast’s Hong Kong Cinema Recommendations, www.youtube.com/user/TheSilverSpleen/videos?view=0&sort=da&flow=list. This review may contain spoilers. Erik, the Asian Movie Enthusiast presents: A discussion on my general thoughts and experiences with Hong Kong cinema. DC8 will be sold to the highest bidder within the next week. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. It’s…, Every movie reviewed on TheSilverSpleen YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/TheSilverSpleen/videos?view=0&sort=da&flow=list. also sj siwon? And Professor Siu is incense at this power play. Helios is another film where Chang plays a Korean, just like he did in numerous K-pop MVs and also in Passion Island, where he was paired with, coincidentally, Janice Man. And the results are... well, it was a last resort for a reason. Got some decent action scenes, but other then that Chek dou [Helios] (2015) gives you only a limited reason to care. KR is well ok but JP is unnatural deep and flat. Definitely a good appeal to the movie. Leung and Luk have seemingly taken a step forward from the office politics-obsessed “action” of Cold War. He is adding the breaths and "uhmms" everywhere. Die Liste wurde am 02.08.2020 aktualisiert. On the surface, Helios is first-rate, with slick production values that rival similar genre films from other Asian territories. An international response team must come together to find a stolen weapon of mass destruction, in spite of very different prerogatives. The Hong Kong players are CTRU (Counter Terrorism Response Unit) leader Eric Lee Yan-Ming (Nick Cheung) and his subordinate Fan Ka-Ming (Shawn Yue). really? But the discussion is rendered moot because the situation is solved without the need for a difficult choice. Nach Cold War der zweite Film des Regieduos Sunny Luk und Longmond Leung. Jacky Cheung, Wang Xueqi and Nick Cheung are reliable pros. Shout out to @travsaus for megaphone tankman! Wanted criminal "Helios" and his assistant stole a quantity of uranium and plan to produce weapons of mass destruction. But they do prevent chicken and duck talk, plus they make for a few inadvertently amusing moments when everyone hurriedly digs the earpieces out of their pockets to keep up with the conversation. Let's hope that their next film will be less showy and a bit more respectful to its audience. I am totally missing the variation and the sarcastic tone Helios is supposed to have. This book is told from the point of view of Circe, daughter of the sun Titan Helios. Story-wise, it feels like a first in a trilogy or series and as such this movie doesn't resolve itself as you'd hope. Multi-lingual, big-budget crime epic full of intrigue, good stunts, and the complicated drama you would expect from a Hong Kong crime movie. I know it may be odd to talk about “spoilers” when this is the story of a mythological character, but there are reasons for that and I will explain in the review. Which is odd because the film seems more about DC8. The film was released on 30 April 2015 in China and 1 May 2015 in Hong Kong. A nuclear device, DC8, has been stolen from South Korea. After 2 hours, this movie does not end. Directed by Sunny Luk Kim-Ching, Longmond Leung Lok-Man. And the action sequences are nicely choreographed and executed in a very realistic and believable manner. Compounding matters is the ending; similar to Cold War, Helios ends without complete closure. from the second it started and in every scene i had no idea what was going on and all I could do was just stare at chang chens horrendous one side 5x5cm sidecut thinking what this movie could've been if any thought had gone into it, which probs still wouldn't be much but one can dream. Directed by Lok Man Leung, Lok Man Leung, Kim-Ching Luk. Film data from TMDb. The company reported the move in … Chief Inspector Lee Yinming and Inspector Fan Kaming lead the Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. The story concerns the theft of DC8, a South Korea-developed nuclear weapon that’s small enough to fit in your carry-on bag – a serious problem for totally obvious reasons. For less inclined audiences, the ideas are abstruse and likely won’t resonate. Aside from some stilted English, every actor speaks their native tongue, a development made possible by large translation earpieces that the characters wear. Song An’s plan is basically to use DC8 to remind the world that China is in the driver’s seat. Helios (赤道; Cek3 Dou6 in Cantonese and Chì Dào in Mandarin) is a 2015 Hong Kong terrorism thriller movie written by Longman Leung and Sunny Luk, the same duo who also directed Film/Cold War 2012.The movie stars Jacky Cheung, Nick Cheung, Shawn Yue, Wang Xueqi, Fen Wenjuan, Choi Siwon, Ji Jin-Hee, Yoon Jin-Yi, Chang Chen and Janice Man. Man is five-foot-five and skinny, but her physical performance as a badass assassin is surprisingly effective. The Wandering Earth (Chinese: 流浪地球; pinyin: liúlàng dìqiú) is a 2019 Chinese science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo, loosely based on the 2000 novella The Wandering Earth by Liu Cixin.The film stars Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie, Ng Man-tat, Zhao Jinmai, Wu Jing and Qu Jingjing. Who manages some vulnerability when not scowling or brooding. The earpieces never seem like a credible detail. Similarly, many plot twists come off as arbitrary – particularly. Thanks to a concerted effort from this team and lots of bullets flying, DC8 is recovered and the bad guys skulk off to lick their wounds and plot retaliation. Report this film. The Koreans aren’t so hot on the idea either, but Eric Lee and Fan Ka-Ming suck it up and do their jobs. An underrated, hidden gem crime drama - Full of plot twists, mind blowing, and keeps you on the edge of your seat! Pathetic! The film clicks along at a decent pace, and the long conversations usually provide something to chew on. Atropos plays her mind, like the planet Solaris with its sentient ocean in the movie of the same name or the Shimmer in Annihilation, that's the cosmic horror it's inspired by.