Changing culture in Hong Kong around 1997 handover captured in Fruit Chan's films The Longest Summer and Little Cheung scmp.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scmp.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How Infernal Affairs II and III tried to emulate the success of the original with Andy Lau and Tony Leung, but couldn't scmp.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scmp.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hold You Tight and Lan Yu were daring films for their time. The first stars Chingmy Yau, then an actress in adults-only films, as a bored wife who has an affair, while the latter is a stylish gay drama.
Stunning action, Hollywood production values: how Johnnie To's PTU and Breaking News changed the game for Hong Kong crime movies in the 2000s scmp.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scmp.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Released in 1999, Andrew Lau’s martial arts film A Man Called Hero followed hot on the heels of his 1998 Hong Kong hit The Storm Riders, but the Infernal Affairs director couldn’t recreate its success.