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Sammo Hung

Wu Assassins star Byron Mann on The Modelizer – the film is a ‘love letter to Hong Kong’

by Haddis Thomas
Wu Assassins star Byron Mann on The Modelizer – the film is a ‘love letter to Hong Kong’

Mann in a still from The Modelizer. Photo: Berton Chang “I have a deep love of Hong Kong. And I made this movie for Hong Kong,” says its screenwriter-star. “I …

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Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In movie review – Kowloon Walled City reimagined in Soi Cheang martial arts spectacle

by Haddis Thomas
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In movie review – Kowloon Walled City reimagined in Soi Cheang martial arts spectacle

3/5 stars Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is a mega-budget martial arts spectacle that emphatically delivers on its two main promises: an exhilarating display of bone-crunching violence and an …

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Hong Kong’s Avenue of Stars has star-studded opening in 2004 with Jet Li, Sammo Hung in attendance – from the SCMP archive

by Haddis Thomas
Hong Kong’s Avenue of Stars has star-studded opening in 2004 with Jet Li, Sammo Hung in attendance – from the SCMP archive

A star-studded event marked the opening of a new attraction in Tsim Sha Tsui’s harbourfront on April 27, 2004. We look at the Post’s coverage of the ceremony and the …

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Hong Kong martial arts film icon Sammo Hung on his career, stars including Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating

by Haddis Thomas
Hong Kong martial arts film icon Sammo Hung on his career, stars including Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating

“Amitabha!”, Hung shouted in character, before climbing up three tables stacked on top of each other and then somersaulting back to the ground. He hurt his leg, was in great …

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How prolific actor Wu Ma became a film director, and why The Dead and the Deadly, with Sammo Hung, is his best film

by Haddis Thomas
How prolific actor Wu Ma became a film director, and why The Dead and the Deadly, with Sammo Hung, is his best film

He directed more than 45 films and acted in over 300 films, so it’s not an exaggeration to say that Wu was indeed the hardest-working man in Hong Kong show …

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What happened in Hong Kong cinema during the 1970s beyond Bruce Lee and the New Wave movement: Michael Hui, Jackie Chan, the rise of kung fu and sex movies, and more

by Haddis Thomas
What happened in Hong Kong cinema during the 1970s beyond Bruce Lee and the New Wave movement: Michael Hui, Jackie Chan, the rise of kung fu and sex movies, and more

Lee did not make an appearance until Way of The Dragon (1972) showed up in seventh place, behind foreign blockbusters like Jaws and The Towering Inferno, and Chor Yuen’s popular …

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Most read of 2023: Hong Kong’s Audrey Hepburn, a sex bomb with US$250,000 breasts: your 7 favourite celebrity profiles

by Haddis Thomas
Most read of 2023: Hong Kong’s Audrey Hepburn, a sex bomb with US0,000 breasts: your 7 favourite celebrity profiles

Looking back at 2023, a series that shone a spotlight on major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades proved popular with readers. Profiles of Isabella Leong Lok-sze and …

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Ann Hui’s Ah Kam, starring Michelle Yeoh and Sammo Hung, and the accident Yeoh suffered on set that left director fearing she had broken her neck

by Haddis Thomas
Ann Hui’s Ah Kam, starring Michelle Yeoh and Sammo Hung, and the accident Yeoh suffered on set that left director fearing she had broken her neck

“Ah Kam exemplifies not just how she jumps between totally different screen stories, but also how they can come together in a single picture.” Don’t call me gweilo: how Michael …

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Sammo Hung: from being Jackie Chan’s boss to honing Michelle Yeoh’s talent, 8 little-known facts about the Hong Kong martial arts star

by Haddis Thomas
Sammo Hung: from being Jackie Chan’s boss to honing Michelle Yeoh’s talent, 8 little-known facts about the Hong Kong martial arts star

Hung lived with his grandparents, but has said that their involvement in the movie industry had no influence on his later film career. When he joined the China Drama Academy, …

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