Hong Kong had a prolific pre-1970s film industry, but it was the supremely talented and determined Bruce Lee who brought Hong Kong film to the international stage. This tiny island nation has been integral to the introduction of the martial arts genre to the rest of the world. One look at Uma Thurman's yellow jumpsuit in the Kill Bills is enough to show us this influence is still alive and very much kicking. After Lee's death in 1973 the industry lost some of its momentum and stuck to the tried and true chop socky formula, but by the 1980s a new talent was emerging in the form of John Woo, inventor of so-called 'balletic gunplay'. This style of shooting shoot-outs captured the imaginations of many young American film makers and emerges in films as diverse as 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'The Matrix'. The martial arts genre was reinvigorated by talents such as Jackie Chan and Jet Li who wanted to introduce more story into the action, and in recent years film maker Wong Kar Wai has challenged what it means to be an HK film, steering clear of Kung Fu and concentrating on more personal, quirky stories. Undoubtedly there is more to see from this exciting port of call... Right: There can be no more an iconic figure in the martial arts world, than the master himself, the late, great Bruce Lee.
Testosterone-soaked thriller from Hong Kong's Dante Lam, starring Edison Chen as a hot-headed cop recruited for an elite sniper team who find themselv... Read more
Jackie Chan takes a break from kung fu and flexes his dramatic muscle as a Chinese immigrant living illegally in Tokyo. In search of his girlfriend, t... Read more
General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) rescues a beautiful young woman, Xiao Wei (Zhou Xun), from the scene of a battle and takes her into his household, littl... Read more
Aka "The Assassin's Blade". Based on an ancient Chinese legend, Charlene Choi stars as Zhu Yanzhi, a girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to e... Read more
Starring legendary martial arts actor Sammo Hung, and produced by his buddy Jackie Chan, this film was shot in an actual martial arts school in Mainla... Read more
The life of Wing Chun legend (and mentor to Bruce Lee) Ip Man provides a career-defining role for martial arts leading man Donnie Yen, who not only br... Read more
A kung fu sports comedy with Jay Chou as an orphan who was raised in a martial arts school and whose ability to predict his opponent's moves makes him... Read more
Gen-X Hong Kong actioner with three cops who make it their personal mission to bring down a ruthless criminal gang, each for their own very different... Read more
Simon Yam is an average cop on the beat; his wife is disinterested in him, his mother-in-law is disappointed and he doesn't have any real friends to s... Read more
Hong Kong comedy king Stephen Chow directs and stars in this sci-fi family comedy as a struggling single father whose quest to find his son the perfec... Read more