5 movies or shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, September 13-15

See a thriller with James McAvoy or a comedy with Sandra Ng at cinemas; stream Hong Kong’s most-watched film of 2024 or a Kim Woo-bin movie

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Louis Koo (left) and Raymond Lam in a still from Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Hong Kong’s highest-grossing movie, available to stream on Disney+ this weekend.

Published: 11:15am, 12 Sep 2024Updated: 11:40am, 12 Sep 2024

This weekend, cinema-goers have the choice of a Hollywood thriller remake and a Hong Kong comedy featuring Sandra Ng’s best performance in years.

For those who missed Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Hong Kong’s highest grossing movie of the year – in cinemas, you can stream it from this weekend.

Also recommended for streaming are two contrasting Korean comedies, one a series, the other a film.

1. Speak No Evil

Horror hit factory Blumhouse Productions’ remake of the celebrated 2022 Danish thriller features Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis as a holidaying American couple who accept an invitation from James McAvoy’s seemingly affable doctor to stay at his British family’s country house.

No sooner have they arrived than the weekend takes a violent and menacing turn.

McAvoy has shown his darker side in the past, and here he again is at his best as the story’s deranged villain.

While it is a valid argument that this remake has failed to recapture the provocative, satirical edge of the original, Speak No Evil is still a highly effective, slow-burn thriller that should satisfy most genre fans.