Tse, who also directs the action, plays a customs officer who intercepts a boatload of weapons and single-handedly stops their terrorist owners grabbing them back in Herman Yau’s highly implausible film.

He got his first action director credit for Customs Frontline: Hong Kong actor/singer Nicholas Tse talks about how he avoided CGI, even for explosions, to keep the film’s stunts as real as possible.

The story of a group of assassins who disguise their hits as accidents, and their increasingly paranoid leader, is needlessly complicated in this remake. If there is some social commentary, it is obscured by chaos.

We look beyond the dangerous stunts and innovative action sequences, and martial arts stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, to discover why Hong Kong films have often travelled so well.

A teenage student cramming for Hong Kong’s university entrance exam joins YouTuber Hui Yin, who is resitting it at 30 to put right his past failures, in documentary Once Upon a Time in HKDSE.

Sho Miyake’s understated, refreshingly cliché-free drama tracks the lives of two people with different disorders who bond and grow more empathetic towards each other.

The Valiant Ones, King Hu’s 1975 martial arts drama, was rediscovered after being ‘lost’ for two decades. A film critic tells the Post why it stands out from the director’s other films.

Netflix anime The Imaginary follows an imaginary friend (voiced by Kokoro Terada) trying to get back to his human companion Amanda (Rio Suzuki) in a story that is heavily inspired by the films of Studio Ghibli.

Eason Chan is one of the most influential Hong Kong pop singers and has a won a string of awards in a three-decade career, despite taking some controversial stances and facing some low moments.

Formed Police Unit exists to serve as little more than a propaganda tool. It has the thinnest of plots, a shocking moment of blackface, and what little tension exists between characters soon dissipates.

Action star JuJu Chan Szeto and movie director Antony Szeto talk about the benefits of martial arts, how to pick the best one for you, and why their new baby looks set to follow in their footsteps.

With the release this month of Herman Yau’s Crisis Negotiators – which reimagines 1998 Hollywood movie The Negotiator – we consider 5 other Chinese-language remakes of films from the US.

Finance chief Paul Chan says extra government funding will help Hong Kong film industry break into international markets and promote city’s culture to the world.

Adults-only and mainstream crime films, sex films, and serious dramas with Alex Law and Ann Hui – Simon Yam has done them all. Good-looking and with an expressive face, he has a work ethic second to none.

South Korean actor Lee Je-hoon, best known for his role in K-drama Taxi Driver, endeared himself to viewers with his fearless approach to acting and his willingness to challenge himself in a variety of roles.

Lau Ching-wan plays a police hostage negotiator framed for murder and Francis Ng an ex-colleague in Herman Yau’s pale remake of Hollywood movie The Negotiator.

This Thai film follows a grandmother (played by Usha Seamkhum) who is diagnosed with a terminal disease and her predatory family members, each vying to be her ‘favourite’ to get the keys to her house.

Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho dominate the top 10 films ranked by the Korean Film Archive, with two entries each. Also there are Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry, and influential 1960 movie The Housemaid.

Gordon Liu, who sneaked off to learn kung fu behind his parents’ backs as a child, has had a career that spanned decades. Notably, he appeared as two different characters in the Kill Bill films.

Michael Cimino’s New York-set triad thriller Year of the Dragon, with Mickey Rourke and John Lone, wasted the chance to thoughtfully explore the American melting pot and instead went the racist route.

A baseball star who returns to Japan and inherits the superman role adopts a baby monster in Ultraman fan Shannon Tindle’s playful debut feature film.

Joey Wong, who retired at the peak of her career, was one of the most well-known actresses of the 1980s and 90s Hong Kong entertainment scene. We look back at her life and career, and at where she is today.

‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ has gripped the hearts of Southeast Asians, with many documenting their teary responses on social media.

He’s modelled for Longines and Berluti, was a Tour de France goodwill ambassador, and takes his mum on holidays ... he’ll also be in an upcoming film with Hong Kong actor Louis Koo

Hana Sugisaki and Tori Kuwana star in Izuru Narushima’s 52-Hertz Whales, a tough, immersive character drama that sees an abused woman try to save a boy from a similar fate.

One of eight emerging filmmakers awarded US$38,400 each at a Macau workshop, Ines Sothea is used to self-funding her short films. She talks about future plans and her novel debut, Rice.

Hit 2010 film Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, starring Andy Lau, had many of the hallmarks of Tsui Hark’s earlier wuxia films. Sammo Hung choreographed the action. Two more films followed.

Japanese film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo, with its lovelorn protagonist Tora-san, received a warm reception at recent screenings in Paris, highlighting France’s growing appetite for Japanese cinema.