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  • 2046 (2004)
    Review preview for 2046

    Moments are frozen into memory in a way that overrides context.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A trip to a place where the past remains unchanged - but is it all in the mind?
  • Ashes Of Time Redux (2008)
    Review preview for Ashes Of Time Redux

    Each of these storylines wash over one another, refusing to take on a fully-fledged shape and yet they have a surprisingly cohesive cumulative effect.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The director's rescored, re-cut and restored version of his 1994 tale of love and regret.
  • As Tears Go By (1988)
    A jaded triad tries to stop his "little brother" going down the same path to violence he did.
  • Centre Stage (1992)
    Review preview for Centre Stage

    Kwan aptly probes the boundaries between reality and fiction that were so paper thin during Ruan’s own life.

    Dean Bowman · 4.5 out of 5
    Portrait of the tragic life of the Chinese Greta Garbo, Ruan Lingyu.
  • Clean (2004)
    A struggling singer attempts to pull her life together and reconcile with her son after her rock star husband dies from a heroin overdose.
  • Days Of Being Wild (1991)
    Review preview for Days Of Being Wild

    Wong's depiction of character is second to none.

    Emma Slawinski · 3.5 out of 5
    Rebellious Casanova caught in a love triangle in 1960s Hong Kong.
  • Hero (2002)
    Review preview for Hero

    Every cinematic trick in the book to make Hero's violence as sexy as a car commercial

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Visually ravishing fable of maverick warriors in ancient China.
  • In The Mood For Love (2000)
    Review preview for In The Mood For Love

    The film is so subtle and slow and internalised that it crystalises into a thing of beauty.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The history of a love affair that never was.
  • Jackie Chan's Police Story And Police Story 2 (2018)
    Review preview for Jackie Chan's Police Story And Police Story 2

    Two of Jackie Chan's most popular films.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A limited edition box set featuring two of the martial arts master's best loved films.
  • Police Story (1985)
    Review preview for Police Story

    Constantly inventive and packed full of things you shouldn't try at home.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his good name when the drug lords he is after frame him for the murder of a dirty cop.
  • Police Story 2 (1988)
    Review preview for Police Story 2

    With a simple plot but a lot of energy, the film careers from one sequence to the next, pausing only briefly for evil scheming or angstful romance scenes.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

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