I’m a huge fan of Hong Kong genre cinema myself. I’ll watch about anything, from mainstream movies (John Woo and Sammo Hung directed actioners for example), to the more obscure stuff. I especially like the industry’s supernatural horror output from the mid eighties to the early nineties. I get a real kick out of watching movies like the Mr. Vampire series and its countless ripoffs.
How about you? Do you have a favourite Hong Kong movie?
It’s kind of hard to say… Johnnie To’s movies with Sammi Cheng don’t get enough credit from the largely male HK film audience: Wu Yen, Love On A Diet, Needing You, and My Left Eye Sees Ghosts.
But in general To’s stuff gets enough international acclaim.
Or got acclaim. HK movies have really fallen off the radar since DVDs became obsolete due to streaming/piracy.
And that was a long time ago.
Honestly I haven’t watched anything new since 2007.
There’s a lot for me to catch up on!