We talk of a director and his last movie before passing away at a young age. But we also talk of a director that was so revered and still is so we’ll have a meaty bio and discussion about what made Lee Man-hee so admired as well as reviewing his last movie The Road To […]

Director Ding Sheng goes for a third collaboration with star Jackie Chan after a period effort/buddy comedy/road movie with a heart in the form of Little Big Soldier and the hostage drama Police Story 2013. So for heist shenanigans in war times in the form of Railroad Tigers, is the duo going to be 3 […]

Welcome to the conclusion of Melodrama Season and while there’s still terminal disease in the air, one director tries to nurse his character back to life again in a different way and proves that even though he’s dead, Louis Koo will get third billing. That and more in our review and discussion of Derek Yee’s […]

For the second installment of Melodrama Season, we review another terminal disease-movie. But what happens when you structure it around finding the strength and will to live surrounded by a genuinely life-affirming atmos… well you get Joe Ma’s Funeral March from 2001. Starring one of the Twins. Also Michael Hui gets cancer meets Sidney Lumet’s […]

We’ve done Vampire, Jackie Chan and Gambling Season before but now for three episodes of Podcast On Fire, we look at a group of tear jerkers out of Hong Kong cinema. We open in 1993 the multiple award winner C’est La Vie, Mon Cheri, by Derek Yee. Also, Johnnie To directs Chow Yun-fat all the way […]

A dramatic attempt to steal the the golden ninja warrior. Women fighting each other in scenes of breathtaking violence. A gang of bloodthirsty thieves tries to outdo the forces of justice. Ninja supremacy in the fight against evil and tyranny. Running times: 00m 00ws – Intro/Golden Ninja Warrior review. 52m 42s – Mike Abbott biography/Death […]

The Aces Go Places series headed into its 4th part with profit as winds in their sails. Assigning Ringo Lam for the big budget, big scope production shot on international locations, for this series… things turn real and violent all of a sudden. This is The Director’s Series on Ringo Lam’s Aces Go Places IV. […]

Before there was the On Fire’s, the master in training would start shaping his voice in genres he’d rarely if ever was associated with. It’s the tale of Ringo Lam and this is The Director’s Series on his debut Esprit D’Amour. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to […]

Actor, martial artist, teacher and fitness instructor Don Niam sits down with Kenny B to talk of his background, the opportunities during his journey, working on Godfrey Ho’s Undefeatable, its lasting cult appeal, how to craft different skills as you go through your life as a professional business owner and gives us the lowdown on […]

Jimmy Wang Yu dones the One Armed Boxer persona again and takes on the blind master of the flying guillotine IN… Master Of The Flying Guillotine. We’ll also be talking about The Shaolin Invincibles, widely known as “the one with the gorillas.” Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to […]