Wong Kar Wai’s classic epic Ashes of Time is being “reworked” and rereleased as Ashes of Time Redux. You’ve got some of the biggest Hong Kong stars ever here including Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, and Brigitte Lin.
This animated sequence, based on the classical Chinese novel, “Journey to the West”, has been produced by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the men behind virtual band Gorillaz.
Christopher “C-DUB” Wang is a young Chinese-American man who presents himself with a streetwise, ghetto swagger and dreams of a career as a basketball star. But soon he finds his real gift as a ping-pong player and coach, leading an odd squad of students to a local championship.
Cinematic action masters Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai return with the explosive MAD DETECTIVE, an incendiary adventure full of delightfully off-kilter events and a fascinating journey into the human psyche.
The film is directed by John Woo and stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Lin Chi-ling and Zhao Wei. With an estimated budget of US$80 million, Red Cliff is the most expensive Asian-financed film to date.
John Woo’s epic Red Cliff recounts the Battle of Red Cliffs during the final days of the Han Dynasty.