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Tag: Asian cinema

Podcast On Fire 347: Flaming Brothers

A year after Chow Yun-fat became the cinematic acting representative of heroic brotherhood painted in blood, i.e. heroic bloodshed, we got another one in the form of Flaming Brothers from 1987. With Kenny B and Phil G. Read More

Podcast On Fire 346: Hand Of Death

John Woo, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, the countdown to on-screen and behind the scenes-stardom has begun for all of them in Hand Of Death aka Countdown In Kung Fu. With Kenny B and Paul Fox. Read More

Podcast On Fire 345: Mr. Nice Guy

After First Strike made action noise in Australia, Jackie remains down under for 90 minutes of being chased around Melbourne and using everything the city has to offer to fight back. But he’s a nice guy, in Mr. Nice Guy from 1997. With Kenny B and Phil G.
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What’s Korean Cinema? 63 – Badland Hunters, The Chaser & Exhuma

Kenny B and Paul Quinn discuss a trio of recent Korean films that can be found on streaming or digital, on blu ray, and on the cinema screens: Badland Hunters, The Chaser and Exhuma. Read More

Podcast On Fire 341: The Big Heat

The combined efforts of Johnnie To, Tsui Hark and Fatal Termination’s Andrew Kam gives us what is possibly the goriest gunplay film of its time: 1988’s The Big Heat. With Kenny B and Phil G. Read More

Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 58: The Moon Warriors

(Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed).

It turns out the duo of Mabel Cheung and Alex Law wrote and directed parts of Sammo Hung’s 1992 Wuxia movie The Moon Warriors. It’s not as odd and scandalous as it sounds. Kenny B and Tom K-W break it down for you.