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. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music […]

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. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of […]

(Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed) Extending the short movie-coverage in What’s Korean Cinema? 43, Kenny B and Paul Quinn review Kim Ji-woon’s Memories, Park Chan-wook’s Cut and Bong Joon-ho’s Shaking Tokyo. Only some of the biggest Korean directors ever.

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. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at […]

The noodle making working class, as Tsui Hark sees it, as he directs and co-stars in Working Class from 1985. With Kenny B and Paul Fox. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Working Class […]

Two British teenagers are killed. It’s dubbed The Braemar Hill Murders. In 1992, a Category III film was made about their grisly fate. This is Suburb Murder. With Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. […]

If you were into With Or Without You and was wondering about the background of Jacky Cheung’s violent assassin Prince and Rosamund Kwan’s club girl Tweedy’s relationship, it gets told in more explicit, extended fashion in a prequel film: No More Love No More Death, with no more Leon Lai. With Kenny B and Phil […]

Combining wine and guns and magnetic bombs on location in France, we end the Leon Lai or Bye of it all with 2017’s Wine War. From DIRECTOR Leon Lai. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s […]

The story from Rich and Famous continues but it was Tragic Hero that introduced Hong Kong audiences to these characters. The two film gangster epic wraps up, in 1987’s Tragic Hero. With Kenny B and Phil G. Running times: 00m 00s – Intro/Tragic Hero background 25m 49s – Tragic Hero review Contact the show via […]

(Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed). Wong or Wrong is over. Bonus content isn’t as we take a look at In The Line Of Duty 4 with Michael Wong alongside the daredevil and asskicking duo Cynthia Khan and Donnie Yen and First Option from 1996 which […]

Johnny Wang turns to pornography. Not because the career was in shambles but he takes his brutality to the Category III classification, and ESSENTIALLY makes his last film. More on that later. With Kenny B and Tom K-W. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. […]