#simon yam

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放‧逐 / Exiled Johnnie To. 2006

Square Largo do Lilau, Macau See in map

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Bullet in the Head Thai poster (John Woo, 1990)

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i would visit you every week in jail lmao

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S.M.A.R.T. Chase (2017)

My rating: 6/10

Very silly, but reasonably entertaining, with some very pretty people doing Cool Action Shit while some really rather solid tunes are playing - it ain't great, but it's a fun enough way to pass the time.

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Simon Yam for the cover of VW Magazine - October 2023

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'PTU' – one night on the mean streets of Hong Kong on Criterion Channel

Set over one long night in the gang-infested urban district of Hong Kong, PTU (Hong Kong, 2003) tracks the fallout as Sgt. Lo (Lam Suet), a morally unkempt cop in the anti-crime unit who uses his badge for special favors from the local business, hustles to recover a lost gun, a failure that could derail his career. The title stands for Police Tactical Unit, a special team that patrols the…

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THE SIMON YAM FILES Episode 11: Eye in the Sky (2007) 任達華檔案 第 10 集 跟蹤

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My @letterboxd review of Ip Man (2008)

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Jin shouzhi

Jin shouzhi (2023) #FelixChong #TonyLeungChiuwai #AndyLau #CharleneChoi #SimonYam #PhilipKeung Merh auf:

金手指 / The Goldfinger Jahr: 2023 (Dezember) Genre: Action / Krimi Regie: Felix Chong Hauptrollen: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Andy Lau, Charlene Choi, Simon Yam, Philip Keung, Tai-Bo, Oliver Williams, Carlos Chan, Alex Fong, Nick Ford, Kar Lok Chin, Shafin, Catherine Chau, Philippe Joly, Kai-Wa Ho … Filmbeschreibung: Der Film spielt in den 1980er Jahren und zeigt die harten Machenschaften zwischen…

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MAN ON THE EDGE

Bin yun hang ze (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) MAN ON THE EDGE Bin yun hang ze (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Director Ming-Sing Wong Cast Richie Jen, Simon Yam, Alex Fong, Sammo Hung Music by Anthony Chue Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Lok, a Hong Kong undercover policeman, struggles in the conspiracy between gangs and the police in order to investigate the truth of gangs’…

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I went into this film, having only seen the trailer from like a year ago. I don't know why I was surprised from begining to end lmao.

小时候在想，现在爱的死去活来的爱豆，他们老了，不帅了， 我还会喜欢吗？Growing up I always thought about the idols I liked - like if they got older and no longer as handsome, would I still like them?

lmfao too young, too naive. of course the answer is yes.

喜欢你年轻的样子，更喜欢你老了的样子❤️

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Ip Man (2008)

Ip Man is a marvel. It tells a great story that allows you to become invested in its characters. It also delivers the kind of fight scenes that will have you on the edge of your seat despite already knowing who will win at the end. If Donnie Yen wasn’t already on your radar, he will be after this.

Based on true events, Wing Chun master Ip Man (Donnie Yen) is the undisputed master of martial arts in Fohsan - a city renowned for its schools of hand-to-hand combat. After the Japanese invade China in 1937, General Miura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) recruits former masters and pits them against his Karate students as part of their training. Though Ip Man has always shunned fighting for its own sake, he is pulled into the conflict.

A quick summary of the film does not do it justice, as the story is essentially split into two parts. The first is dedicated to building up our protagonist. In other martial arts films, this would mean humble beginnings, an early defeat, the meeting of a master, many training montages and then a victorious rematch. Ip Man begins with its titular character already at the top of his game. The fights are partially about showing you how good he is at deflecting blows and retaliating but mostly, they’re used to tell you who Ip Man is. When he engages a fellow teacher in his own home, Ip Man insists on keeping the results of the fight a secret because he knows he’s the best. He chooses to fight behind closed doors because he knows Liu Chiu (Gordon Lam) needs to maintain a certain reputation and pride to make a living. When the formidable Kam Shan-chu (Fan Siu-wong) stomps into town looking for a fight, you’re not watching, wondering Ip Man will lose, you’re looking forward to seeing him in a duel with someone who isn’t his friend. See what director Raymond Wong did there? There’s an escalation between the two battles because of the relationships.

The second part begins when Foshan is utterly devastated by the invading Japanese. The stakes felt high before. Now they are for different reasons. You don’t think Ip Man could lose a fight but wonder what a victory might cost him. General Miura may admire Chinese martial arts… but he’s still at the head of an army that massacred thousands and his second-in-command (Tenma Shibuya) is eager to cut down anyone that would stand up to them. If Ip Man isn’t harmed, his his wife, Cheung Wing-sing (Lynn Hung) or son might be. Using the number of opponents, Ip Man’s mood, his family, his opponents and the setting, director Wilson Yup continuously finds ways to keep you on edge.

The action scenes are masterly choreographed. We see Ip Man fighting all sorts of different opponents and to mix things up, we also get to see other martial artists take on villains using a variety of styles. You feel the impact of every strike but you don't want to miss a single second of the action and prevent yourself from closing your eyes as you wince. For any one of them, Ip Man is worth seeing but this is not the kind of movie that’ll make you want to jump from one fight to the next. The quieter moments are just as important/compelling. They give you a necessary break from the action and allow the actors to show off their dramatic chops. We don’t demand convincing performances from martial arts movies - they already do so much with the stunts - so this picture is going above and beyond.

There are a few blips in the 108-minute running time where Ip Man can feel just the teeniest bit nationalistic - even though I’d say the Japanese invaders are handled remarkably evenhandedly considering everything. Still, there are a couple of shots here and there where non-Chinese audiences will wonder “What are you REALLY trying to say here, movie?” It’s nothing that’ll bother you too much, not when what you came to see is this well done. Thanks to the wartime setting and the main character’s family given much more attention than expected, this is a surprisingly layered film, a great pick if you’re trying to get someone else into martial arts films. They won’t even mind the subtitles because the drama is strong enough on its own. This is just the first part in a long series and I can't wait to see what's next. (Original Cantonese with English subtitles, March 5, 2021)

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A Light Never Goes Out 灯火阑珊 (2022) Director: Anastasia Tsang [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

A Light Never Goes Out    灯火阑珊 　 「Deng huo lan shan」 Release Date: March 02nd, 2023 Duration: 103 mins. Director: Anastasia Tsang Writer: Anastasia Tsang, Tsoi So-Man (Screenplay), Starring: Sylvia Chang, Simon Yam, Cecilia Choi, Henick Chou, Alma Kwok, Jacky Hoo-Yin Tong, Website IMDB One of the dominant images of Hong Kong films of the 80s and 90s is of the neon signs that sparkled brightly as…

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these pathetic middle aged men make me SICK