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A veteran Muay Thai expert goes on a take-no-prisoners mission of revenge after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered by mysterious forces.
Dec 2024
Linghu Chong, a swordsman longing to leave the martial arts world, is drawn back into the clash between good and evil. On his journey, he unexpectedly crosses paths with Dongfang Bubai, the enigmatic leader of the Demonic Sect, leading to an unpredictable and tumultuous adventure through the martial arts realm.
Jan 2025
Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.
Dec 2018
The film's story unfolds in the fictional country of Laika and in Hong Kong, China. A police academy student who has not yet graduated, Ashan (played by Gu Bin), is tasked with a dangerous mission. He helps the criminal organization by eliminating obstacles for their leader, Atian (played by An Zhi Jie), in prison. Ashan approaches Atian, gains his trust, and collects evidence against the criminal group. After both of them are released from prison, Ashan assists Atian in rising within the criminal organization in Hong Kong. After enduring numerous challenges, Atian successfully replaces the group's leader, Bao Ge (played by Zeng Zhiwei), becoming the new boss and taking control of the organization. However, just as Ashan is about to complete his mission, his true identity is exposed.
Feb 2024
Ma Chenggang, a wealthy man in Xihong City, worries that his eldest son is too spoiled to succeed him. Determined to raise a capable successor, he takes an unconventional approach. They conceal their wealth, moving the family to a dilapidated neighborhood, and maintain an illusion of poverty, so that his son could develop qualities such as hard work, knowledge, careful budgeting, physical fitness, and perseverance.
Jul 2024
Aug 2023
The construction team blindly developed the unknown island, which alerted the two fierce creatures on the island to be destroyed.
Jan 2022
In 2012, the Hong Kong International Film Festival invited Tsai Ming-Ling to make the opening short film. Having grown up with Hong Kong's popular culture, Tsai Ming-Liang decided to pay homage by making a "Walker" film, contrasting the Walker's slowness with the frenzied pace of Hong Kong's cosmopolitan life. The film ends with a song by Hong Kong actor and singer Samuel Hui, who was Tsai Ming-Liang's idol during his youth. The film was invited to be the closing short film for the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
Sep 2012
The East Sea Dragon Maiden, Aruo, wholeheartedly searches for her beloved. At any cost, she arrives by the side of the mortal Wang Sheng. Meanwhile, the fox demon Xiaoman, desiring the precious Spirit Leaf on the Dragon Maiden, schemes to break Wang Sheng's heart. In desperation, Aruo uses the Spirit Leaf to mend Wang Sheng's heart. Thus, a "heart-snatching" contest unfolds between the two women, with Wang Sheng at the center
Apr 2024
The classic legend is adapted, and the descendants of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden continue to write a new adventure! The twenty-eight star constellations contain the power of the stars, which can destroy the sky and the earth. However, the Weaving Maiden, who is in charge of the Starry Nights, is greedy for the mortal world, causing the Starry Nights to flee and causing trouble. Years later, the Weaving Maiden's son, Jin Feng, went down to the world for his mother, and teamed up with a young girl, Xiaofan, to subdue the Starry Nights. People and gods together, all the way to the thrills and dangers, the mystery of Xiaofan's life, the truth of the Weaving Maiden's crime also gradually surfaced .....
A marginalized constable, Xue Buyi, is framed for the theft of disaster relief funds and pulled back from ruin by his mentor, Huang Shining, only to be forced into serving powerful officials. Trapped within a corrupt system, Xue Buyi must decide whether to remain a pawn—or fight his way out to reclaim his freedom and integrity.
Jan 2026
This film tells the story of Hu Guohua, who falls victim to a plot, framed in a rigged gambling scheme that leads to the loss of his family fortune. Despite his wayward behavior, he reaches a low point by desecrating his family's ancestral grave. In a desperate attempt to deceive for money, he even stages the absurd event of marrying a paper bride. At the brink of hopelessness in life, he unexpectedly encounters Sun Guofu, a master in tomb-robbing, who guides him to self-realization. Although fate plays its tricks and eternal love is elusive, Hu Guohua undergoes a profound transformation from a reckless scion to a wandering adventurer in the world of tomb-robbing.
Dec 2023
A yacht party goes horribly wrong when the ship is suddenly shipwrecked, causing it to overturn, and sending everyone into the water. When they awaken, they find themselves on a deserted island inhabited by a giant snake and many prehistoric creatures.
Dec 2019
In 2015, Tsai Ming-Liang was once again invited by the Hong Kong International Film Festival to make the opening short film. This time, he selected Shibuya station in Tokyo as his main filming location and invited the famous Japanese actor Masanobu Ando to appear alongside Lee Kang-Sheng. They sleep separately at a capsule hotel and cleanse themselves at a public bath. Their fatigued bodies yearn for sleep but restless minds keep them for falling asleep. "No No Sleep" won the Best Director Award at the Taipei Film Festival.
Apr 2015
A storm causes a plane to crash on a remote Pacific island, leaving behind a few survivors. Among them are Hao Ran, a failed businessman who wants to die so his family can collect on his life insurance policy, Ruan Ning, his ex-lover who also happened to be on the plane, and Li Jun, whom some of the passengers recognize but can't remember from where. Their only hope of survival is to find a walkie-talkie so they can call for help. It's in the cockpit, which has become separated from the rest of the plane on the way down, but that means a long and dangerous journey across the island, and dealing with a bunch of other giant creatures and each other.
Nov 2023
After ten months of drought, Empress Wu orders to put up Dragon Balls as sacrifice to pray for rain. During the transportation of the Dragon Balls on sea, they get ambushed by "Shark people". Di Renjie is then called to solve this case.
Jan 2020
Situ Zhong, a disciple of the Shushan School, is extremely talented in martial arts but cynical. He plays with the world and created his own "Bacchus" sword technique. Since the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month two years ago, Situ Zhong has dreamed of his beloved woman dying tragically in front of him every night, and has no memory of the three days before the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month that year.
"Hardcore martial arts actioner” starring Philip Ng.
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A corrupt factory’s illegal grave-digging unleashes a deadly two-headed python, provoking a brutal snake attack on a nearby town. As security officials and factory leaders attempt to exploit the creature for profit, ordinary workers are forced to confront human greed and fight for survival when nature strikes back.
Sep 2025
The end of the world predicted by the Maya is not coming as expected, but the people seems to have lost the memory of their loved ones. Li Hui tries to find her beloved, a man who follows her like a shadow appears. A Liang, played by You-Ning Yang, is a professional killer, and Li Hui is his target. However, the two have a mutual affection. Part of the short-films series "美好2012之勇敢愛"
Nov 2012