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Thursday, 14 July 2016

The Infiltrator


Release Date: July
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 127 min
  • Director: Brad Furman
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Biography, Drama, Crime

StoryBased on a true story, Federal agent Robert "Bob" Mazur (Bryan Cranston) goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar's drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1986 by posing as slick, money-laundering businessman Bob Musella. Teamed with impulsive and streetwise fellow agent Emir Abreu (John Leguizamo) and rookie agent posing as his fiancé Kathy Ertz (Diane Kruger), Mazur befriends Escobar's top lieutenant Roberto Alcaino (Benjamin Bratt). Navigating a vicious criminal network in which the slightest slip-up could cost him his life, Mazur risks it all building a case that leads to indictments of 85 drug lords and the corrupt bankers who cleaned their dirty money, along with the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, one of the largest money-laundering banks in the world. 

  • Starring:  Bryan Cranston, Amy Ryan, Benjamin Bratt, Diane Kruger, John Leguizamo, Joseph Gilgun, Juliet Aubrey, Rubén Ochandiano, Simón Andreu

Bounty Hunters (Cantonese) - 赏金猎人


Release Date: July
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 106 min
  • Director: Shin Tae-ra
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Action 

StoryA bounty hunter is someone who gets paid to do someone’s bidding. One must have a specific expertise in order to qualify. Lee San (Lee Min Ho), who has a mysterious past is an expert martial artist. Yo (Chung Hon Leung) is a former INTERPOL agent turned investigator. Together they opened a bodyguard service and accepted a job to protect Sam, a reporter from Incheon, South Korea. As fate would have it, the duo ended up joining a group of bounty hunters that include the smart and beautiful Cat (Tang Yan), a genius hacker Swan (Karena Ng) and Bobo (Louis Fan) who has incredible strength. Their first mission was to find the serial bomber whose target is Hotel A. The group tracked the bomber from Bangkok, Thailand back to South Korea and split up to look into the bombing of Hotel A in Jeju. While Lee San and Yo excelled, Swan, Cat and Bobo were kidnapped by Tommy (JeremyJones Xu), the son of the ex-Chairman of the hotel. Tommy confessed to be the mastermind behind the bombing. What was his motive? Will the bounty hunters complete their mission?

  • Starring: Chung Hon Leung, Lee Min-Ho, Karena Ng, Louis Fan, Tang Yan

At Cafe 6 (Mandarin) - 六弄咖啡馆


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 104 min
  • Director: Wu Ziyun
  • Genre(s): Romance

StoryOffice lady, Miss Leong been invited by boss of Café 6 to join in preparation to set up a coffee house. The boss then share her a beautiful story. Xiao Lv was born from an unusual family background, staying with mother who work very hard to grow up him. Xiao Lv falled in love with Xin Rui when he reaches secondary, and he was very enjoy his life with best friend Ah Zhi. The final exam results delivered Xiao Lv and Xin Rui to different universities. They’re having the distance challenge upon their relationship. One day, Ah Zhi was sending Xiao Lv to find Xin Rui for her birthday celebration and present, who knows there was an unforgettable scene seen by Xiao Lv during the bad weather.

  • Starring: Cherry Ngan, Dong Zijian, Lin Po Hung, Ou-Yang Nini, Song Yi Ren

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Cold War 2 (Cantonese) - 寒战II


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 120 min
  • Director: Sunny Luk, Longman Leung
  • Genre(s): Crime, Action, Thriller

StoryPicking up some time after the events in the first movie, Sean Lau is now the Commissioner of Police after the successful rescue operation. However, things turn bad when his wife and daughter are kidnapped. Sean has to seek help from former rival and retired DCP, Waise Lee, to return to his job to help save Sean`s wife and child.

  • Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Eddie Peng, Aarif Rahman, Charlie Young

Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Japanese)


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 113 min
  • Director: Kobun Shizuno
  • Genre(s): Animation

StoryA spy infiltrated the Japanese National Police Agency, retrieving secret files of Britain's MI6, Germany's BND and America's CIA and FBI. Rei Furuya and a group of Tokyo Police PSB intercepted the spy during the getaway, and just before the major car accident, FBI Agent Shuichi Akai sniped and crashed the spy's vehicle. The next day, at the aquarium in Tokyo with the Ferris wheel, Conan and the Detective Boys found a woman with heterochromia iris who suffered memory loss and had a broken cell phone. Having decided to stay and help the woman regain her memory, Conan and the Detective Boys are under the watchful eye of Vermouth.

  • Starring: Wakana Yamazaki, Minami Takayama, Rikiya Koyama, Megumi Hayashibara, Yukiko Iwai

Ice Age: Collision Course


Release Date: July
  • Rating: U
  • Runtime: 94 min
  • Director: Roberto Orci, Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Action, Comedy, Animation, Family

StoryScrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters. 

  • Starring: John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Simon Pegg, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Max Greenfield, Jessie J

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

The Legend Of Tarzan


Release Date: Jun
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Director: David Yates
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Action

StoryIt has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Margot Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz). But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash. 

  • Starring: Margot Robbie, Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Djimon Hounsou