Last year, Ben Stykuc wrote in his review of “Three Days of a Blind Girl”: “In retrospect, Anthony Wong is the only actor I know that could outNicolasCage Nicolas Cage”, and his comment could not have been more spot on. Having build his career with secondary roles and first roles in Cat III films, Wong eventually managed to become one of the most respected character actors in the industry with a string of awards and outstanding performances to his credit. Just his presence is frequently enough by itself to elevate the films he participates in, with him portraying rather different characters throughout his career, with equal artistry and much gusto. To celebrate this wonderful actor, we present 16 of his best performances, in alphabetical order, focusing on a diversity of roles that have him play from a a priest to rapist, from a cop to a sadistic killer, and anything between.
- 8/10/2022
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
In the 1980s and 1990s, audiences could barely go a few days without a new melodrama that (allegedly) glamorized Triad life hitting screens or flooding DVD shelves. Since then, the Hong Kong film industry has changed and so has the city, two ideas that journeyman filmmaker Lee Po Cheung embraces in the imperfect but entertaining and oddly specific Gangster Pay Day, closing out the 2014 Busan Film Festival. Lee assembles a strong cast with a clutch of small parts and cameos for actors from the ’80s heyday (hello, Carrie Ng!) for a workmanlike but sneakily critical story of a retired
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- 10/7/2014
- by Elizabeth Kerr
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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