Hong Kong Movies

According to critic Geoffrey O'Brien, Hong Kong has the distinction of being one of the few places left in the world where its population prefers its own movies as compared to its American equivalent.

O'Brien noted that the territory "makes the most raucous and least contemplative movies on the planet" adding that "hopping ghosts, cart-wheeling comedians, heroines who sing and fire machine guns with equal flair, vampires kept at bay by chicken blood and sticky rice, passionate gangsters caught up in ruthless dynastic struggles, martial arts masters who set off cascades of special effects at the least flourish of their fingers: the hyperactive characters who inhabit Hong Kong cinema make the energy level of Hollywood types like Kevin Costner and Bruce Willis seem tepid by comparison."

An excellent summary of Hong Kong movies. I could not have said it any better.