Donnie Yen is Jet Li 15 years ago. A feat of martial arts engineering yet to be discovered by the mainstream masses. So when someone tells you to go check out the new film by Peter Ho-Sun Chan (the mastermind behind Bodyguards and Assassins and The Warlords) featuring Donnie Yen, you do so with a certain skip in your step. You don’t expect to come out the other side on a stumble, feeling just a little disappointed while still pleasantly surprised. Confused? Let me explain…

Does this make him Baldr or Váli? #norsemythologyjoke

Hong Kong Film Week comes to the Prince Charles Theatre this September, and we have the inside scoop. Gear yourself up for karate vigilantes, smoker romances and an adorable eight year old with a fishbowl on his head.

The Lost Bladesman is based on the real life of ancient Hong Kong warrior Guan Yo as he reluctantly fights his way through the civil war that ended in the collapse of the Han Dynasty. Packed with gore, fighting and fancy swordplay, it has everything that a self-respecting Hong Kong action movie should have.

We engage martial arts action legend Donnie Yen (Hero, Blade 2) in a fair fight (no biting, no gouging). Donnie spills the beans on injuries, wirework and more on Ip Man 2, the biopic about the Wu Xia master who taught Bruce Lee…