35 Years Later: People’s Hero 人民英雄 (1987)

(Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers)

Derek Yee’s immediate follow-up after the acclaimed drama in The Lunatics <癲佬正傳> sees the writer-director taking a cue from Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and making it his own.

Hidden Gems #2: He Lives by Night 夜驚魂 (1982)

In our second part of the Hidden Gems column, we focus on Leung Po-Chi’s 1982 slasher comedy-thriller He Lives by Night <夜驚魂>. You can check out the first part — Derek Chiu’s Mr. Sardine <沙甸魚殺人事件> — of our last year’s review right here.