Episode fourteen - The Iceman Cometh (1989)

Explicit content warning

06/26/24 • 118 min

We are back to talking about one movie, but there is a catch! This time, we are talking about one half of this podcast's experience in acting and training on how to handle weapons! For the first half of the episode, Wing tells all about what kind of training he recently went through to master various weapons on stage and what does it mean to fight an opponent when you are fighting in front of a camera or an audience. We then move to our movie of choice, namely another classic featuring Yuen Biao, The Iceman Cometh. Directed in 1989 by Clarence Fok, it features also Maggie Cheung (Police Story, In the mood for love..) and Yuen Wah (Kung Fu Hustle, Eastern Condors...) and tells a complex revenge story with a lot of humour, fighting and gruesome murders. The kind of amazing cocktail we adore.

As you will hear at the beginning of the episode, this one does come with a trigger warning as it features a characters whose main trait, outside of laughing like a maniac, is to murder and rape. However, the movie does not feature any explicit rape scene, neither does it have any rape joke.

The Iceman Cometh on Imdb
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The Iceman Cometh on Imdb
New Earth Theater, the company Wing works with.
ID Fight, the company Wing got his qualifications from.
Andy Seto (Cyber Weapon Z...) on Instagram

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Previous Episode

Episode Thirteen - One Percenter (2023) and God of Gambler 2 (1990)

Additional sources:

The God of Gambler timelines by Wing:

One Percenter on imdb
God of Gambler 2 on imdb
The video essay mentioned by Wing on Future Cops, Why You Should Watch Hong Kong's Knock-Off Street Fighter.
The action director quoted by Wing is Jude Poyer.
The two movies referenced in the hallucination sequences: The Swordsman and A Terra Cotta Warrior.
Our friend Ramsey who just published a book! Check it out on his official website.

One Percenter is available in the UK via Third Window

Where to get a copy of God of Gambler 2 on Yes, Asia and on iTunes.

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Next Episode

Episode Fifteen - The Seventh Curse (1986)

Its's a new first in the history of this podcast, because this time we are covering a recommendation from one of our listener, so don't hesitate to do the same because, as you can see, we listen! Plus, it just happened that neither of us had seen this movie, so we had the pleasure of discovering another movie featuring Wong-jin's talent as a scriptwriter to adapt two of famous novelist, script writer and talk show host, Ni Kuang's creation, Dr Yuen (played here by Siu Ho-chin from Mr Vampire) and Wisely (played by Chow-yun fat). The two heroes, or mostly Dr Yuen to be honest, embark on an adventure influenced by the same pulp stories that gave birth to Indiana Jones, featuring a few monsters and some gore. A truly exciting movie with subtle nods to various production for an original results fans of adventure stories, pulp and just all out Hong Kong cinema creativity will enjoy.

The Seventh Curse on imdb
The Seventh Curse via 88 films

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