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The Podcast On Fire Network aims to provide a large, continually expanding overview of Asian cinema. On the flagshow Podcast On Fire, the big guns out of Hong Kong cinema gets a spotlight through discussion and review while the remainder of the network shows gives you insight into Japanese, Korean,…

Kenny B, Various


    • May 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Podcast On Fire 353: Tiger On The Beat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 85:07


    Lau Kar-Leung meets buddy cop comedy in Tiger on the Beat! Chow Yun-Fat and Conan Lee bicker, banter, and brawl their way through heroin smugglers and a chainsaw duel you won't forget. It's a classic Hong Kong genre mash-and-smashup, mixing slapstick, squib-heavy carnage, and Lau's signature choreography with explosive modern action. With Kenny B and […]

    Podcast On Fire 352: Saviour Of The Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 95:04


    Hong Kong cinema goes full comic book madness in Saviour of the Soul! Inspired by City Hunter but transformed into something uniquely Hong Kong, this film blends slick action, wild visuals, and larger-than-life characters. We break down its manga and anime influences, its dazzling style, and its place in the careers of Andy Lau, Anita […]

    This Week In Sleaze 73: The Holy Virgin Versus The Evil Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 72:23


    A title so fantastic, we had no choice but to cover it. In The Holy Virgin vs the Evil Dead (1991), martial arts director Tony Lou—who'd already jumped from wild Wuxia epics to girls-with-guns carnage—takes the Category III plunge and ends up in bed with Donnie Yen (not literally, but you get the idea). It's […]

    What's Korean Cinema? 64 – The Foul King

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 76:24


    The heartfelt story of how you escape the headlock of horror—the director of A Tale of Two Sisters and I Saw the Devil gives us Song Kang-ho as a bank clerk turned wrestler in The Foul King (2000). With Kenny B, joined by resident Korean cinema expert—perhaps even Korean wrestling expert—Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m […]

    Podcast On Fire 351: Three films with Michelle Yeoh – Yes Madam, Holy Weapon, Wonder Seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 80:38


    Michelle Yeoh's filmography is vast, so we're trying something new. Instead of covering every film, we're selecting three to highlight her action legacy. Two quick reviews focus on her 90s wuxia and action work with Holy Weapon and Wonder Seven, while our deep dive goes into her action debut Yes, Madam. With Kenny B and […]

    This Week In Sleaze 72: The Beauty’s Evil Roses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 56:16


    Fruit Chan's favorite cinematographer dives into the world of smut. Lam Wah-chuen kicks off his directing career with The Beauty's Evil Roses (1992), a wild mix of softcore sleaze and black magic mayhem. With Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group […]

    Podcast On Fire 350: Peking Opera Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 105:45


    When Tsui Hark takes us to the opera, things can only get whimsical, vibrant, and joyous—despite the underlying torture and violence. Join Kenny B and Michael Scott of the A4E Podcast as we delve into Peking Opera Blues. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. […]

    Podcast On Fire 349: 2024 Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 69:02


      Quizmaster Stoo from The Lager Logs gathers Kenny B, Tom K-W, and Paul Fox for an end-of-year trivia showdown! Test your knowledge of Tang, Tung, and Fung, and brush up on your Chapman To filmography—you just might need it. From all of us at the Podcast On Fire Network, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and […]

    Podcast On Fire 348: The Postman Fights Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 64:32


    On the Korean road with young director Ronny Yu and martial hero Chow Yun-fat, this is the men on a mission film Postman Fights Back, from 1982. With Kenny B and Paul Fox. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Flaming Brothers background. 34m 00s – Flaming Brothers review. Show Links: Podcast On Fire […]

    Podcast On Fire 347: Flaming Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 55:50


    A year after Chow Yun-fat became the cinematic acting representative of heroic brotherhood painted in blood, i.e. heroic bloodshed, we got another one in the form of Flaming Brothers from 1987. With Kenny B and Phil G. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music […]

    Podcast On Fire 346: Hand Of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 77:10


    John Woo, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, the countdown to on-screen and behind the scenes-stardom has begun for all of them in Hand Of Death aka Countdown In Kung Fu. With Kenny B and Paul Fox. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of […]

    Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 44: Three more Korean shorts!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 64:38


    (Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed). Extending the short movie-coverage in What's Korean Cinema? 43, Kenny B and Paul Quinn review Kim Ji-woon's Memories, Park Chan-wook's Cut and Bong Joon-ho's Shaking Tokyo. Only some of the biggest Korean directors ever.

    Podcast On Fire 345: Mr. Nice Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 55:09


    After First Strike made action noise in Australia, Jackie remains down under for 90 minutes of being chased around Melbourne and using everything the city has to offer to fight back. But he's a nice guy, in Mr. Nice Guy from 1997. With Kenny B and Phil G. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at […]

    Podcast On Fire 344: Working Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 53:30


    The noodle making working class, as Tsui Hark sees it, as he directs and co-stars in Working Class from 1985. With Kenny B and Paul Fox. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Working Class […]

    This Week In Sleaze 71: Suburb Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 73:55


    Two British teenagers are killed. It's dubbed The Braemar Hill Murders. In 1992, a Category III film was made about their grisly fate. This is Suburb Murder. With Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. […]

    Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 63: No More Love No More Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 34:19


    If you were into With Or Without You and was wondering about the background of Jacky Cheung's violent assassin Prince and Rosamund Kwan's club girl Tweedy's relationship, it gets told in more explicit, extended fashion in a prequel film: No More Love No More Death, with no more Leon Lai. With Kenny B and Phil […]

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    Podcast On Fire 343: Wine War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 53:05


    Combining wine and guns and magnetic bombs on location in France, we end the Leon Lai or Bye of it all with 2017's Wine War. From DIRECTOR Leon Lai. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s […]

    Podcast On Fire 342: Tragic Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 60:51


    The story from Rich and Famous continues but it was Tragic Hero that introduced Hong Kong audiences to these characters. The two film gangster epic wraps up, in 1987's Tragic Hero. With Kenny B and Phil G. Running times: 00m 00s – Intro/Tragic Hero background 25m 49s – Tragic Hero review Contact the show via […]

    Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 55: In The Line Of Duty 4 & First Option

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 92:08


    (Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed). Wong or Wrong is over. Bonus content isn't as we take a look at In The Line Of Duty 4 with Michael Wong alongside the daredevil and asskicking duo Cynthia Khan and Donnie Yen and First Option from 1996 which […]

    The Director’s Series 40: Johnny Wang FINALE – Escape From Brothel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 71:58


    Johnny Wang turns to pornography. Not because the career was in shambles but he takes his brutality to the Category III classification, and ESSENTIALLY makes his last film. More on that later. With Kenny B and Tom K-W. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. […]

    What's Korean Cinema? 63 – Badland Hunters, The Chaser & Exhuma

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 55:40


    Kenny B and Paul Quinn discuss a trio of recent Korean films that can be found on streaming or digital, on blu ray, and on the cinema screens: Badland Hunters, The Chaser and Exhuma. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Badland Hunters review. 21m 23s – The Chaser review. 38m 25s – Exhuma review. Contact the […]

    What’s Korean Cinema? 62 – R-Point

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 82:48


    The Korean war movie gets spooky, in 2004's R-Point. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/R-Point background. 49m 49s – R-Point review. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. What's Korean Cinema? on Spotify Kenny B's Letterboxd Hangul Celluloid. Error 4444 […]

    Podcast On Fire 341: The Big Heat

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 49:06


    The combined efforts of Johnnie To, Tsui Hark and Fatal Termination's Andrew Kam gives us what is possibly the goriest gunplay film of its time: 1988's The Big Heat. With Kenny B and Phil G. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of […]

    Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 58: The Moon Warriors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 47:28


    (Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed). It turns out the duo of Mabel Cheung and Alex Law wrote and directed parts of Sammo Hung's 1992 Wuxia movie The Moon Warriors. It's not as odd and scandalous as it sounds. Kenny B and Tom K-W break it […]

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    Podcast On Fire 340: Bodyguards And Assassins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2024 78:15


    Donnie and the gang protect Sun Yat Sen and director Teddy Chen goes through (development) hell trying to get Bodyguards And Assassins made. With Kenny and Phil G. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s – […]

    The Director’s Series 39: Johnny Wang – Angry Ranger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2024 54:59


    Johnny Wang makes his 8th film and proceeds to hurt the Jackie Chan's Stuntmen Association. With Kenny B and Tom K-W. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Angry Ranger background. 15m 29s – Angry Ranger review. Show Links: The […]

    Podcast On Fire 339: 2023 Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 71:24


    2023 is coming to a close and the network boys and The Lager Logs gather for the annual Trivia Night. Real time Hallmark fact checking included. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Show Links: Podcast On Fire at Spotify

    Podcast On Fire 338: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 80:22


    The Lucky Stars are back and go on holiday, there are ladies to be hassled and occasionally an action movie appears. With Kenny B and Phil G. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Twinkle […]

    Podcast On Fire 337: Eighteen Springs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 67:30


    Leon Lai tries to make a cinematic dent surrounded by female top talent, behind and in front of the camera. With Kenny B and Phil G. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Eighteen […]

    This Week In Sleaze 70: Slave Of The Sword

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 57:36


    Continuing our look at when the Wuxia film went Category III, in this episode we talk Slave Of The Sword. From the director of Fantasy Mission Force. With Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. […]

    This Week In Sleaze 69: The Assassin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 61:13


    The martial world can be a dirty, grimy place of gory violence, and that can warrant a Category III classification. It did, in the case of the 1993 Wuxia film The Assassin. With Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE […]

    Podcast On Fire 336: From Beijing With Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2023 90:35


    His name is Chow. Stephen Chow. Comedy-star turned director takes aim at the global phenomenon that is the James Bond franchise, with sprinklings of his personal comedy-stylings in From Beijing With Love from 1994. Kenny B, Paul Fox and Kevin Ma discusses the film's impact, political satire and why it could never be made today. […]

    What's Korean Cinema? 61 – Project Wolf Hunting, Midnight & The Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 75:56


    Kenny B and Paul Quinn discuss a trio of recent Korean films that can be found on streaming or digital, on blu ray, and on the cinema screens: Project Wolf Hunting, Midnight and The Moon. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Project Wolf Hunting 25m 11s – Midnight 50m 46s – The Moon Contact the show […]

    Podcast On Fire 335: Miracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 82:54


    Jackie Chan does Frank Capra and Jackie Chan, producing the most lavish film of his career in the process. With Kenny B and one half of The Lager Logs and the idea man that kickstarted Podcast On Fire: Stewart Sutherland. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to […]

    Podcast On Fire 334: Dangerous Encounter – 1st Kind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2023 88:00


    Mr. Super Happy Fun Guy Tsui Hark has entered the chat and gives us the most nihilistic film of his career. With Kenny B and Michael Scott of the Action For Everyone podcast. 00m 00s – Intro/Dangerous Encounter – 1st Kind background. 39m 04s – Dangerous Encounter – 1st Kind review. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire […]

    Podcast On Fire 333: We're Going To Eat You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 67:22


    It's a meat and kung fu frenzy as Tsui Hark goes cannibal action comedy on us in We're Going To Eat You. With Kenny B and Michael Scott of the Action For Everyone podcast. 00m 00s – Intro/We're Going To Eat You background. 27m 10s – We're Going To Eat You review. Contact the show […]

    The Director’s Series 38: Johnny Wang – Widow Warriors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 58:53


    Johnny Wang brings us widows with guns. With Kenny B and Tom K-W. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Johnny Wang expanded biography and Widow Warriors background/box office. 23m 05s – Widow Warriors review. Show Links: The Director's Series […]

    This Week In Sleaze 68: Kidnap Of Wong Chak Fai

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2023 92:15


    True life Hong Kong crime on film is a staple of Category III film but often in a grisly manner. Serial killers, rapists, cannibalism, that sort of thing. But crime comes in different forms and in this episode we take a look at the kidnapping case of businessman Teddy Wang. A story adapted into a […]

    Podcast On Fire 332: The Dragon Tamers & Princess Chang Ping

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 102:43


    After unleashing a violent basher on us in the form of The Young Dragons, John Woo is assigned to Korea to make further, sometimes naked kung-fu as The Dragon Tamers. Also, you know they say John Woo's films are like bullet opera, like ballet? Well how about an actual opera? Examining 1976's Princess Chang Ping, […]

    Podcast On Fire 331: On The Wrong Track

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 74:26


    Youth gone wild at Shaw Brothers, with Andy Lau and from the director of Naked Killer. With Kenny B and Paul Fox. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby (shelflifeclothing.com) Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Clarence Fok biography 24m 50s […]

    Podcast On Fire 330: Comrades, Almost A Love Story & Moonlight In Tokyo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 96:13


    Everybody wins something except Leon Lai but along with Maggie Cheung he appears in the 1996 romance classic Comrades, Almost A Love Story. Also, on the streets of Tokyo, a mentally challenged Leon Lai is looking for his brother and finds a childhood friend played by Chapman To. It's not as sugary as you think. […]

    What’s Korean Cinema? 60 – Il Mare

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 78:17


    Before there was a sassy girl, the ever so luminous Jun Ji-hyun starred in Il Mare, about a mailbox that is a portal to two years earlier. Going back to Korean cinema in the year 2000, with Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/reception/on Jun Ji-hyun 28m 25s […]

    The Director’s Series 37: Johnny Wang – City Warriors & Bloody Brotherhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 97:52


    Johnny Wang's characters turn into sadistic animals so it's easy to know who to hate and who to root for. Also, Andy Lau joins the violent, cinematic universe of Johnny Wang's and promptly earns him a little bit more money at the box office. Slicing and dicing coming up. With Kenny B and Tom K-W. […]

    Podcast On Fire 329: Magic Crystal (with special guest Richard Norton)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 120:34


    Wong Jing makes his Wong Jing film, which means he steals from all other films but he lets his action director be the star of the show as well, in Magic Crystal from 1986. Also, actor Richard Norton goes down Magic Crystal memory lane in an extended conversation mid-episode. With Kenny B and Paul Fox […]

    Podcast On Fire 328: Fun And Fury & With Or Without You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 84:03


    After having no real action requirements placed on him in Fruit Punch and Wicked City, Leon Lai has to go to action-work in Frankie Chan's Fun And Fury. Also, Leon and Jacky Cheung fight over the affection of Rosamund Kwan as cop and triad respectively in With Or Without You. With Kenny B and Phil […]

    Podcast On Fire 327: 2022 Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 76:41


    It's the annual Podcast On Fire holiday extravaganza! Listen in as our various hosts compete to win money, money, money, in the Spectacular, super-colossal Christmas trivia-display contest! (Beagles need not apply). That's right, Phil G of Eastern Film Fans, Tom K-W (of The Lager Logs) and PoF's very own Kenny B, take the hot seats […]

    This Week In Sleaze 67: Naked Poison 1 & 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 106:16


    A horny underdog battles back with a date rape drug in Naked Poison from 2000. And from Matrix Productions and director Batman Hung, we get a shot on video, softcore porn rendition of Christopher Nolan's Memento. With Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on […]

    Podcast On Fire 326: The Iron Fisted Monk & Carry On Pickpocket

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 122:50


    After setting a tone for martial arts choreography in the 70s, Sammo Hung continued to do so as a director and it starts with 1977's The Iron Fisted Monk.  We then jump forward to 1982's Carry On Pickpocket and into the modern age where Sammo's stamp on action finds its place. With Kenny B and … Podcast On Fire 326: The Iron Fisted Monk & Carry On Pickpocket Read More »

    Podcast On Fire 325: The Head Hunter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 77:06


    Chow Yun-fat as an assassin with a conscience falls in love with a girl, is hunted by another assassin… this does sound familiar but this is from 1982 and it'sContinue readingPodcast On Fire 325: The Head Hunter

    Podcast On Fire 324: The Story Of Woo Viet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 88:57


    Chow Yun-fat appears in one of his first dramatic roles, for emerging director Ann Hui. With Kenny B and Kevin Ma of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Contact theContinue readingPodcast On Fire 324: The Story Of Woo Viet

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    This Week In Sleaze 66: Tightie Whitie Theatre – Hong Kong Gigolo & The Sleep Curse

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 111:38


    The glamorous and punishing world of gigolos. From the director of P Storm.  Also,  the last gory hurrah for the team of Herman Yau and Anthony Wong. With Sleazy KContinue readingThis Week In Sleaze 66: Tightie Whitie Theatre – Hong Kong Gigolo & The Sleep Curse

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