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The flagship show of the Podcast On Fire Network covers classic Hong Kong cinema, everything from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan, John Woo and Jet Li! Featuring in depth discussions with an aura of fun, this is your primary stop in the podcast world for classic Hong Kong cinema!

Kenny B, Various


    • May 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 308 EPISODES


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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 […]

    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 […]

    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 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 […]

    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 […]

    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 – […]

    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 […]

    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. […]

    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 […]

    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. […]

    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 […]

    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’s called The Head Hunter. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, … Podcast On Fire 325: The Head Hunter Read More »

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    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 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 – … Podcast On Fire 324: The Story Of Woo Viet Read More »

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    Podcast On Fire 323: Final Justice & Dragon Fight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022 104:47


    Stephen Chow enters the big boy film industry and promptly wins an award. And he's not even funny, in 1988’s Final Justice alongside the man who plays cops: Danny Lee. Also, Stephen Chow goes to America with Jet Li, Dick Wei, and future Mrs. Jet Li to make Hong Kong action cinema noise on the […]

    Podcast On Fire 322: The Enigmatic Case & Seven Years Itch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2022 89:18


    Johnnie To makes his first and second film. Neither are called or are like The Mission. From 1980 we find the martial arts mystery film The Enigmatic Case and writer/producer/star Raymond Wong has To call action and cut for his marital farce Seven Years Itch. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen […]

    Podcast On Fire 321: The Wicked City

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2022 58:47


    Producer Tsui Hark takes his love for Japanese manga and anime by taking one of its popular films Wicked City to the big live screen as… The Wicked City. Will Leon be Lai or Bye in terms of his efforts in this film? With Kenny B and Phil G. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire […]

    Podcast On Fire 320: The Cub Tiger From Kwangtung & Master With Cracked Fingers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 95:01


    Shifty producers do shifty producer things to an old movie with Jackie Chan. All four versions of Master With Cracked Fingers examined! With Kenny B and Michael Scott of the Action For Everyone podcast. 00m 00s – Intro/The Cub Tiger From Kwangtung & Master With Cracked Fingers background. 44m 15s – The Cub Tiger From […]

    Podcast On Fire 319: Fruit Punch

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2022 67:59


    Enterprising, forward thinking youths open a business because money is the future, right? Or is that love and friendship? Starring singers and untested actors, including Leon Lai, this is the opening episode of our examination of the films of one of the Four Heavenly Kings and it comes to you in the form of Clara […]

    Podcast On Fire 318: The Butterfly Murders

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 60:18


    Tsui Hark enters the magical, mystical world of the Wuxia film and the magical world of film, making his debut with 1979's The Butterfly Murders. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Running times: 00m 00s – Intro/The Butterfly Murders background, on Tsui Hark’s early career, alternate versions etc. […]

    Podcast On Fire 317: The Young Dragons

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 50:42


    John Woo comes out swinging and kicking for his debut feature, 1973's The Young Dragons, with Jackie Chan as his action director. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Running times: 00m 00s – Intro/The Young Dragons background. 11m 51s – The Young Dragons review. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire […]

    Podcast On Fire 316: The Eagle Shooting Heroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 68:36


    Before there was a completed and released Ashes Of Time, pretty much everyone that ended up being associated with it made something very silly: 1993's The Eagle Shooting Heroes. Running times: 00m 00s – Intro/The Eagle Shooting Heroes production background, box office, reception, missing footage. 26m 22s – The Eagle Shooting Heroes review. Contact the show […]

    Podcast On Fire 315: Ashes Of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 92:37


    When Wong Kar-wai does a Wuxia film, things get introspective and blurry. Joining Kenny B to discuss Ashes Of Time is Paul Fox and Kevin Ma of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Running times: 00m 00s – Intro/Jin Yong biography and discussion. 34m 35s – Ashes of Time production background, box office, awards, the […]

    Podcast On Fire 314: 2021 Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 97:12


    It’s the annual Podcast On Fire Trivia Night disguised as our Christmas Special. Kenny B is this year’s Lord Quizmaster and Stewart Sutherland and Tom K-W (of The Lager Logs) along with East Screen West Screen’s Paul Fox compete for a sweet Canto-pop prize. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook […]

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    Podcast On Fire 313: Profile In Anger & Danger Has Two Faces

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 95:30


    In another entry in The Versus-series, Leung Kar-yan makes his directorial debut with the wild revenge actioner Profile In Anger from 1984 and in the Shaw Brothers production Danger Has Two Faces from 1985 he's an ex-cop turned assassin for hire. With Kenny B and Michael Scott of the Adkins Undisputed podcast. 00m 00s – […]

    Podcast On Fire 312: The Tai-Chi Master

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 74:35


    The mythical origin points of Tai Chi and its creator gets covered in high flying fashion in Yuen Woo-ping's The Tai-Chi Master from 1993. With Kenny B and Stewart Sutherland of the Films & Swearing and Lager Logs podcast! Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/The Tai-Chi Master production background. 17m 35s – The Tai-Chi Master review […]

    Podcast On Fire 311: Black Mask 2 – City Of Masks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 88:36


    It's possibly the strangest gathering of talents and elements ever. Featuring the man who would be Jigsaw, a former pornographic movie actress, a mainstay of the Coen Brothers' films, elephants, professional wrestlers, and the world's busiest action actor. Yes of course, it's a Tsui Hark film as he returns to the Black Mask universe without […]

    Podcast On Fire 310: Black Mask

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 94:23


    Jet Li is a super soldier Kato lookalike in Hong Kong's superhero actioner Black Mask. With Kenny B and Michael Scott of the Adkins Undisputed podcast. Running Times: 00m 00s – Intro/Michael Scott interview 24m 40s – Black Mask background/box office/on director Daniel Lee/Taiwanese version 43m 03s – Black Mask review Contact the show via […]

    Podcast On Fire 309: Spacked Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 66:05


    A podcast that originally was supposed to be on the Spectrum blu ray of Spacked Out, Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast discuss the Johnnie To produced Category III rated youth drama from director Lawrence Lau. 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 308: Young And Dangerous: The Prequel & Golden Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 116:46


    Sandwiched in between Young And Dangerous 5 and its concluding part Born To Be King, Andrew Lau and Manfred Wong take us back to the past Hung Hing boys. Played by other boys. It's Young And Dangerous: The Prequel and as a send off to the coverage despite having no narrative connection to the universe, […]

    Podcast On Fire 307: Knock Off, Enter The Eagles & House Of Fury

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 160:31


    Our series on the films of Michael Wong comes to a close. Will he be Wong or Wrong? A trio of movies is up for review, starting with the Tsui Hark, Jean-Claude Van Damme visual treat that is Knock Off. Going from Hong Kong to Prague, Michael teams up with Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon for […]

    Podcast On Fire 306: Knockabout & Monkey Kung Fu

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 77:28


      It’s Monkey Kung Fu, across Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers in this entry of the Versus Series. First up, Sammo Hung’s 1979 kung fu comedy Knockabout starring Yuen Biao and from Shaw Brothers in the same year, John Law’s Monkey Kung Fu. Featuring in a rare starring role master action director and director Ching […]

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