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Battling Monks And Flashing Blades In Full ONCE UPON A TIME IN VIETNAM Trailer

Dustin Nguyen makes his much anticipated directorial debut with martial arts fantasy Once Upon A Time In Vietnam (Lua Phat), a fight flick spectacle that owes equal debts to American westerns, steampunk aesthetics and local influences. We've been tracking this... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Johnny Nguyen's CHO LON Blocked By Vietnamese Censors

Been looking forward to seeing star Johnny Nguyen and the creative team behind The Rebel kick some more ass? You're going to have to keep waiting. It was announced today that the film has not been able to pass Vietnamese... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Machetes! Face Kicks! Johnny Tri Nguyen's Gangster Action Flick CHO LON Trailer Is Here

We're acolytes of Johnny Tri Nguyen's brand of ass-whupping here at Twitch, so any time new Nguyen footage appears, we are on it. The most recent film we've been tracking is his gangland martial arts film, Cho Lon, and there... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Motorbikes And Whup Ass In First Teaser For Dustin Nguyen's ONCE UPON A TIME IN VIETNAM

Get ready martial arts fans, Dustin Nguyen has cooked up a potent blend of swordplay, super powered martial arts and motorcycle riding badassery for you with his upcoming Once Upon A Time In Vietnam.Formerly known as Monk On Fire, this... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Get Behind The Scenes Of Dustin Nguyen's ONCE UPON A TIME IN VIETNAM

Mark my words, international action fans: Keep your eyes on Vietnam. Fans have already taken notice of the output from the southeast Asian nation but 2013 should yield a handful of interesting titles, the most interesting of which are Charlie... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

THE LADY ASSASSIN Bares Her Blade In 3D

The Lady Assassin (My Nhan Ke) is headed for Vietnam, with writer-director Nguyen Quang Dung's handsome 3D martial arts fantasy angling to be one of the big winners over the upcoming Tet holidays. And if Tet audiences are hungry for... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

VIFF 2012 Wrap-Up: All Apologies, A Mere Life, and In the Name of Love

Emily Tang's beautiful, smart, and moving Perfect Life is not only one of my favorite VIFF films of 2008, but one of my favorite films period (I don't keep a list, I just know that the memorable ones must... More »