In Ping Lumpraploeng’s ‘The Pool’ (2018) a guy named Day (Theeradej Wongpuapan) is floating around in a big pool. When he falls asleep the pool drains and he’s trapped. But that’s not all. Both a huge crocodile and his pregnant girlfriend Koi (Ratnamon Ratchiratham) ends up in the pool as well. If they survive, they sure will have six crazy days to tell their grandchildren about.
I liked this one. The main character got all kinds of plans to get…

Super choreograph Yuen Woo-ping directed this Ip Man-universe spin-off, so of course it’s all about wild and entertaining action. Compered to the Ip Man-movies, this one is less serious and I guess the main agenda is being jaw dropping spectacular. And it does a pretty good job at doing that, some scenes might have a bit too much wire-work for my taste, but it’s really a small issue. And honestly, I didn’t even miss Donnie. Max Zhang is really fast…

‘Terra Formars’ (2016) was actually way more over the top than I thought it would be. Then again, I have not read the manga, but I thought it just was going to be another boring “chosen-one” adaption with teens as the prime audience. Well it wasn't, and you can see that Miike had some fun with this one. Yes, good ol’ ”almost Sushi Typhoon type of fun” with wild costumes, silicon prosthetics and a shitload of goo. I mean, a…