Hong Kong’s Best Films of 2020: From ‘Shadows’ to ‘Enter the Fat Dragon’ – Do A-Listers Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan or Andy Lau Make STYLE’s Award Winners?1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe golden age of Hong Kong cinema may be long past, but even by recent standards 2020 wasn’t a vintage year for the local film industry. The protests that dominated 2019 disrupted film production, and then last year the Covid-19 pandemic closed cinemas for months, leaving the industry on the ropes after this hefty one-two combination.
Even those stars who did get films out last year didn’t impress – Jackie Chan trod tired old ground in Vanguard, the kind of film he made but much better more than 30 years ago in Armour of God, while Andy Lau starred in Find Your Voice, a “banal education drama” that had none of the warmth or subtlety of 2018’s education-focused Distinction.
Perhaps all that explains why the Hong Kong Film Awards has opted not to host its 40th annual award ceremony this year. Instead, they plan a double edition for 2022, which will consider Hong Kong-made films released in both 2020 and 2021 as eligible.
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