Video releases
Enter the Fat Dragon
Once a shining example and the best of the Hong Kong Police Special Task Force, Fallon Zhu (Yen) drops rank and gains some pounds after his fiancée (Chow) leaves him. When an old colleague promises Zhu a transfer if he takes on a mission for him, Zhu jumps at the opportunity to be a cop again and soon finds himself escorting a suspect to Japan. But things don’t go according to plan, and Zhu must enlist some unconventional help to take on the baddies of Japan and find out what’s really going on.
Director: Kenji Tanigaki. Stars: Donnie Yen, Teresa Mo, Jing Wong, Niki Chow, Naoto Takenaka, Tetsu Watanabe, Hiro Hayama, Louis Cheung. 2020. 96 mins. Action.
Castle in the Ground
The opioid crisis takes center stage in a film that follows teenager Henry (Wolff) after his mother (Campbell) dies from illness. Numb from grief, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his troubled neighbor, Ana (Poots), who introduces him to the world of opioids. As the opioid crisis reaches the streets of their small town, Henry and Ana’s drug use begins to bring them severe affliction instead of the escape they seek.
Director: Joey Klein. Stars: Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Neve Campbell, Tom Cullen, Keir Gilchrist, Kiowa Gordon. 2019. 105 mins. Drama.