hong kong – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com Stay Retro Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:41:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 https://newretrowave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-10906530_846941002018082_8508920941385779369_n-1-32x32.jpg hong kong – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com 32 32 Pan!c Pop vaporizes the dancefloor with ‘Goodbye, 5o 5oon…’ https://newretrowave.com/2022/09/06/panc-pop-vaporizes-the-dancefloor-with-goodbye-5o-5oon/ https://newretrowave.com/2022/09/06/panc-pop-vaporizes-the-dancefloor-with-goodbye-5o-5oon/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:41:52 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=39351 If you’re looking for another set of Future Funk jams to keep the night going, Canadian producer Pan!c Pop has got you covered. Distributed by Hong Kong Future Funk powerhouse Neon City Records Goodbye, 5o 5oon… delivers a solid half hour of spliced-up, thumping ear candy to dance the night away to.

Favorite tracks : Heartache!, Date Night Deluxe, Love Language

Pan!c Pop ‘Goodbye, 5o 5oon…’ is out now via Bandcamp.

]]> https://newretrowave.com/2022/09/06/panc-pop-vaporizes-the-dancefloor-with-goodbye-5o-5oon/feed/ 0 Last Action Hero – China Town Ghosts https://newretrowave.com/2021/09/14/last-action-hero-china-town-ghosts/ https://newretrowave.com/2021/09/14/last-action-hero-china-town-ghosts/#respond Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:59:50 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=37229 Detective John Wagner is back in action and ready to get even!

Nottingham producer Last Action Hero has just released China Town Ghosts, a conceptual follow up to his 2020 album Cop Movie.

In this latest instalment, Wagner is pulled back into a world of corruption and violence by the Dragon Dynasty from whom he must save his daughter Sarah. Blending double-dragon beat-em-up scores with some Hong Kong cop movie flair, Last Action Hero will satisfy any synthwave enthusiast looking to take a trip down the murky streets of Chinatown.

Favorite tracks: Beijing Bar Fight, The Glow

Last Action Hero ‘China Town Ghosts’ is out now via Bandcamp

]]> https://newretrowave.com/2021/09/14/last-action-hero-china-town-ghosts/feed/ 0 The Wicked City (1992): Movie Review https://newretrowave.com/2020/04/06/the-wicked-city-1992-movie-review/ https://newretrowave.com/2020/04/06/the-wicked-city-1992-movie-review/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2020 08:48:39 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=29511 It seems like during the nineties someone in Hong Kong decided to make a live-action Wicked City adaptation. What could go wrong, right?

Well I’m here to give it you and break it down (lightly). The movie is mediocre. It’s bland. The effects leave a lot to be desired and the lighting is very, very, obnoxious.

First, if you’re looking for just a live version of the classic WICKED CITY then you’re going to be disappointed. Here in this version – there are no demons, they are reptoids (?) might as well give a credit to Zachariah Sitchin and the Anunnaki. The actors are basic two dimensional cut outs. The action is pretty entertaining; in fact the action is the one cool thing going on in this film if you can understand what the hell is going on. Now about that lighting- dear lord, geez luweez. Mood lighting gone wrong; there’s so much blue in this film that if I was any more intoxicated I’d probably mistake this for a Smurf film. The overdubbing is bad as well.

It’s so bad, it is almost charming. Split Second (1992) is sci-fi B movie starring Rutget Hauer and although completely unrelated to this film is a much better film in terms of aesthetics, story, mood, humor, editing and action. So, I didn’t like it. It is recommended to just go watch the original anime (tentacle scene included). I didn’t enjoy it. However that doesn’t all yous can’t get a good chuckle while watching this movie while under quarantine.

So, until next week – Keep your fingers on that REWIND BUTTON.

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