October Impact

October 2010

p12 / chewing the fat

John Mosby talks exclusively to our cover star Chow Yun Fat about his international career, the changing domestic markets and his latest film Confucius...

p18 / mex to the max

Danny Trejo finally moves centre-stage for the blood-soaked, high octane romp Machete. John Bierly provides a ‘cutting’ review...

p22 / choy li fut

Mike Leeder looks at a generational movie for the Hung family and casts an eye over an impressive cast and crew coming together for the much-anticipated Choy Li Fut...

p26 / something about the girl...

The Millennium novels and movies (starting with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) have won huge acclaim. Impact looks at the trilogy of cinematic thrillers set to conclude this year.

p30 / dead reckoning

Another Resident Evil outing has just hit cinemas - in 3D, no less. Impact assesses the latest chapter in the game-to-screen franchise...

p32 / nikita

Re-imagined for yet another version of Besson’s cult classic, Nikita is back to wreak revenge on her former masters. We look at the new Maggie Q vehicle and assess its chances...

p34 / [asian extreme] connected, the sword with no name & mother

Calum Waddell looks at an American remake in Hong Kong with Connected, a Korean history lesson in The Sword with no Name and a Mother that you may want to think twice about crossing...

p38 / chen zhen

Fist of Legend director Gordon Chan is producing the new film by Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau, starring and action choreographed by Donnie Yen. Mike Leeder takes a first look at Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

p42 / all the wright moves

Completing our coverage of Scott Pilgrim, director Edgar Wright tells us how he brought the comic-adaptation to the big screen...

p46 / [japanime] location, location

We let Andrez Bergen out of the office and into the final scorching days of summer to look at the real-life locations that have inspired a raft of eastern movies...

p52 / [anime attack] moribito & professor leyton

This month Neal Molyneaux looks at Moribito: Guardian of Wellber and the Professor Leyton adaptation...

p56 / lewis collins

For one generation he will always be Bodie, the hot-headed agent of The Professionals, but he also featured in many a big-screen action movie. Impact looks at an impressive career and what could have been...

p60 / tekken

It’s taken a long time to get Tekken to the screen and it’s still difficult to get all the reasons why. But Mike Leeder assesses the long-anticipated game adaptation...

p62 / enter the saxon

He’s a veteran of the industry, a B-movie star gone mainstream and an iconic co-star in Enter the Dragon. Impact’s Naomi Holwill talks exclusively to the actor.

p66 / [far from fragile] b-movie heroes

Our amigo Beau Smith pauses his regular look at all things ‘comics’ to sing the praises of the B-movie heroes that inspire him and his work...

p70 / [deja view] angel

John Mosby looks back at Angel, a show from the days when vampires were more than sparkly sex icons for the teenage masses.

p72 / multimedia

A round-up of the latest books, DVDs and games that should be on your shopping list...

p82 / next month

Just in time for Hallowe’en, we get spooky and turn out attention to the brilliantly ‘orrible. We celebrate the upcoming Walking Dead mini-series, demand that you Let Me In and work out the best way to survive an action horror outing...