Paul's review: Point Of No Return is a less-than-great-but-sometimes-fun Hong Kong heroic bloodshed flick from 1990, directed rather blandly by Guy Lai Ying-Chau, a guy with little famous to his name, the best of his being the slightly amusing 1991 spooky comedy Ghost For Sale which really isn't saying much. The cast of Point Of No Return includes mainstays of the time such as Jacky Cheung, Joey Wong, and the ever-reliable Kenneth Tsang. All do their usual best with the limited material on offer. The film's plot is that it doesn't really have one, one bunch of killers run by Tsang are hired to kill people whilst a rival killer wants to kill them because they killed some guy called Michael in Thailand. In between, there is bullshit romance between hitman Cheung and DJ and insurance broker (really) Wong whilst Wong's policeman dad complains about his arthritis. Cheung has a hitman partner played by Patrick Tam (NOT the film director of the same name) who resembles A...

Nathan's review:  Ai Konno (Hitomi Kuroki), is the wife of Boss Konno (Hiroki Matsukata), a well liked and respected leader of a mid level Yakuza Family locked in a bitter rivalry with Tanoura (Renji Ishibashi), the Boss of a rival outfit using unscrupulous methods to try and propel his own gang to the big leagues. When her husband is viciously murdered outside a nightclub, Ai takes it upon herself to get revenge, putting her on a journey that leads to Prison, the eventual downfall of the Konno Family and a long gestating plan to get justice for her slain lover. 'The Boss' Wife' is a film I enjoy a lot, even on rewatches. Adapted for the screen by no less than Sadao Nakajima (taken from a novel by Goro Fujita, author of Graveyard of Honor) and with Toei veteran Ryuichi Takamori in the directors chair, it's a film that packs much into its somewhat lean 100 minute runtime. A gender swapped revenge tale at it's heart, with a side helping of Yakuza warfare and melod...