A Melee Of March Film Festivals In London
by The Daily Eye Team March 10 2016, 1:37 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 25 secsA long overdue celebration of a distant noir scene so good Martin Scorsese ripped it off (with The Departed) but came nowhere near the ice cool original he was aping (Infernal Affairs). There are 20 crime flicks here making up a banquet of comedy, action and adrenaline. Seminal filmmakers represented include Wong KarWai, Jackie Chan and John Woo.
Highlight: Among four UK premieres there will be a screening of veteran director Ringo Lam’s new blood-spattered chase flick Wild City.