Call of Heroes

Call of Heroes (2016) is a Hong Kong period action film from Benny Chan that you can watch online on iFILM. China during the warlord era, early twentieth century. With the regular army marched off to the front, a quiet town called Pucheng is left exposed when a general's son rides in and starts gunning down civilians for sport.

Standing in his way is militia captain Yang, played by Lau Ching-wan, who arrests the killer and sentences him to hang under the town's own law. The catch: the boy's father commands an entire army camped outside the gates, and he'll burn Pucheng to the ground to get his son back. Louis Koo plays a drifting swordsman with a grudge, Eddie Peng a quick-draw gunman, and Sammo Hung choreographed the fights, so the whip duels and brawls land with real weight. Strip away the setting and it's a Western in disguise — one honest man against a garrison, asking what the law is worth when brute force backs the other side. A solid pick for fans of old-school Asian action that leans on stunt work over CGI. Stream Call of Heroes (2016) online on iFILM.