REVIEW: Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
This sequel to THE ONE-ARMED BOXER (1972) sees the return of Jimmy Wang Yu as a one-armed kung fu instructor forced to use his fighting skills and wits to combat a blind master of the flying guillotine. [...]
REVIEW: 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The (1978)
The legend of southern Shaolin monk San Te comes alive in this masterful martial arts epic from Shaw Brothers and action director Lau Kar-leung. In his third starring role, Gordon Liu (DIRTY HO) delivers an iconic, career-defining [...]
REVIEW: Fist of Fury (1972)
Bruce Lee explodes onscreen in his second and greatest martial arts film role, that of iconic Chinese screen hero Chen Zhen. Set in Republican-era Shanghai in the city’s international district, this groundbreaking kung fu classic from Golden [...]
REVIEW: Rebel Intruders (1980)
Three kung fu-fighting refugees get swept up in a brewing conflict between rival Republican-era warlords in this kung fu actioner from writer-director Chang Cheh and the five-man acting and action directing team known as the Venoms Mob. [...]
REVIEW: Secret Rivals – Part 2, The (1977)
Director Ng See-yuen’s follow up to his hit kung fu actioner THE SECRET RIVALS repeats the successful formula of a northern kicking expert teaming with a southern fist expert to battle a white-haired master of both. With [...]
REVIEW: Masked Avengers (1981)
Above average wuxia/kung fu thriller from writer-director Chang Cheh sees a band of jiang hu heroes (led by Chiang Sheng and Chin Siu-hou) on a mission to find and stop a bloodthirsty gang of trident-wielding killers known [...]
REVIEW: Secret Rivals, The (1976)
This is a terrific kung fu actioner that was a huge hit upon release and popularized Korean Taekwondo in kung fu cinema thanks to outstanding performances from power-kicking newcomers Hwang Jang-lee and John Liu. It also established [...]
Gina Carano is ‘In the Blood’
After getting some rave review for her lead role debut in HAYWIRE, mixed martial artist Gina Carano is ready to kick some butt again as she has signed to star in her next action film. Carano will [...]
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) – Trailer
The latest film by director Timur Bekmambetov (NIGHT WATCH) is based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, who also wrote “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” The premise is that our 16th president had a secret identity, having made [...]
REVIEW: Legend is Born – Ip Man, The (2010)
With the rousing success of Wilson Yip’s semi-biographical film about the Wing Chun kung fu master IP MAN, wing chun expert Checkley Sin produces this unofficial prequel to that very film that features exhilarating fight sequences despite [...]
REVIEW: Invincible Shaolin (1978)
This bloody kung fu actioner from director Chang Cheh features his Venoms Mob in their follow up to popular genre classic THE FIVE VENOMS. It’s a low-budget production with a crude story and gimmicky depictions of imaginative [...]
REVIEW: Invincible Armour, The (1977)
It is the quintessential classic kung fu movie from martial arts filmmaker Ng See-yuen that recasts his super-kicking SECRET RIVALS stars John Liu and Hwang Jang-lee in their fourth and greatest screen match up. Taking a page [...]
Godfrey Ho’s ninja madness reborn in new series
Coming February 16 to the internet is the premiere of NINJA THE MISSION FORCE, a new action/comedy web series from Dark Maze Studios that pays comedic homage to the ultra-low-budget ninja films of international B-movie maven Godfrey [...]
REVIEW: Flag of Iron, The (1980)
Writer-director Chang Cheh revisits familiar territory with this remake of his 1971 crime actioner THE DUEL, originally starring David Chiang and Ti Lung. It features three of the Venoms Mob in leading roles along with Chang’s new [...]
REVIEW: Snuff-Bottle Connection (1977)
Bootmasters John Liu and Hwang Jang-lee, fresh from taking the kung fu cinema world by storm in Ng See-yuen’s hit films THE SECRET RIVALS and SECRET RIVALS 2, trade kicks yet again in this kung fu spy [...]
REVIEW: Five Venoms, The (1978)
One of Hong Kong cinema’s most popular martial arts classics is also a first-rate kung fu thriller from director Chang Cheh featuring imaginative fighting, one of the genre’s more engaging plots and stellar performances from six charismatic [...]
REVIEW: Prodigal Son, The (1981)
Sammo Hung directs this excellent kung fu movie starring Yuen Biao as Leung Chang, the son of a wealthy business man who discovers that his kung fu training has been a sham. After meeting a traveling Chinese [...]
REVIEW: KG (Karate Girl) (2011)
Rina Takeda, the HIGH KICK GIRL returns with a vengeance in this exciting action film that marks a major improvement over her film debut. Despite a cliched story, the filmmakers learned from their potentially fatal flaw on [...]
REVIEW: Daredevils, The (1979)
Three martial arts-trained street acrobats and one high-kicking associate go on a daredevil mission to assassinate a military commander in this highly unusual martial arts actioner from director Chang Cheh and the Venoms cast. In 1920s-era China, [...]
REVIEW: Odd Couple (1979)
This superb kung fu comedy pairs Sammo Hung and Lau Kar-wing, each in dual roles as mentor and student, in a film packed with screwball antics, oddball characters and incredible weapons fighting featuring the “Deadly Sword” and [...]
