Genre: Kung Fu

REVIEW: ‘A Girl Called Tigress’ (1973)

REVIEW: ‘A Girl Called Tigress’ (1973)

It’s Polly Shang-kwan times two in this sluggish kung fu crime actioner made palatable only by fierce basher action in the latter half highlighting the talents…

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The Brave and the Evil (DVD – Hoker Records)

The Brave and the Evil (DVD – Hoker Records)

Released in Taiwan by Hoker Records and made available internationally through Hong Kong-based retailer Yesasia.com is this licensed DVD release of Jimmy Wang Yu’s rousing kung…

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Production begins on ‘Ip Man 2,’ young Bruce Lee cast

Production begins on ‘Ip Man 2,’ young Bruce Lee cast

Production has begun on the sequel to the award-winning kung fu drama IP MAN with director Wilson Yip, martial arts star Donnie Yen and cast members…

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Undefeatable (1993)

Undefeatable (1993)

Kung fu starlet Cynthia Rothrock is Kristi Jones, a petty gang leader hustling organized street fights to pay for her sister’s college education. When a mentally…

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Action director Leung Ting talks ‘Five Venoms’

Action director Leung Ting talks ‘Five Venoms’

During a recent interview with Crescent Street Films, WingTsun Grandmaster Leung Ting spoke briefly about choreographing action for Chang Cheh’s widely popular kung fu classic THE…

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Teaser trailer for ‘Bodyguards and Assassins’

Teaser trailer for ‘Bodyguards and Assassins’

The first teaser trailer for writer-director Teddy Chan’s period kung fu actioner BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS has been posted exclusively on Alive Not Dead. The 94-second video…

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The Five Venoms (DVD – Dragon Dynasty)

The Five Venoms (DVD – Dragon Dynasty)

The Weinstein Company finally delivers its first Shaw Brothers film release in over a year on their Dragon Dynasty label with Chang Cheh’s kung fu classic…

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The Deadliest Man Alive: Searching for Count Dante

The Deadliest Man Alive: Searching for Count Dante

Over the past few years, I have had some experience with deja vu, a few premonitions and what some consider precognition. I try to rationalize these…

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‘Taishan Kung Fu’ premieres in China

‘Taishan Kung Fu’ premieres in China

There is a new kung fu movie currently screening in mainland China featuring members of Sammo Hung’s stunt team. TAISHAN KUNG FU is director and Sammo…

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Tony Leung injured while training for ‘Grand Master’

Tony Leung injured while training for ‘Grand Master’

Hong Kong media are reporting that actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai has broken his left arm during a training session for Wong Kar-wai’s upcoming kung fu movie…

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Streaming kung fu classics come to Crunchyroll

Streaming kung fu classics come to Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll, a legal streaming video site offering Japanese anime and Asian entertainment has announced the new and impending release of licensed, classic martial arts TV series…

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The Death Games (1997)

The Death Games (1997)

Hong Kong has always been known to churn out some frenetic kickboxing style action in their films. This action packed film from Golden Sun Films, a…

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Full-length MA flicks come to Youtube

Full-length MA flicks come to Youtube

A week ago, channel “Drelbcom” on Youtube began offering feature-length movies in the public domain to compliment their existing offering of classic TV show episodes. The…

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One Arm Chivalry Fight Against One Arm Chivalry (1977)

One Arm Chivalry Fight Against One Arm Chivalry (1977)

Jimmy Wang Yu, the world’s first international kung fu star is a sword-fighting secret society rebel who loses an arm and his reputation when he’s framed…

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Donnie Yen may play ‘Chen Zhen’ again

Donnie Yen may play ‘Chen Zhen’ again

Director Gordon Chan is planning a new kung fu movie about Chen Zhen, the character famously portrayed by Bruce Lee in FIST OF FURY and later by…

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Beardy directs Master Killer in ‘Blood Relations’

Beardy directs Master Killer in ‘Blood Relations’

Production has begun on BLOOD RELATIONS, a period martial arts movie from director and veteran kung fu movie and TV star Leung Kar-yan (LEGEND OF A…

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