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REVIEW: ‘Dragon Fire’ (1993)

REVIEW: ‘Dragon Fire’ (1993)

First came Don “The Dragon” Wilson in BLOODFIST (1989). Then came Jerry Trimble in FULL CONTACT (1992) followed by the late Catya Sassoon in ANGEL FIST…

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REVIEW: ‘Fighter’ (2007)

REVIEW: ‘Fighter’ (2007)

Directed by Danish-born helmer Natasha Arthy, FIGHTER can be described as a more seriously minded martial arts version of the Gurinder Chadha comedy BEND IT LIKE…

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REVIEW: ‘Best of the Best 2′ (1992)

REVIEW: ‘Best of the Best 2′ (1992)

Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, and Christopher Penn, as well as director Robert Radler, return from the 1989 martial arts cult classic in a standard tale of…

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Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1993)

Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1993)

The martial arts saga revolving around the Sloan clan takes a major turn for the worse in the most unbelievable (and that is in a bad…

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Underground (2006)

Underground (2006)

Take twelve of the top martial arts fighters from the United Kingdom, a one million dollar prize, and add a little bit of what Bruce Lee…

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REVIEW: ‘Angelfist’ (1993)

REVIEW: ‘Angelfist’ (1993)

Take the Don Wilson film BLOODFIST (1989) and give it a dose of gender reversal and what you get is just another pointless remake that was only…

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Bloodfist (1989)

Bloodfist (1989)

“The Greatest Kickboxer of All Time”, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, jump starts his career as the King of the B-grade American martial arts film with this…

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Showdown (1993)

Showdown (1993)

From the director of BEST OF THE BEST (1989) comes this updated rehash of the classic 1984 film THE KARATE KID, featuring a current fitness guru…

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REVIEW: ‘American Shaolin’ (1991)

REVIEW: ‘American Shaolin’ (1991)

Hong Kong-based Seasonal Film Corporation continues their U.S. crossovers, after the NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER trilogy (1985-1989) and THE KING OF THE KICKBOXERS (1990) with this…

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DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)

DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)

Delivering exactly what it promises is director Corey Yuen’s juvenile babes and butt-kicking brawler DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE. Based on Techmo and Team Ninja’s popular fighting…

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