Top 10 Sammo Hung Movies
Sammo Hung is one of the most influential people in Hong Kong Cinema over the past 30 years. He has worked with all the greats including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen. What follows are my top 10 of his films, in no particular order in which he has a major role. This was […]
Bangkok Knockout – Review
Bangkok Knockout sadly shows all that is right and wrong with Thai action cinema at the moment. Martial arts clubs compete for a Hollywood movie audition, The Pure-hearted club, led by a Taekwondo artist named Pod, wins. But all is not what it seems, the group wake up in an abandoned housing estate, surrounded by […]
Man From Nowhere – Review
An ex-special agent, Cha Tae-shik’s runs a pawnshop in a complex where a little girl named So-mi lives with her mother. The two have a silent friendship and the girl sees him as her only friend. Her mother, Hyo-jeong smuggles drugs from a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-shik with the product, without letting […]
Mini – Reviews
Here are some mini-reviews of movies I have seen lately that are worth a view. Beach Of The War Gods (1973) Wang Yu starred in and directed this swordplay epic in which an isolated Chinese coastal village finds itself overrun by the Japanese invaders. Hsiao Feng (Wang Yu) decides to help and recruit skilled swordsmen […]
Bodyguards and Assassins – Review
Released in 2009 Bodyguards And Assassins tells the story of Sun Yat Sen, who played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty, and his arrival in Hong Kong to meet the 13 district representatives to discuss his revolution plans. But there are others who are desperate to get him assassinated. A group […]
Clash (2009)- Review
After seeing Johnny Nguyen in Tom Yum Goong opposite Tony Jaa and in the excellent The Rebel, I was looking forward to his next project which was The Clash another Vietnamese action movie which was the highest grossing film in Vietnam in 2010. The lead figure is Phoenix, played by the lovely Ngo Thanh Van. […]
Bruce Lee My Brother – Review
Not another Bruce Lee bio-graphical movie, i hear you shout, yes but this is done with the help of the Lee family in Hong Kong namely his Brother Robert and sister Phoebe. Bruce Lee My Brother starts with the birth of the Little Dragon in America and the amusing way in which he got his […]
Kung Fu Wing Chun – Review
The fascination with the art of Wing Chun Kung Fu continues with this China production from our old favourites Seasonal Films who produced such classics as Drunken Master and Invincible Armour. Yim Wing Chun is a young vibrant girl, a tomboy in her attitude and always getting into trouble in and around the restaurant which […]
Ip Man – The Legend is Born – Blu Ray Review
The Wing Chun kung fu master Ip Man has been well represented recently in Hong Kong cinema with the two successful films starring Donnie Yen as the title character. In Ip Man, The Legend Is Born Dennis To steps into his shoes and plays Ip Man in his young years, how he was introduced to […]
The Odd Couple – DVD Review
Sammo Hung needs no introduction to fans of Asian cinema as he is one of the greatest and most influential directors of the last 30 years. Made in 1979, The Odd Couple is about two masters of the martial arts, played by Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing – one an expert with the spear, […]