Shadowless Sword – Review
Made in 2005, and partly funded by New Line, Shadowless Sword is the Korean take on well known classic Chinese swordplay pictures. The story is about Dae Jeong-hyun, a prince of the Balhae royal family living in exile who unwittingly becomes the heir to the kingdom when warring Georan forces successfully kill off everyone ahead […]
Battle Royale – UK Blu Ray Special Edition Review
Arrow have pulled out all the stops to give fans a 3 disc Special edition of the cult classic Japanese film Battle Royale. In future Japan things are not well, unemployment is sky high, students are boycotting school and the crime rate has soared. To combat this the government introduce the ” Battle Royale Act”. […]
Arahan – Blu Ray Review
Arahan is one of my personal favourite movies to have come out of Korea in the past decade. Excellent action mixed with comedy which is genuinely funny. So Sang-Hwan (Ryoo Seung Bum) is a good-hearted cop who just does not seem to be able to do anything right and is always getting into trouble with […]
Reign of Assassins – Review
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of the mystical Buddhist monk Bodhidharma’s remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the […]
Legend of the Fist : The Return of Chen Zhen – Review
Chen Zhen, for those that don’t know, is the character created for the Bruce Lee movie Fist Of Fury who goes back to the Ching Wu school to get revenge for the death of his master. The film was remade with Jet Li in Fist Of Legend and now Donnie Yen takes the reins in […]
Connected – Review
Louise Koo stars in this HK action remake of the Hollywood movie Cellular which starred Kim Basinger and Jason Statham. Koo plays a single father whose life changes when he receives a call on his mobile phone from a woman called Grace (Barbie Hsu) who is distressed and claims she has been kidnapped. She asks […]
Fong Sai Yuk (The Legend) – DVD Review
One of Jet Li’s fan favourites Fong Sai Yuk was made in 1993 and directed by Corey Yuen. Set in the Ching Dynasty the film tells the story of a ruthless emperor who persecutes a revolutionary group who are out to destroy his regime. When Fong Sai Yuk discovers that his own father is […]
Gallants – Review
Having had a lot of good pre-release publicity, Gallants had a lot to live up to but succeeds admirably as being a fun, witty film with a nostalgic wink to past Kung fu cinema glory. Wong You-nam is a loser named Cheung. Working at a real estate company he’s sent to a small village […]
14 Blades – Review
Donnie Yen stars (does this man ever rest!) in this Swordplay action movie 14 Blades directed by Daniel Lee and co-starring Vicky Zhao Wei, Wu Ma and Damian Lau. During the Ming Dynasty, in order to consolidate all power and keep his bloodline on the throne, the Emperor established a secure system of defence for […]
Ong Bak 3 – Review
The final part of the so-called trilogy. Ong Bak 3 starts exactly where part 2 ended, with Tien (Tony Jaa), being tortured by his captors and being set to be executed. He is rescued but is crippled and with the help of a Buddhist sect sets about his recovery and then come to the rescue […]