Flash Point – Review
Donnie Yen seems to be the busiest actor on the planet at the moment with many projects currently filming or awaiting release. Flash Point saw Donnie team up again with director Wilson Yip after the success of the fantastic SPL. The story this time out involves a trio of Vietnamese gangsters running a smuggling operation […]
Tai Chi Master – DVD Review
Cine-Asia are continuing to release Dragon Dynasty titles in the UK and this is the latest, Jet Li’s Tai Chi Master. Two orphans are raised at Shaolin, becoming great fighters and friends. After a misunderstanding, they are both expelled and go there separate ways one becomes a high ranking official of the corrupt government the […]
Ip Man 2 – Review
Ip Man 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the fabulous first film starring Donnie Yen. This film is a direct follow on from the last with Ip Man in Hong Kong and struggling to survive and having no luck attracting students to his kung fu school. When he starts to get pupils it […]
Invisible Target – Review
An armoured truck is secretly transporting $100 million for a US bank when it is hijacked by a band of robbers calling themselves the ‘Ronin Gang’. The gang blows up the truck and makes off with all the cash. Three detectives, led by Chan Chun (Nicholas Tse), are assigned to stop the ruthless gang from […]
Lau Kar Leung – Movies He Directed at Shaw Brothers
Having recently watched all of Lau Kar Leung’s Shaw directed movies and the great director getting a lifetime achievement award at the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards, here’s my short opinion of each… These are films he directed for Shaws only. SPIRITUAL BOXER (1975): ok first directorial effort, mixes comedy and kung fu in the […]
Fist Of Legend & Kill Zone – Reviews
Dragon Dynasty has now started to release DVDs in the UK in conjunction with Cine Asia and the first releases are Jet Li’s Fist Of Legend and Kill Zone (aka SPL) both as 2 disc special editions. Starting with Fist of Legend this is one of Jet Li’s most acclaimed movies and certainly a fan […]
Raging Phoenix – Review
Chocolate was the debut for Thai action heroine Jeeja Yanin and was impressive not just for the action, but the story and acting. Her follow up Raging Phoenix is again action directed by Panna Rittikrai. Here he tries to use a diverse range of fighting styles sort of Muay Thai mixed with break-dancing and […]
House of Traps – Review
Made in 1982 House Of Traps is one of the last Chang Cheh directed “Venoms” films made for the Shaw studio. The plot is about the quest to recover some valuable jade antiques and a list that names a series of rebels. The items have been hidden in the eponymous “House of Traps”, a booby […]
Shaolin Abbot – Review
David Chiang was best known by fans for his films for director Chang Cheh and co-starring with Ti Lung. In Shaolin Abbot, he plays Shaolin monk Chih Shim a real monk who apparently saved the southern Shaolin temple. Making this production all the more notable is Lo Lieh, Shaws’ first international star, who returns to […]
Broken Oath – Review
Angela Mao stars in this classic Golden Harvest kung fu movie and which along with Hapkido is one of her best. Broken Oath starts with a guy being murdered by four corrupt bandits and his wife caught and sentenced to life in prison. While there she bears a daughter whom she intends to exact her […]