Iron Monkey – UK Blu Ray Review
David Rees Action star Donnie Yen now has a very high profile resume after co-starring in Rogue One the Star Wars spin-off and the highly successful Ip Man film series of which…
2018
Birth of the Dragon – Review
Bruce Lee became a cultural icon after his tragic death and as such has a huge following, so when a movie comes out about any aspect of his life it…
Manhunt (2017) – Review
Director John Woo has been absent from Cinema for a while after making Red Cliff and The Crossing when he announced a return to the Heroic Bloodshed genre with Manhunt,…
Wolf Warrior 2 – Review
Wolf Warrior was a medium hit in the Far East but got mixed reviews, so it came as a great surprise that Wolf Warrior 2 also starring Wu Jing went…
Chasing the Dragon – Review
Director Wong Jing is renowned for low brow and enjoyable at times action comedies but here with co-director Jason Kwan gives viewers the dramatic story of gangster Crippled Ho’s journey…
Paradox – Review
Director Wilson Yip has a solid reputation with Hong Kong movie fans and when good reports started coming in of his new film Paradox with action direction by Sammo Hung…
The Foreigner – Review
Jackie Chan will always be an icon to all Hong Kong cinema fans, but his recent output has been, to put it mildly pretty awful. Films such as Kung Fu…
Blade of the Immortal – Review
Director Takeshi Miike has directed many films, some great some bad, but Blade of the Immortal is his 100th movie and this time he revisits the Samurai genre but with…
The Villainess – Review
Korean action cinema releases in the UK have been very quiet lately until word came out about a new revenge thriller entitled The Villainess starring Kim Ok-bin and directed by…
Headshot – Review
Iko Uwais shot to fame in the fabulous Gareth Evans films The Raid 1 + 2 and Headshot is his first follow up movie, this time with directors Kimo Stamboel…