Born to Fight – Review
Action cinema from Thailand had a big boost a few years ago with the introduction of Tony Jaa and his team of action choreographers and in 2004 the same film company released Born To Fight starring Dan Chupong and directed by Panna Rittigrai. The movie is a remake in name only of one of […]
ABOVE THE LAW (AKA Righting Wrongs) (1986) – Review
Above the Law is a typical high quality 80’s action from Golden Harvest with Yuen Biao as a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys then decides to take the law into his own hands. Cynthia Rothrock plays a cop out to find the vigilante and Melvyn Wong is […]
Saving General Yang – Review
Director Ronny Yu does not do many martial arts type movies, his last, Fearless starring Jet Li is possibly one of the best of its kind in the last 10 years. Saving General Yang does not reach those heights, but it is a very well made piece of historical storytelling. Many films have been made […]
Journey to the West: Conquering The Demons – Review
Journey To The West is the most strange and bizarre film I have seen in a very long time, but it is also great fun! It has already become one of the highest grossing films in China’s history and has been a big hit whenever it has screened in the Far East. The story […]
One Armed Swordsman Trilogy – Blu Ray Review
Shaw Brothers swordplay movies were the staple of Hong Kong cinema until the early 70’s and the arrival of a certain Bruce Lee. The One-Armed Swordsman trilogy were some of the best Shaw Brothers had to offer at the time and the 1st film was the first million-dollar swordplay box office smash in Hong Kong. […]
Tai Chi Zero – Review
After much publicity, Tai Chi Zero opened in China and Hong Kong to OK box office results and now it is available to view at home on DVD and Blu ray. In Chen Village, deep inside China, everyone is a martial arts practitioner, mastering the powerful Chen Style Tai Chi. Lu Chan has arrived to […]
Royal Warriors – Blu Ray Review
When VHS in the UK was at its peak, there were a few classic Hong Kong movies that got released on the format and this was one, retitled Police Assassins 2, I enjoyed the film then and it still holds up well today. Royal Warriors starred a new actress at the time called Michelle Khan, […]
Five Element Ninjas – Blu Ray Review
This classic Shaw Brothers movie, directed by Chang Cheh and made in 1981 has been released in the USA by Tokyo Shock and in the UK by 88 Films and is the best quality Blu ray I have seen of an old school kung fu movie so far. Five Element Ninjas starts with a bitter […]
Rumble in the Bronx – Blu Ray Review
Jackie Chan movies have been poorly served on the Blu ray format, in the West only a couple of titles have been released and those mainly cut and dubbed and the discs released in Hong Kong have been of poor quality so its great to report that this Blu ray of Jackie’s Western breakthrough hit […]
The Raid – Review
Probably the most talked about action film from the Far East this year, Gareth Evan’s The Raid is released in the UK on Blu ray and DVD by Momentum Pictures. Deep in Jakarta’s most deprived slums stands an impenetrable high-rise apartment block. To many its home to the city’s most dangerous killers and gangsters, including […]