Author Archives: David Rees


88 Films will release the Jackie Chan martial arts movie Dragon Fist on a new remastered 4KUHD and Blu-ray. Made in 1978 this is one of the few very serious films he made during that time, having not perfected the Read more…


Fong Sai Yuk is a martial arts hero, similar to Wong Fei Hung and has been the subject of many films from the old Black and White days to the classic Shaw Brothers studio. Here Jet Li takes on the Read more…


Superkicker Hwang Jang Lee was a very popular actor in martial arts cinema in the 1970s and early 1980s. Now, 88 Films has released a new Blu-ray of Kid From Kwangtung, one of the few films he did for the Read more…


A new documentary by Hussar Entertainment Productions on the life and times of Bolo Yeung, the iconic martial artist and actor,is soon to be released called Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story Best known for his roles in Enter The Read more…


Tony Jaa became an iconic martial arts star with the release of Ong Bak in 2003 and followed it up with the sequel Ong Bak 2 and Tom Yum Goong (Warrior King.) He then had a bitter contract dispute in Read more…


Below is the first trailer for the new film starring Donnie Yen called The Prosecutor. The Prosecutor is about a young man who is wrongly charged with drug trafficking after being deceived. An ex-prosecutor investigates the case, uncovers a corrupt lawyer Read more…


Tony Jaa is headlining a new film directed by Cheng Siyi called Striking Rescue. The film tells the story of a retired veteran who is framed after his wife and daughter were killed. After being wanted, he tracks down the Read more…


It is not often these days that a new Hong Kong action movie gets a lot of press in the West, but Twilight of the Warriors – Walled In, has had a cinema release in the UK and USA and Read more…


Angela Mao had a good career in martial arts movies with her best output being with Golden Harvest. Broken Oath is one of her best and sadly the last she did for the studio. Buddhist nuns raise orphaned baby Lotus Read more…


Disc 2 of this Arrow Video Shawscope box set has two more One-Armed Swordsman films, Return of the One Armed Swordsman (1969) and New One-Armed Swordsman (1971). Return of the One-Armed Swordsman – This sequel carries on where the original Read more…