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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…


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…


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…


Arrow Video is now releasing Volume 3 in the Shawscope series and the first disc in the set is a new 4K remaster of the classic One Armed Swordsman starring Jimmy Wang Yu. Accepted to the Golden Sword School after Read more…


In the early 1970s, the Kung Fu movie craze started with the big box office takings for movies such as Enter the Dragon and King Boxer. Meanwhile, the British horror film company Hammer were falling on hard times with many Read more…


When Bruce Lee died in July 1973 the world was shocked, Hong Kong had lost its most famous son just as he was reaching stardom in the West. But soon after the Hong Kong film industry started pumping out what Read more…


Chow Yun Fat became a superstar and icon, especially in Hong Kong and Asia after his hit action films from director John Woo, namely A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Hard Boiled. It was time for Chow to try Hollywood Read more…


Mention the name Steven Seagal these days, and you will probably get some comic or derogatory comments, but back in the late 80’s onwards for about 6 movies he was one of the most successful action film stars in Hollywood, Read more…