Category Archives: Reviews

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 Read more…

  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 Read more…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…

The Kick was released in 2011 and is one of the many action movies from director Prachya Pinkaew, most famous for his martial arts movies with Tony Jaa. The story starts with Moon, who is a Taekwondo master running an Read more…

War Of The Arrows starts with youngster Nam-yi (Lee Da-wit) and little sister Ja-in (Jeon Min-seo) narrowly escape death when their father is branded a traitor and killed by rivals in the Chosun dynasty court. Cut to 1636, Nam-yi and Read more…