Cine-Asia are continuing to release Dragon Dynasty titles in the UK and this is the latest, Jet Li’s Tai Chi Master. Two orphans are raised at Shaolin, becoming great fighters and friends. After a misunderstanding, they are both expelled and Read more…
Ip Man 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the fabulous first film starring Donnie Yen. This film is a direct follow on from the last with Ip Man in Hong Kong and struggling to survive and having no Read more…
An armoured truck is secretly transporting $100 million for a US bank when it is hijacked by a band of robbers calling themselves the ‘Ronin Gang’. The gang blows up the truck and makes off with all the cash. Three Read more…
Having recently watched all of Lau Kar Leung’s Shaw directed movies and the great director getting a lifetime achievement award at the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards, here’s my short opinion of each… These are films he directed for Shaws Read more…
Dragon Dynasty has now started to release DVDs in the UK in conjunction with Cine Asia and the first releases are Jet Li’s Fist Of Legend and Kill Zone (aka SPL) both as 2 disc special editions. Starting with Fist Read more…
Chocolate was the debut for Thai action heroine Jeeja Yanin and was impressive not just for the action, but the story and acting. Her follow up Raging Phoenix is again action directed by Panna Rittikrai. Here he tries to Read more…
Made in 1982 House Of Traps is one of the last Chang Cheh directed “Venoms” films made for the Shaw studio. The plot is about the quest to recover some valuable jade antiques and a list that names a series Read more…
David Chiang was best known by fans for his films for director Chang Cheh and co-starring with Ti Lung. In Shaolin Abbot, he plays Shaolin monk Chih Shim a real monk who apparently saved the southern Shaolin temple. Making this Read more…
Angela Mao stars in this classic Golden Harvest kung fu movie and which along with Hapkido is one of her best. Broken Oath starts with a guy being murdered by four corrupt bandits and his wife caught and sentenced to Read more…
From executive producers Jackie Chan and John Sham, Wushu – The Young Generation, a martial arts drama starring Sammo Hung and lots of mainland Chinese new talent. Wushu was shot at an actual martial arts school in China using Read more…
