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…
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One of the early films in director Chang Cheh’s Shaolin Cycle, this one stars Alexander Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan Chun as two students of Shaolin (in this film the destruction of Shaolin has happened long before) who with other Read more…
Jet Li is probably best known to martial arts movie fans for playing the legendary Wong Fei Hung in the Once Upon a Time in China films made by director Tsui Hark. The films regenerated the limping Kung fu movie Read more…
Director Chang Cheh was always the pioneer at Shaw Brothers studios, especially during the 1960s and 70s and Men From the Monastery was one of his first in what was called his “Shaolin Cycle” of films. The film stars Fu Read more…
Brandon Lee is always a person who fans thought was taken just on the edge of achieving stardom worldwide and his shocking death on the set of The Crow is still such a tragic accident. But before being given the Read more…
Action legend John Woo had not directed a film in Hollywood for 20 years (his last was Paycheck) but has now returned to screens with this action revenge thriller Silent Night starring Joel Kinnaman. On Christmas Eve, a man witnesses Read more…
Eureka in the UK continue to release classic Hong Kong action films onto Blu ray and the latest from a 2K remaster is Jimmy Wang Yu in Beach of the War Gods. A mixture of Chinese swordplay movies, Spaghetti Westerns Read more…
Marko Zorro is an impressive martial arts actor who has been in some great action movies most notably John Wick 4 and Undisputed 3 and he was stunt double for The Rock, Dwain Johnson in The Rundown. In Fist of Read more…
Another release from 88 Films is this classic Chow Yun Fat action/drama God Of Gamblers. The film was released on Blu-ray in Hong Kong, this disc was region-free and you can read my review here…. Now 88 Films has released Read more…
In the last few years, Jackie Chan has been slowing down in making action movies, he is getting older and many fans wish for one great last action swansong before he retires. While Ride On is not an all-out classic, Read more…
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