Broken Oath – Blu Ray Review
David Rees 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…
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Shawscope Volume 3 – Disc 2 – Review. Return of the One Armed Swordsman / New One Armed Swordsman
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…
Shawscope Volume 3 – Disc 1 – One Armed Swordsman Review
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…
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires – Blu-Ray Review
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…
Enter the Clones of Bruce – Documentary Blu-Ray Review
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…
Replacement Killers – Retro Review
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…
Above the Law (1988) – Retro Review
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…
Shaolin Martial Arts (1974) – Retro Review
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…
Last Hero In China – Blu-Ray Review 88 Films
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…
Retro Review – Men From the Monastery (1974)
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…