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Ten Tiger of Kwangtung (1980) and Magnificent Ruffians (1979) The first film on this disc is Ten Tigers of Kwangtung with an all-star cast but a mish-mash of stories and confusing execution. The Ten Tigers of Kwantung provide a safe Read more…


Invincible Shaolin and Kid With the Golden Arm Disc 4 of the Shawscope Volume 2 Blu Ray set contains two classic Venoms movies the first of which is Invincible Shaolin made in 1978. An evil Ching warlord (Wang Lung Wei) Read more…


It is hard to imagine that in the UK, Police Story 3 Supercop was only ever released onto VHS, it was never released for whatever reason on DVD or Blu-ray. Now Eureka has released this special edition Blu-ray taken from Read more…


Mad Monkey Kung Fu / Five Superfighters Disc 3 of the Shawscope volume 2 set starts with the Lau Kar Leung classic, Mad Monkey Kung Fu made in 1978 and starring Hsiao Ho, Lau Kar Leung and Lo Lieh. Lau Read more…


Return to the 36th Chamber (1980) – Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985) Disc 2 of the Shawscope Volume 2 Blu-ray box set contains 2 classic movies directed by Lau Kar Leung, Return to the 36th Chamber and Disciples of Read more…


The first Shawscope Blu-Ray box set from Arrow was a big success and now we have volume 2 with a further 14 films to add to your collection. Here we look at disc 1 in the Shawscope Volume 2 set, Read more…


In 2002 a film was released which had film critics and fans of martial arts movies alike praising director Zhang Yimou’s stunning Hero. Starring Jet Li the film won numerous awards and was nominated as best foreign language film at Read more…


Yuen Woo Ping was a director known for many classic kung fu movies such as Drunken Master and Magnificent Butcher but when it came to changing things to a modern setting, he made the transition smoothly and this was one Read more…


Martial arts movies from Japan, especially the empty hand variety have never had the number of releases in the west that the kung fu movies from Hong Kong did, but a few exceptions came with the Street Fighter set of Read more…


One of Sammo Hung’s early collaborations with Lau Kar Wing, Dirty Tiger Crazy Frog has been released in Hong Kong on a new remastered Blu ray and we look back at how this classic kung fu movie shapes up. The Read more…