Shawscope Volume 2 – Disc 5 Review
David Rees 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…
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Shawscope Volume 2 – Disc 4 Blu-Ray Review
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…
Police Story 3 – Supercop Eureka Blu-Ray Review
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.…
Shawscope Volume 2 – Disc 3 Blu-Ray Review
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…
Shawscope – Volume 2 – Disc 2 Blu Ray Review
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…
Shawscope Volume 2 – Blu Ray Box Set – The 36th Chamber of Shaolin Review- Disc 1
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…
House of Flying Daggers (2004) – Retro Review
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…
Tiger Cage (1988) – Review
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…
Sister Street Fighter (1974) – Review
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…
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog – Blu Ray Review
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…