Tag: Lam Ching-ying

Heroes Shed No Tears (1984) – Review

In 1986, after roughly a decade of slaving away making movies he didn’t want to make, John Woo finally exploded onto the scene proper with

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The Magnificent Butcher (1979) – Review

Martial arts movies, especially ones featuring Sammo “moves well for a big fella” Hung, feature vast, dizzyingly complex fight sequences that feature hundreds, if not

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Eastern Condors (1987) – Review

If it wasn’t for a cadre of insanely talented martial artist/filmmakers who dragged the Kung-Fu genre out of the locked off, old school mindset, it

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Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980) – Review

Those of you unfamiliar with the industry changing works of Sammo Hung outside of that late 90’s show Martial Law is missing a treat. Hung

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Mr. Vampire (1985) – Review

Sometimes, to REALLY explore what a sub-genre can do, you have to go elsewhere from the norm; not that there’s much normal about the vast

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