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Category: Martial Arts
Romeo Must Die (2000) – Review
The year was 2000. Hollywood martial arts had finally broken into the big time with the release of The Matrix the year prior and it
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
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
The Nine Demons (1984) – Review
While I wouldn’t say I’m an expert of classic Kung-Fu (far from it, but I’m trying to learn) I do know crazy when I see
Dance Of The Drunk Mantis (1979) – Review
In 1994, Jackie Chan paid homage to his roots and he revisited the role that helped cement his credentials as a martial arts superstar. However,
Ninja III: The Domination (1984) – Review
During its reign, The Cannon Group were responsible for some truly bizarre choices that stretched far beyond their infamously curious business plan. There’s their attempt
Karate Kid: Legends (2025) – Review
Over the last few months, my journey through the Karate Kid franchise has taken to some far stranger places than Encino or Bejing. I am
The Karate Kid (2010) – Review
80s fashions, nutzoid Vietnam vets, weird cultural appropriation, Joe Esposito’s “You’re The Best” blaring on the soundtrack – for a lot of people, The Karate
Enter The Ninja (1981) – Review
While the 80s where hardly a fortress of restraint, surely one of the most amusing tropes of the decade was Cannon Films’ insistence that action
The Next Karate Kid (1994) – Review
Every now and then, a film series will deliver an entry that proves to be something called a franchise killer – an installment so despised
Demon City (2025) – Review
Some plots are as immortal as gods, resurfacing time and time again to tell the same story so many times, you’d be forgiven for suffering
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) – Review
Healing can come from the strangest places, but all the legions of button bashing fanatics who walked away from the disastrous 1994 attempt to realise
Armor Of God (1986) – Review
To say that Jackie Chan was something of a big deal in the mid-eighties was something of a understatement. While it may be tough to
Rumble In The Bronx (1995) – Review
During the 80s, Jackie Chan became an unstoppable, innovative force in Kung Fu cinema, helping the genre to finally move on from the type of
Drunken Master II (1994) – Review
If you ever wonder what it was that convinced the powers that be to give Jackie Chan one more shot at Hollywood, chances are it
The One (2002) – Review
Long before numerous comic book franchises bet their box office on plundering the multiverse for ever more outlandish story ideas, we had The One: an
American Ninja 5 (1993) – Review
Regardless of your feelings about action cinema’s most blatant act of cultural appropriation, there’s something deeply impressive about the fact that this legendarily childish franchise
Rush Hour 3 (2007) -Review
After Rush Hour 2 did the business at the box office, the franchise seemed primed to high kick confidently into trilogy territory, and yet a
Donnie Yen To Star In ‘Kung Fu’ Film
Martial arts legend Donnie Yen has signed on to lead the a film adaptation of Kung Fu. David Leitch (Deadpool 2) has been developing the
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