Tag: China

The Furious (2025) – Review

It seems that every decade, the gods of ludicrously brutal martial arts movies see fit to deliver us generational examples of very angry people pounding

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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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Tiger On The Beat (1988) – Review

When you think of the 80s, Hong Kong cinema, chances are you whip up thoughts of one of Jackie Chan’s frenetic action comedies or John

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Anaconda (2024) – Review

When word recently broke that Paul Rudd and Jack Black were starring in a bizarre, meta, comedy version of the 90s, cult, creature feature, Anaconda,

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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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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

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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,

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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

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The Boxer’s Omen (1983) – Review

If you really want to experience the cream of the crop when it comes to the stranger end of the spectrum of cinema, you could

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Once A Thief (1991) – Review

Even someone who can orchestrate action at the level John Woo was operating at during the late 80s needs to let their hair down at

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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

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The Mighty Peking Man (1977) – Review

Insisting that all the 70s remake of King Kong was missing was more Asians and a far hornier ape, Shaw Brothers studios broke away from

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Fist Of Fury (1972) – Review

Sometimes film distributors really know how to screw things up. In the strange world of alternate titles, where the very name of a movie can

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The Seventh Curse (1986) – Review

Ever wonder what would have happened if a time traveler went back and accidentally stepped on a bug, causing an alternate reality where Sam Raimi

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Warriors Of Future (2022) – Review

Usually when I hear that a sci-f action movie has been directed by an ex-CGI artist, I tend to gird my loins in preparation for

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Shaolin Soccer (2001) – Review

In 2004, director Stephen Chow rocked the world with his cartoonish fusion of Kung-Fu movie and Tex Avery foolishness that birthed the stupendous Kung Fu

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The Fearless Hyena (1979) – Review

After years of honing his particular brand of Kung fu laced with broad physical comedy in such flicks as Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and

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The Killer (1989) – Review

After the literal smoke had cleared from the iconic climax of A Better Tomorrow II, it seemed that action maestro John Woo was poised to

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Drunken Master (1978) – Review

When Jackie Chan and Woo Ping Yuen released Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow onto an unsuspecting public back in 1978, it was only to the

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The Young Master (1980) – Review

With his second directorial effort, we find injury prone, action/comedy deity immortal, Jackie Chan winding ever closer to kung-fu nirvana with his game changing masterpiece,

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