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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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

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,

Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow (1978) – Review

When regarding the ingenious nature of Jackie Chan, action cinema’s beloved whirlwind of punching and prat falls, it’s easy to hold up his 1985 classic,

The Protector (1985) – Review

After his previous attempt to crack America with Battle Creek Brawl didn’t exactly set the world on fire, Jackie Chan took another swing at the

Wheels On Meals (1984) – Review

After fusing their sizable talents the year before in the hugely ambitious Project A, the trio of titans known collectively as the Three Dragons (and

Dragons Forever (1988) – Review

Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are three martial arts heavyweights who were instrumental in revolutionizing Hong Kong action cinema in the 80’s and

Police Story 2 (1988) – Review

There’s a particular conundrum that I have when passing my own personal judgement on martial arts films that seems to go double for the energetic

Police Story (1985) – Review

Is there a more enduring, living icon in martial arts cinema than Jackie Chan? He’s spent decades regularly sacrificing every bone and sinew in his

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